I got to spend the day as a guest in the boat with my friend and guide trip client Mike W on the Mckenzie yesterday. We went down the river with FFP guide extraordinaire Ben Kittell. WOW was it a fun day. Ben had us fishing a Euro Leech on the Point Fly and a Euro Jig on the dropper out of one side of the boat, and a big Chubby with a Euro Jig dropper on the other side of the boat. For most of the morning the leech and jig nymph rig was the hot ticket, but later in the day the fish did get keen on the big dry. We caught more than enough fish including both stocky rainbows, wild rainbows, wild cutthroat and whitefish. I was so hopeful to reel in a bull trout there to complete the mix but alas, it wasn’t to be. And happy birthday to Ben today. He still reminds of the kid I hired about 11 seasons ago when he moved out from Colorado.