The Metolius saw an uptick in winter angling pressure over the last week and half, with good weather on the river and no skiing at Hoodoo, a lot of folks took to the river. Fishing overall was good, with best catches coming on nymphs, including the tan caddis pupa (#14-16) Oct Caddis (#8-10), Red 2 Bits (#16-18), Blue Prince (#12-16), Eggs, Stonefly nymphs (#8-12), Perdigons (#14-18), Walt’s (#14), Zebra Midges (#18-22) and Rainbow Warriors (#14-18).
Afternoon BWO hatches are mostly on the light side, but keep an eye open around 1 to 2:30 for rising fish and some of the days only dry fly opportunities. Fish emergers like the RS2, Film Critic, Sparkle Dun and K Fly, and cripples like the Knock Down Dun and Duns, including Comparaduns and Parachutes.
There has been good to very good bull trout activity this past week and I would guess we will see more of the same coming up for the foreseeable future. That has been happening on streamers mostly, but a lot of bulls have been fooled by a good nymph drift lately too.
After the Holiday I expect things to be more quiet out there starting this week.