The entire Lower Deschutes River will be open in less than a month. Mostly what goes on for the first three weeks or so is nymphing. But, by mid May is when the Deschutes is firing on all cylinders. That is when the mother of all hatches is starts to go. The all mighty Salmon Fly Hatch. On most years, it generally starts around the middle of May and goes through...
Rain finally hit the Sandy which brought new and fresh fish with it. The river level jumpedfrom 900 cfs to over 6500 on Sunday. It has already dropped back down to 2780 cfs. But, if you believe the weatherman, there’s a good chance of more rain in the forecast for the end of this week and early next week. The rain should stabilize or even raise the river a bit...
The black stones aka winter stones are here and going strong. Because of all the warm and sunny days we’ve had it’s put the middle D and it’s hatches in overdrive. Fishing should remain good on the stone flies for at least another couple week. Keep and eye on the water levels. The flows can go up and down due to irrigation canals being turned on a off each...
Well 2014 is about over and done with, and it’s been a great season. It was nice to wrap it up with a quality steelhead season. There where some really strong, chunky, two salt fish that flat pulled and kicked some butt. That is why we endure the mental roller coaster that is steelheading, a fish with heart and will make that reel sing. It was more consistent...
Steelhead The steelhead fishing is as good and consistent as we’ve had so far this season on the upper half of the river. Not only has the fishing been good and consistent, but we’ve been running into some bigger than average fish. The steelhead are shooting up the river like bullets right now. The number of fish that have jumped the falls in the past few days...
The Steelhead season is now firing on all cylinders. We’ve been catching steelhead from the month of the Deschutes all the way up the Warm Springs. This means there isn’t a bad place on the entire Lower 100 miles of the Deschutes to chase steel. The lower river, below Maupin still has a good chunk of the fish. But the upper 40 miles hardly has anyone fishing...
Steelhead The steelhead are charging up the Deschutes River as we speak. A chunk of them are still down river of Sherars Falls. But in the past week a big slug of steelhead have jumped the falls and are making their way to the upper part of the river. Sooner than later there entire lower 100 miles of the Deschutes will have steelhead in it.
The Steelhead season is now in full swing. There are good numbers of fish coming over the dams and entering the Deschutes everyday. Until nine or ten days ago there was a thermo block on the Columbia River near Bonneville Dam which was slowing the steelhead down. Since then the days have cooled and with chilly nights the water temps have shaped up and the...
