The wife and I decided to meet up with a good friend of mine Justin and his girlfriend who are camping for the weekend on the Metolius for a few hrs. This time of year the metolius river area is just beautiful, the late rains and lack of a hot summer thus far has kept everything green. Of course being the 4th of July weekend the river is slam packed full of people. However, some knowledge of off the beaten path fishing area's make it relatively easy to find open fishing spots.
We hit a well known local, and unkown touristy fishing hole aptly named the Aquarium Hole. Known for its tough to hook bull trout that sit in the tailout of this awesome piece of water. There really are few sights that are better then standing above this run and staring down into 10ft of crystal clear water, staring at over a dozen bull trout ranging from 14 inches up to 8lbs. We tossed streamers at these meat eating beasts, and had some exciting chases and grabs but no solid hookups. We moved to the head of the run where some rainbows reside where my friend Justin hooked a great Metolius Redside....
Shortly after that The wife and i had to head out to other engagements, but for me today was just the start of a fishing blitz weekend. I am heading to the valley tomorrow to fish for steelhead on one of the valley rivers for the first time before returning to meet up with justin on Monday for a full day of chasing trout on the metolius....it should be a great weekend.
