June is a busy fishing month and we have a lot of good reports to share. Pictures are first with the report below.
From Joe Warren: Had a very productive trip to the upper Columbia, caught many trout and some nice ones too!
From Steve Brehm: While fishing Crane Praire I found a Stalcup damsel in my fly box and actually caught a fish on it. Just one but fun!
From Matt Baker: I was able to get out and fish a good amount this month. Hit the Clackamas, Collawash, Willamette and Salmon rivers. I also got on a couple creeks in the Columbia gorge. Elk hair caddis fly was my friend this month.
From Craig Kerschen: Had a chance to fish the MO near Craig, MT. Shared the river with these pelicans and managed a few nice rainbows. I’ll be going back sometime this year if anyone wants to join me.
From George Krumm: Caught springers and a sockeye on gear.
From Dave Kilhefner: I was able to fish the Coeur D’Alene river in Mid June. Water flow & clarity was perfect. Caught a nice trout & lots of whitefish in 3 hours of fishing. Saw some big trout in a slow deep eddy but couldn’t get them to take anything. Next time!
From Rich Harvey: hit the Metolius before the June Fish A Long. There was a nice gray drake hatch yesterday where I was standing. Got 18 before the hatch stopped. Water higher than it was in the fall & you can’t walk out on those logs they are less stable. Hatch has been starting around 3pm but the caddis fishing is pretty steady before that though.
Reports without Pics:
From Phil Hager: Went up to Timothy, north arm. Slow but a few in the 12”-15” range. Took them all on my Brick Leech fished near the bottom. Saw a couple others catch a few but don’t know what they were using. One had a dry line the other intermediate. Large count of ants crawling around at the ramp and quite a few on the water. I think that’s what most of the rises were hitting. No grasses, only small amount of algae growing in the channel above the lower island and only saw 3 rises up there. Didn’t see many from full width travel from the ramp to above the islands so no “gatherings” found.
From Darryl Huff: Was able to fish western Montana. Best action was on Rock Creek. Hard to find fishable water as everything was high. Spotted a slot on the far side; wading was tough but worth the effort. Reached back after hooking the first fish and realized I had not hooked my net back on my waders!
From Mike Shiiki: FYI the Forest Service road 57 from ripplebrook to Harriett lake is back open. I went up there Sunday afternoon before the 4th; the parking lot was full for the first time since the fires…I couldn’t find any big fish.
Thanks to everyone for contributing reports!