trouting the valley streams

[bobberdown9321]

the other day i went to a baseball game and it had a near by stream (almost like a large fast moving ditch) it was outside of jefferson right by cascade high school and thankfully i had my rod with me un fortunantly not my fly rod the stream was only 12 feet across at best and i had to work for the few fish i cought it is pretty tought finnding cover and i had to search a bit i did end up with three beautiful cutts the most marked fish i have ever seen i spotted the m whal they were rising i really rreally wish i had my fly rod they fought like salmon :wave: the fish i couhgt were cought on a 1/16 white roostertail well now to the question part does any one know any good flies for these small stream trout? and if anyone hasnt tried it im sure there are streams like this all over and i would recomend it to anyone willing to work a bit to get these beautiful trout

thanx

[clacksteel]

Most valley streams aren't open to fishing for trout for another couple days.

[bobberdown9321]

oops really i dont think this one had a name is there still no fishing in it

[Ryan Pultz]

Rivers and streams open up sunday for trout. Rp

[clacksteel]

Not to many streams are nameless, and even if it wasn't it had to be closed. In the regs. it says all streams are closed until Sat. the 28th (or so I thought) unless mentioned otherwise.

[Siwash]

Here is a link to the regs for the Willamette Zone (http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/Regulations/2005zones/2005_willamette.pdf). Check the map on the first couple pages; it depends whether the stream in question is in the "shaded" (cross-hatched) area or not, whether it opens the 4th Saturday in April or May. I believe the distinction is based whether there are any steelhead runs present or not in order to help protect the out-migrating smolts (notice some streams are divided at passage barriers). Certain exceptions are also listed by name under the "Special Regulations" section for that zone.

Edit: I should clarify... I was referring to winter steelhead (which are native and ESA listed as opposed to summer-runs, which are introduced), which explains why the McKenzie opened earlier than the Santiam, for instance.