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Deschutes River - Lower - September 11th, 2008
supplied by: The Patient Angler
RECORDED: 
86 °
FISHING: Great
With over 21,000 steelhead going over the Dalles Dam in three days and the fact that I hadn’t touched a steelhead in almost two weeks, I had to jump in my truck and run to the mouth of the Deschutes River. I got to the park around 2:00 pm and found a place to camp for the night. I put on my wet wading gear and filled a backpack with some water and munchies and set out up river on the east side road. I hadn’t walked up from the mouth in a while, so I decided to get a little exercise and walked up to Colorado to reacquaint myself with the lower river and find a good spot for the evening fish. I saw a few anglers on the river close to the mouth, but nobody up river. The run below Colorado Camp was open and by then it was close to 4:00, so I headed down the hill with my trusty 7136 Z-Axis to see if I could find a fish. The water looked good and was 64 degrees, which is pretty good for this time of year. With the sun still on the water, I put on a sink-tip and my Marabou Stinger fly and started working the run. It didn’t take long to get into my first fish. A nice hatchery fish that was bright and put up a great fight. I did have orders to bring home a fish, but thought for sure I would catch another keeper, so I let him go. I was also better than a four mile walk to camp, and we all know that when you carry a fish it gains 5 lbs per mile. An angler with a spinning rod showed up and stepped in below me and in a few minuets caught a nice fish and then disappeared down river. I continued to work down the run and after the sun went off the water I caught a very nice wild fish that ripped line off my reel a couple of times. She went 8 or 9 lbs and was chrome bright and went away strong. The next morning I drove over to the west side of the river to hike up and found 15 cars already parked at the trailhead. I grabbed my pack and my rod and headed up river to find an angler in the water every 500yds for the first mile or so. The funny thing was that when the sun hit the water, most of the anglers went back to camp, home or to work. So I went back to the water I had intended on fishing and put my sink-tip back on and had a great morning fishing behind the a.m. rush. I landed 3 steelhead, all chrome bright wild fish running 25 to 27 inches. Around mid-day the hunger pains started and I had a good morning so I decided to head back to the truck and head home. It was a quick trip, but it was good to get that fishing groove on again and catch a few fish.
By the way, I haven’t heard the end from a certain person about the keeper I let go.
The Patient Angler patientangler.com
Peter Bowers
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Deschutes River - Lower - September 10th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes River Outfitters
FISHING: Good
Fall is in the air, the summer time trout "rythms" are begining to slow. Still plenty of caddis but it is a far cry from the peak of July. Even the evening hatches are thining out. This time of year can still produce good fishing, it will have its daily peaks and valleys though. The number, intensity and size of the caddis is ever decreasing. There are big October caddis present, pupae patterns and adult patterns can be effective during this time.
As we move later into the fall BWO and other mayflies will start to be players. This is a great time to get out on the river and see very little pressure focusing on trout, especially as more and more people focus on steelhead.
The numbers of steelhead on the Columbia and over Sherars Falls have picked up. Fish are being caught from Maupin all the way to the mouth. A few reported incidental fish even further up. The more consistent fishing seems to be below Sherars. That will change quickly. Most reports are typical steelhead numbers, some people are finding a few some are having to work a little harder to get a grab. The fish are around, you just gotta work hard, have confidence and keep swinging.
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Deschutes River - Lower - September 4th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED:
78 °
FISHING: Good
To keep updated on steelhead movement up the Columbia River, click on “FISH COUNTS” on this site. Also, be sure to check out our great deals in the Specials section of fisheyesoup.
Steelhead:
Numbers over Sherars Falls have started to pick up as of late. We’ve also been getting reports of more fish hooked in the last couple of days, as well as hooking more ourselves. I think we are on the cusp of what is going to be a good steelhead season.
Water temps have been in the upper 50’s to low 60’s, which keeps the fish and us happy.
Fish seem to be more active as of late, and if you’ve been keeping an eye on the dam counts than you already know that there is going to be a big push of fish any day now.
Macks to the Mouth: good steelheading.
Sherars to Macks: fair to good chance of fish.
Above Sherars: fair chance of a tug.
This could all change with the snap of finger!
Stick to your favorite patterns and swing them with confidence. Take some wakers and skaters to try at first light in the tailouts. Use a short sink tip line with sun on the water in choppy broken runs and riffles. Keep your hooks very sharp to avoid missing fish on a short strike.
A note about the effect of the White River: The Deschutes fishes just fine when it is a green color. It seems like so many people are calling the Deschutes blown out when it is in a good steelhead green color. I assure you the fish can see just fine. And lets not forget that this same color so many people seem to hate on the Deschutes is the color we are all hoping for on the Coast. So if you show up and the Lower Deschutes is a little green, don’t worry about it and just keep fishing. The fish don’t care, and neither should we. Now when the Deschutes is a nice milky white color....well that’s a different story.
Red Side Trout:
Water levels are a hair above average at 3880, which is a good thing. The trout fishing has been good, some slow periods between hatch activity etc... water temperatures are below average, so this should hold up through this month. August is a bug-rich month, especially with caddis and aquatic moth. Focus your angling attention to the mornings and evenings. Midday you can find trout in the oxygen-rich riffles, fast water pockets, and in the deep, steep bank runs.
Check the foam lines for sipping fish feeding on the spent may flies and caddis.
Its important to have each stage of these caddis flies in your fly box, to switch patterns quickly, helping you find out what the trout are keyed in on. Larva, Pupa, Adults, and spent patterns in Olive, tan, and ginger, sizes 14 through 18. A size 16 or 18 tan elk hair caddis, spent partridge caddis, or X caddis is almost never a bad choice if you like to catch ‘em on top.
Current Hatches on the Deschutes River are:
MAY FLIES: BWO’s, Size 18 or 20
CADDIS: Igloo Case Building, Size 16 or 18, Net Building, Size 16 or 18.
STONE FLIES: Fall Stone, size 8.
CRANE FLIES: Crane Fly’s, Size 16
MIDGE: Midge pupa Size 18 or 20
Check out our “HATCH CHART” for more.
Fly Patterns you should have:
Cased Caddis, size 10 or 8, Net Spinning Caddis, size 16 or 18, Igloo Case Building Caddis, size 18 or 20, Crane Flies, size 16n or 18, and Midge, size 18 to 22.
Make sure that you have some Rusty Spinners, size 16 or 18, emerger patterns like Soft Hackles, Caddis Pupas, and don’t forget those Cripple Patterns.
Other useful fly patterns are, Bead Head CDC Prince Nymph 10 ~ 12, light bright dubbed Soft Hackle (green), bright green sparkle Green Rock Worms, and Silvey’s Prime Pupa’s, Lighting Bugs size 14, Zug Bugs size 14, King Prince Nymph, size 12~16 and a red, green and gold Copper John’s 16 ~ 18s, and a wire bodied Prince Nymph size 10, in black, red, or green.
Deschutes Water Conditions:
Water temperatures are between 59 and 62 degrees, color is clear.
White River Water Conditions:
Color is glacier grey / light green, not effecting the Deschutes.
We will open our private lakes again on September 10th, Fall is beautiful at the ranch and the fishing can be quite good! Click on "Private Lakes" for more info.
For information regarding Deschutes River hatches, click on “HATCH CHART”.
Have more questions? Allow our helpful staff to assist you.
Please call ~ John, Karen, Nate, Leif, or Joe at:
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop Toll free (866) 647-4721
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Deschutes River - Lower - September 2nd, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED: 
72 °
FISHING: Fair
To keep updated on steelhead movement up the Columbia River, click on “FISH COUNTS” on this site. Also, be sure to check out our great deals in the Specials section of fisheyesoup.
Steelhead: Slow to spotty is the best most have been doing for steelhaed the past week and a half. We all experienced the very hot weather, weekend before last, forcing water temperatures to rise to the upper 60’s to low 70’s, putting the cabauch on the fishing for a good 5 to 6 days.
Now we are measuring water temps in the upper 50’s to low 60’s, which is very good for late August.
There are good numbers of steelhead in the system, and they have started there way up stream again, but it seems like they haven’t settled down. The fish are happy, and they are moving! The guys hitting fish, are the ones that are using sink tip lines during the day, to occasionally hook a traveling steelhead. I feel that once the fish get into more of a normal traveling pattern, (move rest move rest) the fishing should improve.
Macks to the Mouth: fair to good steelheading.
Sherars to Macks: slow to fair chance of fish.
Above Sherars: poor to fair chance of a tug.
This could all change with the snap of finger!
Stick to your favorite patterns and swing them with confidence. Take some wakers and skaters to try at first light in the tailouts. Use a short sink tip line with sun on the water in choppy broken runs and riffles. Keep your hooks very sharp to avoid missing fish on a short strike.
Red Side Trout:
Water levels are a hair above average at 4030, which is a good thing. The trout fishing has been good, some slow periods between hatch activity etc... water temperatures are below average, so this should hold up through this month. August is a bug-rich month, especially with caddis and aquatic moth. Focus your angling attention to the mornings and evenings.
Midday you can find trout in the oxygen-rich riffles, fast water pockets, and in the deep, steep bank runs.
Check the foam lines for sipping fish feeding on the spent may flies and caddis.
Its important to have each stage of these caddis flies in your fly box, to switch patterns quickly, helping you find out what the trout are keyed in on. Larva, Pupa, Adults, and spent patterns in Olive, tan, and ginger, sizes 14 through 18. A size 16 or 18 tan elk hair caddis, spent partridge caddis, or X caddis is almost never a bad choice if you like to catch ‘em on top.
Current Hatches on the Deschutes River are:
MAY FLIES: BWO’s, Size 18 or 20
CADDIS: Igloo Case Building, Size 16 or 18, Net Building, Size 16 or 18.
STONE FLIES: Fall Stone, size 8.
CRANE FLIES: Crane Fly’s, Size 16
MIDGE: Midge pupa Size 18 or 20
Check out our “HATCH CHART” for more.
Fly Patterns you should have:
Cased Caddis, size 10 or 8, Net Spinning Caddis, size 16 or 18, Igloo Case Building Caddis, size 18 or 20, Crane Flies, size 16n or 18, and Midge, size 18 to 22.
Make sure that you have some Rusty Spinners, size 16 or 18, emerger patterns like Soft Hackles, Caddis Pupas, and don’t forget those Cripple Patterns.
Other useful fly patterns are, Bead Head CDC Prince Nymph 10 ~ 12, light bright dubbed Soft Hackle (green), bright green sparkle Green Rock Worms, and Silvey’s Prime Pupa’s, Lighting Bugs size 14, Zug Bugs size 14, King Prince Nymph, size 12~16 and a red, green and gold Copper John’s 16 ~ 18s, and a wire bodied Prince Nymph size 10, in black, red, or green.
Deschutes Water Conditions:
Water temperatures are between 59 and 62 degrees, color is clear.
White River Water Conditions:
Color is glacier grey / light green, not effecting the Deschutes.
We will open our private lakes again on September 10th, Fall is beautiful at the ranch and the fishing can be quite good! Click on "Private Lakes" for more info.
For information regarding Deschutes River hatches, click on “HATCH CHART”.
Have more questions? Allow our helpful staff to assist you.
Please call ~ John, Karen, Nate, Leif, or Joe at:
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop Toll free (866) 647-4721
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Deschutes River - Lower - September 1st, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes River Anglers
RECORDED:
73 °
FISHING: Good
MADRAS 3860 cfs
Its a great time to be on the river
About all the people you see right now from trout creek to Maupin is rafters. Even from warmsprings to trout creek hasn't been to busy of late. Like I've said before the fewer the people you seen the better your odds are of having a good day of fishing, you just get more of the pick of the real good spots. The other beauty of this time of year we have been tying into a few steelhead nymphing for trout which is a nice bonus. And to top it off the weather has been pretty good for fishing, it hasn't been to blazin hot or freezin cold.
I fished a little down river of Maupin this morning for steelhead and we got one hooked another and had a couple more playing with us. I suggest if you have time and love steelhead like I do I would head on down that way. There are definetly more people fishing down there but the crowds still weren't bad at all especially for a holiday weekend.
Are steelhead dates are filling up fast so if you are thinking of doing a trip this year give us a call soon before its to late.
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 30th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes River Outfitters
FISHING: Good
Where has the summer gone?!!?? Trout Fishing has been fair to good depending on the hatches. End of August first part of September is getting into the "dog days of summer" trout fishing. that just translate into day to day peaks and valleys.
When we have been getting higher tempertures, little wind, and stable weather the caddis have been popping and the fishing (especially dry fly, but even nymphing) have been better. Cooler days, or windier days have been tougher. Even shutting down dry fly action during the day with just a little burst of action late afternoon into the evening. The nymphing during these hatch lulls has been saving the day, but still working for your fish.
More clouds, cooler weather, and possible thunder storms can get the mayflies (PMD,PED, and even BWO) going. So if you run into the conditions, you might stumble into some great dry fly fishing.
Caddis are still the big player. Stock the boxes with plenty of low riding dries. they are getting a lot smaller than the start of the summer, so be prepared to step down in size. The big October caddis will start getting active and trout will start keying on the larvae and pupae. Nymph a big pupae/larvae as your top "big" fly, then run a smaller (sparkle pupae, pheasant tail, copper John, etc) off the back. Not a bad way to stumble into a bonus steelhead as well.
Steelhead numbers over the dams have picked up again and are back on track with the average and last year. That is good news after watching the numbers take a dive. Reports are mixed, but fishing overall has been fair to brief moments of good. People are working hard for thier fish. Sounds like the White River has been causing a little havoc, but should settle quickly. Try to check before you go. The steelhead will be moving up the River with time. It is getting to be that time of year where all that is on the brain is steelhead. It is hard to focus except on getting that next grab. If you are interested in going on a guided trip, dates are getting sparse. And when you go, remember it’s steelheading. They don’t come easy and you need to put in your time. Cherish every one of them.
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 29th, 2008
supplied by: Fly and Field Outfitters
FISHING: Great
Trout fishing on the Lower Deschutes has been very good lately. Both nymphs and dries are accounting for hookups. Caddis have been the staple for most of August. The hatches have been extraordinarily heavy on days of hot weather (and almost non-existent on cool days!). Despite large numbers of live bugs on the water, the fish have been favoring spent (dead) caddis. Creative patterns like the Outrigger Caddis and the X2 Caddis have been very effective when the trout get selective. Backeddy fishing has been excellent. Be patient and make every cast count!
Steelhead fishing continues to be good for persistent fly fishers, especially in the reaches below Macks Canyon. The counts at Sherars Falls are still relatively low with about 5-10 fish a day on average being counted. Lots of steelheaders head off the water during the middle of the day. Mid day fishing can be very productive for people willing to switch to a sink-tip and weighted fly or even (gasp!) indicator fishing with large nymph patterns.
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 26th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED:
70 °
FISHING: Good
To keep updated on steelhead movement up the Columbia River, click on “FISH COUNTS” on this site. Also, be sure to check out our great deals in the Specials section of fisheyesoup.
Steelhead: Slow to spotty is the best most have been doing for steelhaed the past week and a half. We all experienced the very hot weather, weekend before last, forcing water temperatures to rise to the upper 60’s to low 70’s, putting the cabauch on the fishing for a good 5 to 6 days.
Now we are measuring water temps in the upper 50’s to low 60’s, which is very good for late August.
There are good numbers of steelhead in the system, and they have started there way up stream again, but it seems like they haven’t settled down. The fish are happy, and they are moving! The guys hitting fish, are the ones that are using sink tip lines during the day, to occasionally hook a traveling steelhead. I feel that once the fish get into more of a normal traveling pattern, (move rest move rest) the fishing should improve.
Macks to the Mouth: fair to good steelheading.
Sherars to Macks: slow to fair chance of fish.
Above Sherars: poor to fair chance of a tug.
This could all change with the snap of finger!
Stick to your favorite patterns and swing them with confidence. Take some wakers and skaters to try at first light in the tailouts. Use a short sink tip line with sun on the water in choppy broken runs and riffles. Keep your hooks very sharp to avoid missing fish on a short strike.
Red Side Trout:
Water levels are a hair above average at 4030, which is a good thing. The trout fishing has been good, some slow periods between hatch activity etc... water temperatures are below average, so this should hold up through this month. August is a bug-rich month, especially with caddis and aquatic moth. Focus your angling attention to the mornings and evenings.
Midday you can find trout in the oxygen-rich riffles, fast water pockets, and in the deep, steep bank runs.
Check the foam lines for sipping fish feeding on the spent may flies and caddis.
Its important to have each stage of these caddis flies in your fly box, to switch patterns quickly, helping you find out what the trout are keyed in on. Larva, Pupa, Adults, and spent patterns in Olive, tan, and ginger, sizes 14 through 18. A size 16 or 18 tan elk hair caddis, spent partridge caddis, or X caddis is almost never a bad choice if you like to catch ‘em on top.
Current Hatches on the Deschutes River are:
MAY FLIES: BWO’s, Size 18 or 20
CADDIS: Igloo Case Building, Size 16 or 18, Net Building, Size 16 or 18.
STONE FLIES: Fall Stone, size 8.
CRANE FLIES: Crane Fly’s, Size 16
MIDGE: Midge pupa Size 18 or 20
Check out our “HATCH CHART” for more.
Fly Patterns you should have:
Cased Caddis, size 10 or 8, Net Spinning Caddis, size 16 or 18, Igloo Case Building Caddis, size 18 or 20, Crane Flies, size 16n or 18, and Midge, size 18 to 22.
Make sure that you have some Rusty Spinners, size 16 or 18, emerger patterns like Soft Hackles, Caddis Pupas, and don’t forget those Cripple Patterns.
Other useful fly patterns are, Bead Head CDC Prince Nymph 10 ~ 12, light bright dubbed Soft Hackle (green), bright green sparkle Green Rock Worms, and Silvey’s Prime Pupa’s, Lighting Bugs size 14, Zug Bugs size 14, King Prince Nymph, size 12~16 and a red, green and gold Copper John’s 16 ~ 18s, and a wire bodied Prince Nymph size 10, in black, red, or green.
Deschutes Water Conditions:
Water temperatures are between 59 and 62 degrees, color is clear.
White River Water Conditions:
Color is glacier grey / light green, not effecting the Deschutes.
We will open our private lakes again on September 10th, Fall is beautiful at the ranch and the fishing can be quite good! Click on "Private Lakes" for more info.
For information regarding Deschutes River hatches, click on “HATCH CHART”.
Have more questions? Allow our helpful staff to assist you.
Please call ~ John, Karen, Nate, Leif, or Joe at:
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop Toll free (866) 647-4721
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 20th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes River Outfitters
RECORDED: 
70 °
FISHING: Great
As the temperatures crept up and up more closely resembling our normal Deschutes summer weather, the fishing kept getting better. When we got the really hot weather the Caddis numbers went through the roof. The wind stayed away and was forgiving. The trout took full advantage and the middle of August fished like the first of July. The fishing pressure has been light and their where fish up and looking all over. Super fun visual fishing working up the banks looking for "players' giving away their lies with fins, snouts, little pushes of water and other rise forms. They weren't super picky on the pattern and a well-presented fly got results. E/C caddis, Elk Hair Caddis, and X-caddis in sizes 16 and 18 all fished.
With all that said, temperatures have dropped, thunderstorms rolled through and they are calling for cooler temps 'till the weekend. If we get another shot of hot weather the caddis might get another resurgence. If it stays cooler than normal, the dry fly action might taper off. There will still be some caddis of course, and keep your eyes open for PMDs and PEDs. Those thunderstorms sometimes spark some great mayfly hatches.
Reports on the steelhead down low are still promising. The numbers on the Columbia have dropped some compared to the big start, but fishing sounds like it is still pretty good. Even more rumors of fish up higher. Take your pick go low and steelhead or finish of your summer trout fix.
Tight Lines,
Mike Boyd
Deschutes River Outfitters
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 19th, 2008
supplied by: The Patient Angler
RECORDED:
85 °
FISHING: Good
Hello Patient Anglers,
Thought I would write up a report for all you anglers that missed our 2008 River Rendezvous held on the Deschutes River last weekend. The Rendezvous was a great success and everyone that attended had a great time and learned a lot about fly-fishing for steelhead.
We did have a little bit of excitement and a rough start to our weekend. An unexpected fire caused by lightning burned a large area across from the Beavertail campground causing a mandatory evacuation at 2:30 a.m. on Friday. We went to bed on Thursday night with the camp all set up for the start of our event on Friday morning. We had a couple wall tents set up with all kinds of fly-fishing equipment, 60 demo rods set up, three drift boats and a full guide camp with tents, kitchen, dining room and shower. Shortly after going to bed, the BLM came into camp and woke us up and informed us that we had to evacuate Beavertail campground in 10 minutes. We quickly decided we weren’t going to leave all that equipment and our camp unattended, or to the will of the fire that was threatening to jump the river. So with headlamps on, we packed up the camp that took two days to set up, into 5 trucks, in 20 minutes. It wasn’t pretty, but we got it done. We drove out of Beavertail to find the whole mountainside across the river on fire. It looked like some hell scene from a movie. We found an empty campground up river at about 4:00 a.m., and had an adult beverage and tried to regroup a little. After all, it was after midnight and Friday was Reed’s birthday. At 5:00 a.m. it started to rain which helped knock down the fire, so we headed back to Beavertail to see if camp was still there. The fire was still burning, but decreased enough that we could return and try to set up camp AGAIN! We postponed the days activities until 11:00 a.m. and got the camp back together. Once we got set up, the rest of the weekend went pretty smooth.
Spey casting classes and clinics were the hit of the weekend. We spent most of the day in the water with full classes learning to spey cast for the first time and intermediate casters improving their skills. We had demos of every spey rod that SAGE and Winston makes matched up with all the different spey lines available for people to try. There were a lot of converts to spey after our fun weekend.
The half-day guided/fly-fishing schools were all full and all those who took part had a great time and learned a lot about fishing for steelhead. About a dozen steelhead were hooked during our three days and a couple of the fish that were landed were by first time anglers.
After dinner, we finished each day in camp with Rendezvous attendees joining us for drinks and the endless trading of fishing stories that seem to always dominate the conversation in a fishing camp. There was lots of laughter and fun each evening and was a great way to end each day.
I did get to fish the day after our Rendezvous on my way out of the canyon on the way home. I hooked three steelhead and landed two of them, both of which were wild fish. There are a lot of fish in the river, but the warm weather we’ve had has slowed down the bite. Hopefully this cooler weather we have now will help to turn the fishing on a bit.
Besides the fire, the Rendezvous when well and everyone had a great time taking part in our educational event. I’m looking forward to the 2nd River Rendezvous to be held next summer.
The Patient Angler patientangler.com
Peter Bowers
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