DESCHUTES JET BOAT GUIDE TRIPS FOR STEELHEAD This is a really cool fishery and honestly one of my favorite times to fish the Deschutes River for summer steelhead. This is a lower river game. By lower river I mean the lower 3 to 12 miles of the river. For…
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…
Check out my article “Deschutes River Fishing Playbook” hosted at the Gorge Fly Shop.
I KNOW, IT’S JUST BARELY WINTER STEELHEAD SEASON! May comes pretty fast and it pays to plan ahead. The Salmonfly hatch is the most explosive surface action of the year! Few things in the Northwest get fly fishermen more excited than the Salmonfly hatch on the Deschutes River in Oregon.…
Read Part II Here As a full time spey rod guide I spend a lot of time with two handed rods, my rods, client rods; I get to cast lots of different rods. For the last decade I’ve been a staunch Winston advocate and I still am. That said, when…
Recommended equipment: A big part of what you get with a good fly fishing guide is an opportunity to learn about equipment. Year in and year out I see people bring their own gear, most of the time this gear needs to be adjusted. I always bring fishing rods for…
Winter Steelhead Most serious steelheaders prefer the winter challenge. Let’s face it, chasing steelhead with a fly rod is not the most effective way to catch them. I’m sorry, but anyone who says otherwise is disqualified from speaking on the subject. This is a given, and really the reason we…
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…
The 2015 Deschutes season is winding down and so is the fishing. Despite otherwise perfect conditions the Deschutes has been fishing relatively poor this October compared to prior years. Several factors have made it tough but most noticeably the river levels have been up and down for most of the…
Purchase a new R. L. Winston Fly Rod between now and December 25th, 2015 and Winston would like to show you their appreciation with a $100 of Winston Merchandise. Shop today with our good friends over at the Gorge Fly Shop, tell them Sam sent you.
