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Deschutes River - Lower - January 1st, 2007
supplied by: Creekside Fly Fishing
FISHING: Poor
River Flows: Madras @ 5,750cfs. Level at Moody is 7,770cfs. The Northern Boundary of the Warm Springs Reservation upstream to the Pelton Regulating Dam is now closed Trout fishing is also closed in this section of the river on the BLM side. From Maupin downstream to the mouth is open year round for trout.
Trout fishing has been slow-fair
Suggested Steelhead Patterns: Green Butt Skunk, Youngers Summer Run, Jack's Train Wreck, Bennett's Last Light, Purple Peril, Street Walker, Purple Articulated Leech, Undertaker.
Suggested Trout patterns for the month of January. Surface Hatches: BWO's, and Midges. Patterns: Griffiths Gnat (Sz 18-22), Little Olive (Sz 16-18), TDC Midge #16-20)
Nymphs: Midge pupa such as Serendipity's, CDC midge emerger, Kaufmann's Chironomid pupa, Chan's Chironomid pupa.
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Deschutes River - Lower - December 14th, 2006
supplied by: Creekside Fly Fishing
FISHING: Fair
River Flows: Madras @ 5,180cfs. Level at Moody is 5,590cfs. The Northern Boundary of the Warm Springs Reservation upstream to the Pelton Regulating Dam is now closed Trout fishing is also closed in this section of the river on the BLM side. Steelhead fishing on the BLM side of the river in that section remains open until December 31st. From Maupin downstream to the mouth is open year round for trout.
Steelhead are throughout the entire lower 100 miles of the Deschutes. Fishing has been slow-fair depending on which section of the river. Some nice B-Run fish are being caught in the lower river upstream of the mouth.
Suggested Steelhead Patterns: Green Butt Skunk, Youngers Summer Run, Jack's Train Wreck, Bennett's Last Light, Purple Peril, Street Walker, Purple Articulated Leech,
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Deschutes River - Lower - December 11th, 2006
supplied by: Deschutes River Anglers
RECORDED: 
42 °
FISHING: Fair
MADRAS 4560 cfs MOODY 5110 cfs
The deschutes is in full winter mode. The trout are up for a short time on sometimes strong blue wing olive hatches in the heat of the day. This can be a great event even if you are not fishing for them! It's almost as fun to watch as it is to fish. You see one bug-2-3- 100 and then the feeding frenzy lasts for a half hour, then you swear you where seeing things as there's not another trout up all day. Meanwhile you were swinging for steelhead and where glad to have that blue wing hatch to break up the bordom of cast, swing, step, cast............. A strong tug at your first spot keeps your faith alive in this cold dismal part of the world-you start to question your sanity and that warm body that would be lying in your bed if you rowed out right now---could I make it? I could row the last 11-12 miles in the dark I've done it before-- I could be at the brewery havin' a burger and a beer at 7:30! DId I shut the coffee pot off when I left the house- I wonder if my wife has a boyfriend?.............WHAM the line goes tight on a summer run steelhead caught in december in the snow! maybee he gets off who cares-You are a flyfishing god braving the weather and your mind! Whats next Everest! Anyway sorry about the tangant but that's about how it is. Some days you get into them good and other days you get blanked. Watch the weather and try to go when it lools like it will be a little warmer than it's been. Sink tips are pretty mutch mandatory in most spots right now, other than that have fun and stay warm!
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Deschutes River - Lower - December 8th, 2006
supplied by: The Patient Angler
RECORDED: 
48 °
FISHING: Good
Fished the Lower Deschutes a couple days ago in the Mecca Flats area. The water was in great shape and running around 4500cfs. The cloudy water conditions we’ve had to deal with from the Metolius, cleared up a few days ago, let’s hope it doesn’t come back. To my surprise, there was very little pressure on the water with only a few anglers on foot and a couple of boats. It was a great day for fishing with cloudy/overcast skies and just warm enough that your guides don’t freeze up. I pretty much covered all the water you can swing between the parking lot and the Luelling property, and never got a bump. I guess there’s just days like that. I still got to make a lot of nice casts, on some great water, on a beautiful day. While working my way downstream, I ran into one of my customers who just bought a spey rod from me. He was having the same luck as me, but it did give us the opportunity to work on his spey casting a little bit.
On the swing, I would recommend using a sink tip line and leech patterns. Use the heaviest tip you can get away with, that stays close to the bottom, but doesn’t hang up all the time. If nymphing, I would use a Hot Bead Girdle Bug with a Green Rock Worm or Egg pattern dropper. Remember the key to nymphing, is making sure your bugs ore hitting the bottom.
The Patient Angler
Peter Bowers patientangler.com
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Deschutes River - Lower - November 21st, 2006
supplied by: Deschutes River Anglers
RECORDED: 
50 °
FISHING: Poor
Water is still concrete color with visability under a foot. We will let you know when it gets back into shape!
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Deschutes River - Lower - November 21st, 2006
supplied by: The Patient Angler
RECORDED: 
54 °
FISHING: Poor
The Lower Deschutes River is still off color due to the silt coming out of the dam near Madras. Anglers have been catching a few steelhead and the occasional trout using nymphing techniques, but has been pretty slow on the swing in the dirty water. As soon as the water clears up the fishing should start to pick up again.
The Patient Angler
Peter Bowers patientangler.com
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Deschutes River - Lower - November 18th, 2006
supplied by: Fly and Field Outfitters
RECORDED: 
48 °
FISHING: Poor
Trout fishing along the Warms Springs Res. is closed to trout until the 3rd Saturday in April.
Steelhead continue to move up river, though many are slowing down in preparation for their spawn later this winter. The fish are in the upper stretches of the river, with some fresher fish in the lower reaches. This is a great time of year to fish near the mouth in hopes of tying into a big "B" run fish, laid up in the Deschutes before continuing onto Idaho.
The rain has affected the river, especailly below the the confluence with the White River. Last week the river was running very high for this time of year, and put the fishing off. Some anglers experienced a breif relief from the high, muddy water near the end of the week. Currently, the river is at very fishible levels, but is blown out. High water the affected the Metolious river last week has caused the Deschutes from the dam to the Cololmbia to be extremely off color. Yesterday, visability was 6-10 inches, at best. Needless to say the fishing is SLOW!
Within the next week or so, the river should be game on again.
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Deschutes River - Lower - November 17th, 2006
supplied by: The Patient Angler
RECORDED: 
61 °
FISHING: Good
Fished the Lower Deschutes just down stream from Mecca Flats on Saturday. The water had spiked up to over 6000cfs on Wednesday, but dropped to 4600cfs by Saturday morning so I thought I would give it a try. I arrived at 9:00 a.m., and to my surprise there were only 5 or 6 cars in the parking lot. I set up my rod with a type 8 sink tip and one of my marabou stinger flies in black/purple/blue with a red butt and started down the trail. The thoughts of the fishing being a little slow due to the quick drop in water were soon erased when I hooked a small native fish in the stretch above the first island. It was a wild hen and she was surprisingly bright with a little flush on her cheek. I worked my way down stream and found another steelhead in the run across from the Dry Creek parking area. It was a 26-27 inch buck that was pretty colored up, but put on a fight like a much brighter fish. He hammered my fly and immediately ripped off 30yards of line, ending with a cartwheeling jump. He broke the water a few more time but soon came to hand. Fished the rest of the day with no action, but did talk to a number of anglers that had touched a fish or two.
The water has dropped to 4350cfs and 50 degrees, but has been dirty and off color the last couple of days. As soon as it clears the fishing should pick up again.
I'm going to give it a try again on Friday.
The Patient Angler
Peter Bowers
patientangler.com
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Deschutes River - Lower - November 10th, 2006
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED:
42 °
FISHING: Fair
Steelhead & Red Side Trout reports:
Steelhead:
We are at the tail end of the Summer Steelhead run in the Deschutes. This is when the fish start to mill around and not do much of anything until they Spawn in February or March. This means they will be less active and less aggressive to your flies.
From now until the end of November, you can expect a chance of catching 0 to 1 a fish a day.
Mornings and evenings are still the best bet, but on these beautiful Fall days, when the Sun light is lower in the sky, you can fish all day long, especially when its cloudy.
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.
Water temperature is in the upper 40’s and should continue to drop for the next few weeks. You might start thinking about bringing some sink tip lines with you when you head this way.
Water conditions are good. The river level is 5,150 CFS and dropping. If you haven't heard, We’ve had some higher than normal river levels due to heavy rain fall, which caused huge flooding in the valley and in the Cascade Mountains this past week. This of course blew out the White River, and muddied up the Deschutes below.
If your going to fish the Deschutes, stay above white River.
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
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
(866)647-4721 Toll Free
Red Side Trout:
Flood, Flood, everywhere!
We saw the Deschutes river level rise as high as 6,450 CFS, which put the river at around 2,000 CFS higher that normal.
Below White river, well, you can imagine, it was bad, and still is.
However, the level has come down to 5,150 CFS and is still on the drop.
The clarity is good now, and it should fish just fine, as long as you stay above White river.
Trout fishing is best from 10AM to 4PM. Most of the hatches are Micro Caddis, and BWO’s. Pay close attention to the slack water areas for this to take place, especially on a cloudy day.
The PED’s, Mahogany Duns, and October Caddis have completed their hatch cycles for this year.
Work the eddies, and slower water tight to the bank. make sure the water depth is at least 3 feet. Fish with BWO Duns, spent spinners, spent caddis, and suspended midge pupas when the Trout are looking up.
If not, then get the nymphs out and get-em down.
Try a two fly set-up and use a heavy first fly to get the second smaller fly
deep. It works wonders!
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
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop Toll Free (866)647-4721
Thanks,
John Smeraglio
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Deschutes River - Lower - October 30th, 2006
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED:
48 °
FISHING: Fair
Steelhead & Red Side Trout reports:
Steelhead:
The Summer Steelhead run in the Deschutes is slowing down now. From now until the middle of November, you can expect a chance of catching 0 to 2 a fish a day.
Mornings and evenings are still the best bet, but on these beautiful Fall days, when the Sun light is lower in the sky, you can fish all day long, especially when its cloudy.
Water conditions are very good, the river is clear as a bell and the flow is great, (4,350 CFS ). Water temperature in the morning is around 48* and by the afternoon, its right around 51*.
The concentration of Steelhead are spread through the whole lower 100 miles, with fish starting to stack up around Warm Springs.
The fish count over the Sherars Falls fish trap have dropped to about 15 to 30 fish a day.
In the lower sections of the Deschutes, some of the “B run” fish have made their way from the mouth up about 30 miles. These guys can be good sized, in the 8 to 15 lb. range. Time to beef up your tippet!
The flies that I recommended on the last report are still doing the job, and if you forgot what they were, here they are again.
First the Skaters: Ska-Opper, Rusty Bomber #6, Bomber Chartreuse #4 or 6, and of course Steelhead Muddlers in Size 4s & 6s.
Now for the wets: Jester #4, Purple Angel #4 & 6, Super Black Bear #4 & 6,
B-run #4, Signal light #4 & 6, green Butt Silver Hilton #4 & 6, and a Red Wing Black Bird #4 & 6.
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
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
(866)647-4721 toll free
Red Side Trout:
The Trout fishing is still fair.You will find during midday, trout feeding on Mahogany Duns, Micro Caddis, and BWO’s. pay close attention to the slack water areas for this to take place, especially on a cloudy day. The afternoons are a good time to fish the October Caddis Emerger. Get it down on the bottom, and fish it all the way into the bank like you would aStone fly. In the eddies, stick with spent may flies, spent caddis flies, and suspended midge pupas. Don’t cast randomly, wait until you see fish working, and cast to them. That way, you reduce the risk of spooking the fish. Best time for these tactics would be from about 5:30PM until around 11AM. In the evenings, make sure the sun light has been off the water for about a half an hour. Then head for the riffles, and break out the caddis dries, pupas, and those egg laying diving patterns. The pupas, and diving caddis work great using the down stream swing technique. You can have some really hard takes using this method, so have a shock loop hanging off your reel about a foot long and hold the line between two fingers, making sure the line is not touching the handle of your rod. Make a down and across cast. During the swing, if you feel anything, let the line slip freely through your fingers which allows the fish to turn with the fly. Now, when you feel consistent pressure from the weight of the fish pulling line straight off the reel, move the rod tip toward the the bank (which ever side your on) to finish setting the hook. This insures a much better hooking position for these down stream presentations. The Micro Caddis is over looked quite often. They are a very important food order for the Trout. You should try these out in size 18s, and 20s. Don’t worry, they will see it, even in low light conditions. Fish these with an absolute dead drift. If not, no fun. For more detailed information on hatches, Go to the “HATCH CHART” off the home page drop down menu. Our helpful staff will be happy to assist you any way we can!!! For more detailed information on anything, please call:
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop Toll Free (866)647-4721
Thanks,
John Smeraglio
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