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7/6 -- VERY GOOD
Slightly high, but stable for 3 days. Lots of dries: little yellow stones, caddis, PMD's, craneflies. Also attractor patterns. Nymphing with caddis, mayflies, stones. No chrome reported below; counts are low.Latest reports 7/3:
http://www.deschutesangler.com/retail/common/community/article_stripped.asp?store_id=999&id=373
7/1 -- FAIR
Steelhead moving in. Caddis, too. Sparse information. Lull? Downgrade due to open question.Latest reports 6/28:
http://www.flyfishingoregonblog.com/
6/28 -- GOOD
Exit the salmonflies and stones. Enter the caddis. Also PMD's, PED's, yellow sallies. Nymph mid-day. Flows settling between 775 and 800 CFS after reaching 950 last friday. "The last couple of hours can be awesome, so stay late if you want some of that epic dry fly fishing" (Fly and Field).Latest reports 6/27:
http://www.deschutesoutfitters.com/fishing-reports
http://www.flyandfield.com/lower-deschutes.php
6/24 -- GOOD
Residual salmonflies and golden stones in upper section. Otherwise, caddis, PMD's. Hot weather should stimulate caddis further. Flows jumped from 850 to 1000 CFS today so call ahead.Latest reports 6/23:
http://www.deschutesoutfitters.com/fishing-reports
6/21 -- FAIR
Salmonflies and stones fading but not gone, concentrated in upper sections. Replaced by caddis, PMD's, yellow sallies and other miscellany.Latest report 6/0:
http://www.deschutesoutfitters.com/fishing-reports
6/17 -- FAIR
Flows high (700-750 CFS). Stones fading, but staged a rally tuesday with the warm weather (fly and field below). Summer steelhead moving in.Latest reports 6/15:
http://www.flyandfield.com/lower-deschutes.php
http://www.flyfishingoregonblog.com/
6/13 -- FAIR
Flows stabilizing. Summer steelhead infiltrating. Good counts. Target them. Heavy through july 4. Wow, just checked flows -- they spiked up to 750 monday (from 650). Call ahead first.Latest reports 6/13:
http://www.flyfishingoregonblog.com/
6/10 -- GOOD
Salmonflies abating in lower stretches, but only halfway done in upper. Mayflies and caddis will replace stones. Avoid spawning beds.Latest report 6/9:
http://www.deschutesriveranglers.com/reports.php
6/7 -- GOOD
Water somewhat high (5750 CFS) but has dropped and cleared. Salmonflies, big time, fish the banks where they make babies. Try bulkier patterns to cope with the high flows.Latest reports 6/6:
http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/
http://www.flyfishingoregonblog.com/
http://wwwcreeksideflyfishing-rich.blogspot.com/
6/3 -- GOOD
Water still high, though stable; weather not great. Fish the banks with stoneflies. Hot weather saturday may mean golden stones.Latest report 6/2:
http://www.flyandfield.com/lower-deschutes.php
5/20 -- GOOD
High but good color. Stonefly/salmonfly hatches. Fish them along the bank. See video footage of the flies in link below.Lates reports 5/19:
http://www.deschutesangler.com/retail/common/community/article_stripped.asp?store_id=999&id=373
5/18 -- GOOD
SALMONFLIES starting to show. Little surface activity. Water still a little high.Last report 5/15: http://www.deschutesoutfitters.com/fishing-reports & http://www.flyandfield.com/lower-deschutes.php
4/15 --
Opening for the Lower Deschutes River is just around the corner. The Deschutes opens up on April 23rd.Fishing is usually plenty good as soon as the river opens up since the trout haven't been picked on in several months. They are on the dumb side of things, and a dumb fish is a good fish.
| Deschutes River Fly Shops and Guides | Fly Shop | Guide Service | Lodging | |
Carbones Guide Service| Phone: 541-416-9191 |
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Deep Canyon OutfittersBend, OR | Phone: 541-323-3007 |
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Deschutes AnglerMaupin, OR | Phone: 541-395-0995 |
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Deschutes Canyon Fly ShopMaupin, OR | Phone: 866-647-4721 |
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Deschutes River AnglersBend, OR | Phone: 541-617-1571 |
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Deschutes River Fly FishingMaupin, OR | Phone: 541-395-2731 |
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Deschutes River Outfitters| Phone: 541-760-0956 |
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Fly and FieldBend, OR | Phone: 541-318-1616 |
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Oasis ResortMaupin, OR | Phone: 541-395-2611 |
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