A about a month ago I asked the list for information regarding the Phluger 1595 1/2. Based on what everyone said I went out and bought two! Hey at $35 a shot why not. I had to file the front foot down a bit to fit the real seat on my rod, but after loading up my lines I was good for go. Now the report. We spent most of last week on the Deschutes (Oregon). I fished steelhead mornings and trout afternoons and evenings. I turned three steelhead and the third one really laid a whupping on me. On his second run he took me all the way to the backing. After I got about 2/3 of it back, he spit the fly out and that was the end of that story. Except that I get to smile about the whupping he gave me all winter. This was a heavy and active fish. The Phluger did exactly what I would want it to.....that is I didn't have to think about the reel once the whole time I had the fish on. It's hell for stout and performed fine. The Deschutes is probably a bit slow for this time of the year. The ODF&W guy checking fish out on the access road to Macs Canyon hac checked out 3 keepers and 8 wild fish that were released on Tuesday. He thought that was about half of what he checked out on a good day. He also said that they were counting 60 to 70 fish a day over ladder at Sherars Falls. A party of three in the campground fished for two days with a guide and were skunked right up to the last minute. Worse than skunked, I don't think they had even had a tug. The evening of the second day, one fellow finally caught one. Before they connected they were pretty glum. That's pretty slow for the Deshutes. But the fish are there and more on the way. Jim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
