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Ssshhhhhhhhh..... NEO is supposed to be a secret.

Did you see the Wallowa Lake Monster? As a very deep lake it of course also has a monster. .... at least it did. I don't think anyone has claimed to have seen it in a number of decades but it was supposed to be there.

The trout will be close to where the bulk of the whitefish are holding but usually in the faster water. If you were catching whitefish with you nymphs, you were using patterns the trout would also take. But what the heck, large whitefish are fun and some folks don't even manage to catch...

It was decades ago when I fished the inlet and the shoreline east of the store. I did quite well with elk hair caddis. But like I said, this was decades ago. I do know they still plant it. I'd give it a try.

During all the decades I fished the river, it was never, ever too high to fish. It's a true spring creek that flows out of the ground.

Usually, the smaller the target nymph pattern, the better. I always use two when I fish the Met. The lower nymph is usually a heavy weighted golden stonefly pattern. The target (upper) nymph is usually in the 16-18 size and tied with a bit of sparkle ... like a Sparkle Pupa.

They've been mentioning the event in the Blue Ribbon Flies newsletter but I didn't know it was such a big deal until the last issue of the newsletter.... otherwise I would have mentioned it sooner.

If you happen to be in West Yellowstone on the 5th or 6th of Sept, you may want to check this out: https://www.wretchedmessfest.com/ This only the second one they've held so it's bound to grow in the future. I'd go if it was so far away.

Yes it is. There are two seasons.

I didn't know East has fallen from grace. I haven't fished it for years and years. Westfly and the local fly club outings up there were a hoot. I remember one when Bob Borden's son hooked a fish and an osprey came down and grabbed it while it was hooked and tried to fly off...

If you're a dry fly or die kind'a fly angler, the Met is not your friend. I learned nymph fishing on the Met so I get along quite fine with the river.

In the 50 some odd years I've been fly fishing, there's really only one fishery that hates me with a passion. It's Crane Prairie Reservoir in Oregon. At one time or another, all my fishing buddies have caught some very large rainbows at the place but not me. I don't get it. I use the...

LMB ..... otherwise I was also thinking Atlantic Salmon :giggle:

In the world of aquatic insects, that is one ugly nymph. 😨

You beat me to it ! :p

What size Carey Special ?

This is the info I need. Thanks guys!

I tried a lot of different hoppers while fishing YNP and the one that worked the best was a bit of a shocker. A Joe's Hopper worked when the others did not. A plain old ordinary Joe's Hopper was the ticket and it is now what I use for all my hopper fishing.

A friend is headed to Diamond Lake (OR) in a few weeks and will be taking his fly gear. I've never fished Diamond so I have no idea what patterns work. I told him I'd tie him some flies for his trip if I found out what I should tie .... thus, I'm trying to figure out what I should tie.

Good grief. The Fall is normally the best time (it can change from year to year) to fish Crane, Lava, Little Lava, Hosmer, Wick, Gold, East and Davis (if there's any water).