It seems this week a lot of you went to the Crooked River! I thank all of you (Colin H, Steve from FFP and Chester) for sharing great info that transfers here to a useful report to share.
So, in a rare instance we will start there and not on the Metolius. The Crooked River was fishing quite well this week, with excellent reports on the nymph side, and as expected some observations with the midge hatches too mixed in with very light BWO hatches.
Far and away the talk was on Euro Nymphing and using Perdigons and Spanish Bullets. Olive, Purple and Brown nymphs were all mentioned, along with Frenchies and some weird combo Steve tied with a Peacock Herl Thorax and a Green Glass Bead he said was killer. If you know Steve or been on out on a guide trip with him, you know his fly tying mind is always working on something. And sometimes they work (wink Stevie).
I would add some Fire Starters, Scuds, Ray Charles, Zebra and Winker Midges, Griffiths Gnats and Purple Comparaduns to the box, and also a small Black Perdigon too.
Last winter the Crooked hardly had a fishable day to enjoy with such high flows, so with the more normal flows out of the reservoir and good weather, it has been back on the list as a good place to enjoy this year. Still #prayforsnow