We got our first fish on dries April 29th, the same day we saw an Adult Golden Stones. On the 30th we saw Salmon Flies and Goldens up and down the river and we found a fish or two to start eating them. By the 11th of April we were…
Fly Fishing Report, May 30, 2020 -Trout Fishing has been incredible since we got back to work May 21st. The Salmon Flies and Golden Stones are pretty much done but it was fun while it lasted. In certain spots fish will still eat the big bugs but it’s pretty much…
Deschutes Fly-Fishing Report June 23, 2019 I thought it was over, trout season that is. We had a bout of warm weather mid- June that brought water temps near 70 degrees, that’s the doom and gloom number. Along comes the wind, the clouds, and some freakishly cool weather, kabam! The…
Trout fishing can be simple and it can be hard, your choice. On the Deschutes there are several constants one needs to consider and the biggest one is no fishing from the boat. Being a bank angler assures you won’t ever have enough room for a safe back cast. The…
Monday April 22nd! The lower Deschutes River is arguably one of the best trout streams in the west. Trout per river mile is around 1500. Rainbow trout, “redsides,” are available year-round between the Northern Warm Springs Indian Reservation and the Mouth of the Deschutes. The open section has very robust numbers of…
Why nymph fish at all? The truth is the overwhelming majority of trout feeding behavior happens below the water’s surface. In fact most feeding activity happens around twelve inches off the river bottom. The answer is to catch fish when they are not feeding on the surface, ie, most of…
Thank You! The holidays have come and gone which signals a new year is about to start. Before that happens I want to thank everyone who took their time and hard earned money to come and fish with me in 2017. For those of you holding dates for 2018, double…
Deschutes Steelhead Fishing Report! The first powerboat opening just closed up. As you may know there is a jet boat closure every other week Thursday through Sunday June 15 until October. Three days were unbooked so I fished seven of ten, we hooked fish 6 of 7 days. I won’t…
It’s been a weird kind of year. High flows and cold fronts have definitely affected the Salmonfly/Stonefly hatch. The giant bugs are present in all stretches of the river. Although the bug presence is heavy and they’ve been there for two weeks now, the fish are not keyed on…
I’m over and out until Memorial Weekend so here’s a quick report for the two people that check this blog. The trout are extra thick and well fed, the poison oak is everywhere and I saw my first rattler today across from Johnson Flats. Lots of bugs, big bugs, little…
