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Deschutes River - Lower - March 1st, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED: 
43 °
FISHING: Fair
Red Side Trout:
The Deschutes is showing signs of improvement. River levels from Pelton Regulating Dam in Madras are holding steady around 4,560 CFS, still below normal, which is around 5,200 to 5,500 CFS. This is good. As long as we have a slow steady rise of freezing levels, the river shall remain in good fishing shape.
The midday hatches are becoming more intense. We will continue to have cold water temperatures, 38 degrees, and even some drop in temperature when the run off increases later this month. The best water types to fish are slower runs, back eddies, and steep high bank runs with slow currents, and foam lines.
Blue wing Olives, Igloo Case Building Caddis, Midge, and Winter Stones will be the main insect activity. However, I’m starting to see some early Spring Stones, (Skwala’s) along with some good samples of March Brown nymph’s. As time moves on the trout will become more keyed in, and should start taking advantage of them in a couple of weeks.
Most of the emergent stages will happen late morning, 10 to 11:30 AM.For best results, restricted your efforts to the middle hours of the day, noon to 3 P.M. The reason for this is that most winter hatches are “photo activated”, meaning that the hatches that occur are triggered by how many hours of light have been on the water as opposed to a water temperature increase or decrease.Attractor patterns have started working. Try some Possy Buggers, Glow Bugs, San Juan Worms, and Bloody Mary’s. Cast a Leech or Bugger Pattern in a size range of 10~14’s. In addition, Lighting Bugs size 14, Zug Bugs size 14, and Cased Caddis size 10~12, Prince Nymphs, size 8~14, King Prince Nymph, size 12~16 and a red copper wire bodied prince nymph size 10.
For more information regarding hatches, Go to the “HATCH CHART” on the home page menu on this site.
Have more questions? Allow our helpful staff to assist you any way we can!!!Please call John or Karen Smeraglio at:
Deschutes Canyon Fly ShopToll free (866) 647-4721
Steelhead:
The Steelhead fishing is off.They have settled down to spawn and should be left alone.
Please don’t hesitate to call if you have any questions.
Our helpful staff will be very pleased to help you.
Thanks, and good fishing to all!
John Smeraglio (866) 647-4721
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
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Deschutes River - Lower - February 23rd, 2008
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
FISHING: Fair
Although trout fishing is tough this time of year due to seasonal closures I think it is worth the effort. Warmer days are seeing alot more hatches and fish activity. See flies and locales listed below.
STEELHEAD are getting set to spawn and this can carry through spring. I tell folks to leave em alone this time of year especially Macks Canyon all the way up to Warm Springs. We want to ensure good future runs. Besides, they are pretty dark and lazy and not much fun since most have been in fresh water for over six months.
If you venture down the access road north of Maupin, be careful as the road is not maintained in winter (or at all really) so snow and ice can make things interesting.
Please be aware of spawnig beds... it may be tempting to wade out to redds that have fish spawning -- BUT if you want the Deschutes to continue being a blue ribbon trout stream AND great steelhead fishery, respect the beautiful Steelies, trout, and precious few Chinook. We all want our great-grandkids to enjoy this river, don't we ?
THE RIVER IS CLOSED TO ALL ANGLING FROM THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE WARM SPRINGS INDIAN RESERVATION ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DAM. OPENING DAY IS IN APRIL!!
DRIES: BWOs, midges, little black stone. NYMPHS: Copper John, soft hackles, peasant tail, serendipity, prince, green rock worm, stonefly nymphs, October caddis nymphs, wooly buggers (on sinking line!!).STEELIES: Green butt skunk, macks canyon, a-leach, wally walker, red-winged blackbird, Freight Train
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Deschutes River - Lower - February 19th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes River Anglers
RECORDED: 
51 °
FISHING: Good
Trout fishing is closed until the you get to north end of the warm springs indian reservation. If you go down by Maupin there has been some fairly good may fly hatches going on. Look to fish them in the warmest parts of the day. The hatches should get better the later it gets in the month and on those cloudy days. The hatches generally last for about an hour to an hour and a half. Before the hatch throw some nymphs in the riffles, since the there are not tons of big long crazy hatches coming off there should be plenty of fish in the riffles chowing up every bug that comes along.
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Deschutes River - Lower - February 15th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED:
45 °
FISHING: Fair
Red Side Trout:
The Deschutes is still in good shape, the freezing levels have started to rise slightly , as we are now starting to see some color from a little bit of run off from the lower level snows lingering in the surrounding foot hills. Don’t be alarmed, this is usually to your advantage making it more difficult for trout to see you, as you stock them for the next cast. River levels from Pelton Regulating Dam in Madras are holding steady at 4,300 CFS, well below normal, which typically is around 5,200 to 5,500 CFS.
Trout fishing is showing signs of improvement as the midday hatches are becoming more intense. We will continue to have cold water temperatures, 37 degrees, and even some drop in temperature when the run off increases later this month and into March. The best water types to fish are slower runs, back eddies, and steep high bank runs with slow currents, and foam lines.
For best results, restricted your efforts to the middle hours of the day, noon to 3 P.M. The reason for this is that most winter hatches are “photo activated”, meaning that the hatches that occur are triggered by how many hours of light have been on the water as opposed to a water temperature increase or decrease.
The BWOs, Igloo Case Building Caddis, Midge, and Winter Stones will be the main insect activity this month.
Most of the emergent stages will happen late morning, 10 to 11:30 AM.
Attractor patterns have started working. Try some Possy Buggers, Glow Bugs, San Juan Worms, and Bloody Mary’s. Cast a Leech or Bugger Pattern in a size range of 10~14’s. In addition, Lighting Bugs size 14, Zug Bugs size 14, and Cased Caddis size 10~12, Prince Nymphs, size 8~14, King Prince Nymph, size 12~16 and a red copper wire bodied prince nymph size 10.
The BWOs will hatch through February, and will probably be what you see the most this winter. This time of year the common size to use is a 16. Fish the eddies and soft runs tight to the bank and the foam lines that flow out to the main current deflected by the head of back eddie.
For more information regarding hatches, Go to the “HATCH CHART” on the home page menu on this site.
Have more questions? Allow our helpful staff to assist you any way we can!!!
Please call John or Karen Smeraglio at: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop
Toll free (866) 647-4721
Summer Steelhead:
The Steelhead fishing is slow. Some folks still getting the odd fish every now and again. The Wild Steelhead are spread throughout the whole lower 100 miles of the Deschutes River and will be sort-of milling around for a couple of months until they settle down to spawn this coming February.
Most of the hatchery Steelhead have found their way up to the Warm Springs area, but there are still some of them around the Maupin stretch. This provides an opportunity to take home some fresh steelhead for dinner. Please do our Wild Steelhead a favor and harvest any Hatchery Steelhead you catch.
Water temperature is 37*, that makes steelhead very sluggish so bring some sink-tips or sinking poly leaders to get your flies down and close to the fish.
Here are some flies that I recommended for the current conditions.
Moal Leech, Size, 4’s & 6’s, in black, Purple, Pink, and Orange. Wombat, Size 2, same colors. Marabou Spey, size 4, same colors. Reign Spey,size 4, same colors. Yes, you can still use the good standby’s that you like also.
Especially when the water returns to that clear/green Winter color.
A little tip.
Making sure you slow your fly swing speed down as much as possible.
This will help to get the fish interested in the fly, and then follow it.
Use flies that have a little flash on them during low light conditions, and dull fly colors when the sun is on the water. Think about using a sink tip to get the fly lower in the water columns if the sun is directly in there eyes.
Have fun!
Please don’t hesitate to call if you have any questions.
Our helpful staff will be very pleased to help you.
Thanks, and good fishing to all!
John Smeraglio
(866) 647-4721
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
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Deschutes River - Lower - February 3rd, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED: 
36 °
FISHING: Fair
Red Side Trout:
The Deschutes is in great shape, despite close to record breaking snows we’ve had in the N.W. this winter. Of course the freezing levels have remained very low so there hasn’t been any run off. In fact the river flow release from Pelton Regulating Dam in Madras is 4,400 CFS, well below normal, which is about 5,200 to 5,500 CFS.
Again,Trout fishing has been slow, typical now due to cold water temperatures that have been hovering around the 37 degree mark.
The best water types to fish are slower runs, back eddies, and steep high bank runs with slow currents, and foam lines.
For best results, restricted your efforts to the middle hours of the day, noon to 3 P.M. The reason for this is that most winter hatches are “photo activated”, meaning that the hatches that occur are triggered by how many hours of light have been on the water as opposed to a water temperature increase or decrease.
The BWOs, Igloo Case Building Caddis, Midge, and Winter Stones will be the main insect activity this month.
Most of the emergent stages will happen late morning, 10 to 11:30 AM.
Attractor patterns have started working. Try some Possy Buggers, Glow Bugs, San Juan Worms, and Bloody Mary’s. Cast a Leech or Bugger Pattern in a size range of 10~14’s. In addition, Lighting Bugs size 14, Zug Bugs size 14, and Cased Caddis size 10~12, Prince Nymphs, size 8~14, King Prince Nymph, size 12~16 and a red copper wire bodied prince nymph size 10.
The BWOs will hatch through February, and will probably be what you see the most this winter. This time of year the common size to use is a 16. Fish the eddies and soft runs tight to the bank and the foam lines that flow out to the main current deflected by the head of back eddie.
For more information regarding hatches, Go to the “HATCH CHART” on the home page menu on this site.
Have more questions? Allow our helpful staff to assist you any way we can!!!
Please call John or Karen Smeraglio at: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop
Toll free (866) 647-4721
Summer Steelhead:
The Steelhead fishing is slow. Some folks still getting the odd fish every now and again. The Wild Steelhead are spread throughout the whole lower 100 miles of the Deschutes River and will be sort-of milling around for a couple of months until they settle down to spawn this coming February.
Most of the hatchery Steelhead have found their way up to the Warm Springs area, but there are still some of them around the Maupin stretch. This provides an opportunity to take home some fresh steelhead for dinner. Please do our Wild Steelhead a favor and harvest any Hatchery Steelhead you catch.
Water temperature is 37*, that makes steelhead very sluggish so bring some sink-tips or sinking poly leaders to get your flies down and close to the fish.
Here are some flies that I recommended for the current conditions.
Moal Leech, Size, 4’s & 6’s, in black, Purple, Pink, and Orange. Wombat, Size 2, same colors. Marabou Spey, size 4, same colors. Reign Spey,size 4, same colors. Yes, you can still use the good standby’s that you like also.
Especially when the water returns to that clear/green Winter color.
A little tip.
Making sure you slow your fly swing speed down as much as possible.
This will help to get the fish interested in the fly, and then follow it.
Use flies that have a little flash on them during low light conditions, and dull fly colors when the sun is on the water. Think about using a sink tip to get the fly lower in the water columns if the sun is directly in there eyes.
Have fun!
Please don’t hesitate to call if you have any questions.
Our helpful staff will be very pleased to help you.
Thanks, and good fishing to all!
John Smeraglio
(866) 647-4721
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
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Deschutes River - Lower - January 27th, 2008
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
FISHING: Fair
Trout fishing is tough this time of year due to seasonal closures. Steelhead are still availabe but realize they have been in fresh water for about five months (or more!) now and are starting to show their age-- dark and lazy. If you venture down the access road north of Maupin, be careful as the road is not maintained in winter (or at all really) so snow and ice can make things interesting.
Please be aware of spawnig beds... it may be tempting to wade out to redds that have fish spawning -- BUT if you want the Deschutes to continue being a blue ribbon trout stream AND great steelhead fishery, respect the beautiful Steelies, trout, and precious few Chinook. We all want our great-grandkids to enjoy this river, don't we ?
THE RIVER IS CLOSED TO ALL ANGLING FROM THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE WARM SPRINGS INDIAN RESERVATION ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DAM. OPENING DAY IS IN APRIL!!
DRIES: BWOs, midges, little black stone. NYMPHS: Copper John, soft hackles, peasant tail, serendipity, prince, green rock worm, stonefly nymphs, October caddis nymphs, wooly buggers (on sinking line!!).STEELIES: Green butt skunk, macks canyon, a-leach, wally walker, red-winged blackbird, Freight Train
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Deschutes River - Lower - January 27th, 2008
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
FISHING: Fair
Accessing good trout fishing is tough this time of year due to seasonal closures. However, there are some good hatches going on so it is worth you effort. See flies and locations listed below.
I like to tell folks to give up on STEELHEAD about this time of year, especially from Macks Canyon up to Warm Springs. Most of these beautiful sea-run rainbows are set to spawn, so if we want to ensure good fishing in the future, leave 'em alone. They are so dark and lazy right now they aren't much fun anyways.
If you venture down the access road north of Maupin, be careful as the road is not maintained in winter (or at all really) so snow and ice can make things interesting.
Please be aware of spawnig beds... it may be tempting to wade out to redds that have fish spawning -- BUT if you want the Deschutes to continue being a blue ribbon trout stream AND great steelhead fishery, respect the beautiful Steelies, trout, and precious few Chinook. We all want our great-grandkids to enjoy this river, don't we ?
THE RIVER IS CLOSED TO ALL ANGLING FROM THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE WARM SPRINGS INDIAN RESERVATION ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DAM. OPENING DAY IS IN APRIL!!
DRIES: BWOs, midges, little black stone. NYMPHS: Copper John, soft hackles, peasant tail, serendipity, prince, green rock worm, stonefly nymphs, October caddis nymphs, wooly buggers (on sinking line!!).STEELIES: Green butt skunk, macks canyon, a-leach, wally walker, red-winged blackbird, Freight Train
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Deschutes River - Lower - January 22nd, 2008
supplied by: The Patient Angler
RECORDED:
46 °
FISHING: Good
Hey guys and gals of the fly fishing community. Jay here with a report not geared around whitefish. Ha Ha!;) This last weekend Cathy and I were able to get out for a couple of days on the Lower Deschutes. We camped at Beavertail in our new used cab-over camper. It was awesome. We got there a little after 1pm on day one, so we just fished for a couple of hours around camp. We were up early the next morning with the sun just hitting the western canyon wall. Cathy decided to start breakfast, so I put my waders on and headed to the river. I swung the boat ramp water and didn’t touch a fish. It sure looked fishy though. After breakfast, we broke camp and headed down stream. Cathy wanted to work on her spey cast, so we worked on her “swingin” flies most of the day while hitting a few different runs. No Fish, but she was starting to shoot a good amount of line. When she was just about to the end of one run, she told me to take over and she would go to the truck and make lunch. Perfect!!! I got the rod in my hand and within 15 minutes FISH ON!!! It was about a five pound native and fairly bright. Needless to say, I never touched the spey rod again after telling her I landed that steelhead. She worked hard the rest of the day, but no fish tale to tell. Maybe next time.
See you on the river, patientangler.com
Jay
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Deschutes River - Lower - January 12th, 2008
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
FISHING: Fair
Trout fishing is tough this time of year due to seasonal closures. Steelhead are still availabe but realize they have been in fresh water for about five months (or more!) now and are starting to show their age. However, the river gets a small push of "B-run" fish near the mouth.
Please be aware of spawnig beds... it may be tempting to wade out to redds that have fish spawning -- BUT if you want the Deschutes to continue being a blue ribbon trout stream AND great steelhead fishery, respect the beautiful Steelies, trout, and precious few Chinook. We all want our great-grandkids to enjoy this river, don't we ?
THE RIVER IS CLOSED TO ALL ANGLING FROM THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE WARM SPRINGS INDIAN RESERVATION ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DAM. OPENING DAY IS IN APRIL!!
DRIES: BWOs, midges, little black stone. NYMPHS: Copper John, soft hackles, peasant tail, serendipity, prince, green rock worm, stonefly nymphs, October caddis nymphs, wooly buggers (on sinking line!!).STEELIES: Green butt skunk, macks canyon, a-leach, wally walker, red-winged blackbird, Freight Train
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Deschutes River - Lower - January 6th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED: 
40 °
FISHING: Fair
Red Side Trout:
Happy New Year, hoping you all had a good holiday season. The Deschutes is in good shape, the level is 4,300 CFS from Pelton regulating Dam, and the it is very clear. Trout fishing has been slow. Time to fish restricted to the middle hours of the day for best results.Best water types are slower runs, back eddies, and steep high bank runs that have a slow flowing movement with foam lines.
If your efforts are spent before noon you need to get some of your favorite attractor nymphs and work those patterns in the above waters described with some additional weight to help the cause.
The highest level of fish and hatch activity usually takes place from 12 noon until around 3 to 4 in the afternoon. After that, back to the attractor nymphs. Small Stone nymphs, size 10~14, Prince Nymphs, size 8~14, King Prince Nymph, size 12~16, Bloody Mary’s, size 12~14, Small Wooly Buggers etc...
The hatches this time of year of course are your winter cycle of the blue winged olives, (size 16~18) Igloo cased building caddis, (size 18~20) and the occasional winter stones (little brown stone) in a size 16.
Midges this time of year will hatch off and on in the morning and late afternoons. Best sizes to use 18, 20, and 22.
If Q’s, Call! We will be happy to answer anything for you.
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop Toll Free (866)647-4721
Thanks!
John Smeraglio
Summer Steelhead:
The Steelhead fishing is slow. Some folks still getting the odd fish every now and again. The Wild Steelhead are spread throughout the whole lower 100 miles of the Deschutes River and will be sort-of milling around for a couple of months until they settle down to spawn this coming February.
Most of the hatchery Steelhead have found their way up to the Warm Springs area, but there are still some of them around the Maupin stretch. This provides an opportunity to take home some fresh steelhead for dinner. Please do our Wild Steelhead a favor and harvest any Hatchery Steelhead you catch.
Water temperature is 37*, that makes steelhead very sluggish so bring some sink-tips or sinking poly leaders to get your flies down and close to the fish.
Here are some flies that I recommended for the current conditions.
Moal Leech, Size, 4’s & 6’s, in black, Purple, Pink, and Orange. Wombat, Size 2, same colors. Marabou Spey, size 4, same colors. Reign Spey,size 4, same colors. Yes, you can still use the good standby’s that you like also.
Especially when the water returns to that clear/green Winter color.
A little tip.
Making sure you slow your fly swing speed down as much as possible.
This will help to get the fish interested in the fly, and then follow it.
Use flies that have a little flash on them during low light conditions, and dull fly colors when the sun is on the water. Think about using a sink tip to get the fly lower in the water columns if the sun is directly in there eyes.
Have fun!
Please don’t hesitate to call if you have any questions.
Our helpful staff will be very pleased to help you.
Thanks, and good fishing to all!
John Smeraglio
(866) 647-4721
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
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