Fishing Reports

July flew by! Bummer, where does the summer go? Well fishing has been decent.  When there are plenty of caddis (nice consistent weather and no wind a plus) the dry fly fishing deep under trees and back eddies as been viable. At this stage of the summer they are not push overs. Use your eyes, subtle rises. Take your time and make the cast count.  They won't let you hack on em at this point. Most have been there done this and are leary. Small caddis patterns, parachute adams, and purple hazes have been working. Bring variety. If the drift is good and they snub you, work through the batting order in the fly box. Rest em, and take your time, once they are spooked, game over. Some of the slower water spots ( behing trees etc) have been better than faster banks/trees. Low riding spent patterns work well here.

Steel down low are starting to show up and are a viable target. Just getting going. Good things are about to happen. Dust off the steelhead gear, it's about that time.

Hot and still and tons of caddis everywhere yesterday.  Look in shade pockets and eddies for working fish. The best fish are deep and not always gimme mes. It is getting later in the season and from salmon fly to caddis a lot of the easy targets have been there done that. The most receptive fish are the ones that are not getting pounded. Those are tougher fish (casting, stealth, etc) but worth the effort. Primo spot and stalk. Nymphing has been fair to Ok and the evenings have been good. Boat traffic moderate to light. Great time to be on the water.

Still a good month left of great camping, floating and fishing. Not too late for a multi-day trout trip.

Had some reports of some steel caught down low. It is getting to be that time.  Will be heading down on a recon play trip in a week. Will have a fresh first hand report then. Slots open for early steel low (August and September).  October is limited availability. November we have a  few slots. Time to make plans for steelhead season.

Now this feels like July. Hot amazing summer weather. River has been failry mellow with traffic and there are tons of caddis. Summer troutin on the Deschutes. It has been pretty good dry fly conditions and as expected, pretty good fishing. Fill the boxes with caddis dry patterns and start snooping along the banks looking for sippers. It has been good.

Whoa, summer showed up, it's HOT! Is there a better place to be in the heat than wet wading up a bank checking the shady caddis choked pockets for sippers? Nope. Well the caddis numbers are good. Weather is awesome and fishing is pretty decent. I'd get in on it if dry flies and summer trout fun turns your crank.  Pack the boxes with E/C caddis, X-caddis ( sizes 16, 18) maybe some Elk hairs or any pattern that Silvey ties and start hunting. If things slow or nymphing is your thang, try Pheasant tails, Copper Johns, Sparkle Pupas, and other misc. caddis pupa and larvae.  Have fun out there.

Happy Fourth of July!  Hopefully besides fire works and BBQ's you get a little fishing in.  The fishing has been pretty good.  Caddis building and PMD's kicking around. When we have some warmth and stbel weather we've been finding fair to good number of fish on the banks and in the eddies up and working.  We still could use some more full on a couple days in a row of real summer temps. We'll get it. Fishing will be even better then. It has been a little of this and a little of that. From good dry fly on the banks to nymphing and dry and a drop.

Weather still hasn't turn full throttle into summer time consistencey. A little hot, a litte rain, etc.  Once we get some warm and stable the caddis will blow up. With all that said fishing hasn't been bad. Not steady dry fly action all day long, but enough fish up to make it fun and get your shots.  The nymphing hasn't been bad, as well as the dry and the drop. A little spattering of everything. When it has been warm there have been caddis, and good numbers. Rain and crummy, mayflies have safed the day.  Not bad fishing, but room for improvement and that should be right around the corner when Juneuary turns into July.  Peak summer fishing ahead, should be good. Steelhead in a month, give or take and counting.