My new camera man

As I mentioned before, I have a new buddy with me on some of my trips.  Riley, my oldest son, has taken up photography as part of our homeschooling.  Soon, you will see some of his posts on here also, but as a primer here are some photos of another hobby, hotrodding.  None of these are our cars, but we did enjoy the cruise-in.

Upper Clackamas

This last week I had the chance to go out on the upper Clackamas River to try out some new flies I have tied up.  The only one that I was really happy with was my interpretation of a Barr's Vis-A-Dun that I tied up.  If I had a fly that I would change out to make fishing a challenge it would have to be this one on the Clack.  It didn't matter where or when I put it on the water, a fish would hit it.  Many times in the past I have worked hard for the diminutive trout in this river and this fly just outperformed itself for sure.

This is a section of the area I chose that is harder to get to due to the brushy bank, on my side at least.  I have found here, that there are larger and more fish in areas that get less pressure.  That results in some interesting and long hikes.  However, I usually find really neat water.

The trip last night resulted in more fish, but they were smaller than what I was looking for.  I also had a new camera man in training, my son Riley, has taken up a new hobby.  I'm excited since photographing fish solo has proven much more difficult than I would like to admit.

I was able to find one 12-13" the day before, but as I said, the capture on fly was easier than on film so it will remain a pleasant memory that I search for another day.

Quill Gordon

I decided to do a tribute to Catskill style dries.  What I would like to do is to get contributed flies (Quill Gordon is the pattern) from anyone and everyone who cares to participate.  Then I'll frame them up, with the tiers name and make a very attractive tribute to this cool fly.  Send me your email for directions.  merriott68@msn.com.
David