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Deschutes River - Lower - May 30th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED: 
63 °
FISHING: Poor
Red Side Trout:
Emergency Report.
The Deschutes Blew out last evening about 5:40 PM in the Maupin area
due to the heavy rains that fell in Bend, Redmond, and Madras the past 3 days. Trout Creek and the Warm Spring rivers are both doing the damage. looks like it ‘s going to take about 3 to 5 days to clear up. The Warm Springs area is still in good shape if you want to try up there.
Another thing to think about is going up to our private lakes at Wild Winds Ranch. Call to book at (541) 395-2565.
Current Hatches on the Deschutes River are:
Salmon Flies, Golden Stones, Mahogany Duns, BWOs, PMD’s, Pale Evening Duns, Free living Caddis, Igloo Case Building Caddis, and American Grannum Caddis, and midge. Check out our “HATCH CHART” for more.
Fly Patterns you should have:
Stone Fly Nymph’s, (Black, Brown and Gold) Stone Fly Adults, (orange and gold), Matt’s Fur Nymphs, Cased Caddis, Free Living Caddis, Igloo Case Building Caddis, and Midge. Make sure that you have some emerger patterns with you like Soft Hackles, Caddis Pupas, and don’t forget those Criple Patterns.
When things get back to normal, the fishing gets going around 10 AM and holds up pretty well through the day. The evenings are showing signs of improvement, so after dinner could be fun for an hour or so.
Other useful fly patterns are, Possy Buggers, light bright dubbed Soft Hackle (green), bright green sparkle Green Rock Worms, and Silvey’s Prime Pupa’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 Deschutes is in good condition, contrary to what you may have heard.
We have seen some color change, but its just a tinge of glacier color which does not hurt the ability for fish to see as much as one might think.
River levels from Pelton Regulating Dam are higher than normal at 6,800 CFS. Should start to drop in a few days.
Water temperatures are between 49 and 51 degrees. As I mentioned in the last report, some drop in water temperature can occur if the weather warms up quickly, which increases run off from the abundant snow pack. We may not see water temps in the 50’s until May. This means that you still want concentrate your efforts in slower runs, back eddies, and steep high bank runs with slow currents and foam lines.
I have noticed that some trout are starting to move into some of the quicker paced seams along the edges of riffles and in the tails of riffles where the water deepens and the current slows slightly.
This time of year is when our private lakes start to fish well. Click on “PRIVATE TROPHY LAKES” on our home page.
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, Karen, Nate, or Joe at: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop
Toll free (866) 647-4721
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Deschutes River - Lower - May 28th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes River Outfitters
RECORDED: 
65 °
FISHING: Good
Adult Salmon Flies and Goldens are present all the way from Maupin to Warm Springs. From South Junction to Warm Springs they are spotty, but that will be changing soon enough. There were a ton of nymphs crawling up the banks and I watched a bunch of bugs “pop-out” of their exoskeletons and "hatch" right before my eyes. It looks like something out of “Aliens”! It is definitely something to see but the best part is THE FISH LOVE ‘EM!!!
As of yesterday the fish from South Junction to Warm Springs were not keyed-in to the adults yet and nymphing was so-so and day to day (probably the result of the weird spring weather we have been having). Again this will change quickly, especially with warmer weather in the forecast later in the week. Keep an eye on the weather and if things heat up like they are supposed to, it might be time to take that “sick day” you’ve been feeling coming on—nothing cures what ailes you quicker than a day (or two; or three) on the Deschutes.
From White Horse Rapids and below the fish were looking up and this area should only get better as the weather improves. The weather as of late has been all over the board and not helping a lot. It feels more like early spring than the start of summer.
Pale Morning Duns (PMDs) and Blue Wing Olives (BWOs) were present but only brought-up fish in isolated areas of actively working fish. Still worth keeping these patterns in the back of your mind (and in your box) if none of the “traditional tactics” are working.
No doubt the River is up compared to the last couple of springs. Please be careful wading. It's definitely deeper and pushy in a lot of places—don’t get yourself into unnecessary predicaments. Check before you step off the bank in your "favorite spot". It has been awhile since we've seen levels this high and high water levels will likely continue until the snowpack recedes. However, the River isn’t crazy-big or unfishable by any means (after all, it is dam-controlled). Don’t use high water as an excuse—GET OUT THERE AND FISH!!! The fish are still in the River and looking to eat.
Be sure to check our website often. We are on the River constantly this time of year and we will be sure to give you the most up-to-date information on all things related to fly fishing the Deschutes River Canyon.
We still have a few prime dates available if you want to get in on the Salmon Fly action. However, if your schedule just won’t let you get away there is always July. And the way the weather has been, it might not be a bad idea...
Tight Lines,
Mike Boyd
Deschutes River Outfitters
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Deschutes River - Lower - May 27th, 2008
supplied by: Fly and Field Outfitters
FISHING: Good
The Lower Deschutes has risen over 1000 cfs in the last week. Record high temperatures over the weekend are largely to blame, causing large amounts of runoff to enter tributaries and reservoirs. That said, the Deschutes is currently flowing at 5600 cfs, which is still a very fishable flow. From the White River confluence upstream to the Locked Gate is the most consistent place on the river right now for fishing adult stonefly patterns. There are a few adult stoneflies being spotted around Warm Springs, but peak dry fly action is still at least a couple of weeks off for that section of river. In the meantime, the nymph fishing can be very productive. A popular option is to fish a large stonefly nymph trailed by a small caddis pupa or mayfly nymph. Don’t forget that although the big bugs get a lot of attention this time of year, as the water warms anglers should be prepared to fish the river’s caddis and mayfly hatches.
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Deschutes River - Lower - May 23rd, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes River Outfitters
RECORDED: 
60 °
FISHING: Good
Lower Deschutes: Wow, not much of a spring so far but the summer-like weather is just around the corner! Last week we had a blast of hot weather that got things started. The Cascades received a great snowpack this winter and that heat wave really started to bring it down. The River levels have been bumping up and is currently at 5,690 cfs. Luckily the Deschutes is dam-controlled, which should help keep things in check to a degree. Pelton Dam is what makes the Deschutes' Salmon Fly hatch a lot more predictable and fishable than a lot of hatches on other big Western freestone rivers that can get hammered during "mud season".
Big bugs are starting to show in the Maupin area. It is all just a matter of time until they are all the way up to Warm Springs. In the meantime it is spring nymphing! Until the Salmon Flies and Stones hatch, subsurface will provide the bulk of the action. The big Stone nymphs are getting active and crawling towards the banks in preparation to crawl out and hatch. Having a big ugly fly (Kaufman's Stone, Girdle Bug, or the like) followed with a Pheasant Tail, Copper John, or other smaller Mayfly nymph is a go to rig. Most of the standards (Princes, Serendipities, Brassies, Hare’s Ears, etc) will find fish as well. Concentrate on riffles and rock gardens. March Browns, Blue Wing Olives, and Midges (which have been tapering out), can provide some unexpected—and fun—mid-day dry-fly action.
Currently, the fishing is very inconsistent and day-to-day. If you start seeing some Mayflies on the water, start scoping flats below riffles and in the eddies. These springtime Mayfly hatches don't always last long so take advantage of them while you can. A Parachute Adams with a Pheasant Tail Drop is a great way to cover it. The big bugs (adult Salmon Flies and Golden Stones) should be out the middle/end of May and into June (depending on the section of River). The hatch will move up river; Maupin will see adults before Warm Springs. Then bust out the big DRIES!
Big dries and big takes! What could be better? Dates are filling fast and if you want in on the action, contact us ASAP via deschutesoutfitters.com.
PLEASE REMEMBER! the Deschutes trout (redsides) will be spawning spring into early summer. These are a very special wild fish and deserve your respect! DO NOT FISH SPAWNERS! If you see a bunch of fish in skinny water on small rocks, paired up and dark...they are spawners. Spawning beds (redds) can typically be found in tailouts and around islands. Please don't wade through these areas (you are stomping our future into oblivion), don't anchor on, or fish for these guys. Please don't give-in to the temptation of "all those fish". If it looks too good to be true (i.e., a lot of fish in shallow water that aren't spooky there is a reason) it is. These fish have other things on their mind. Let 'em get after it.
Tight Lines,
Mike Boyd
Deschutes River Outfitters
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Deschutes River - Lower - May 23rd, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED: 
50 °
FISHING: Good
Red Side Trout:
We are into late May with weather that is very inconsistent along with fishing success. This past week, Monday was poor, Tuesday was very good, Wednesday windy and tough as well as yesterday. We give the good rating because at this time of year the fishing can be good on given days.
The “catching” starts to pick up about 10 AM and continues off and on until about 6 PM.
Must have patterns are Mahogany Duns, BWOs, PMD’s, Stone Fly Nymph’s, Stone Fly Adults, ( both orange and gold), Matt’s Fur Nymphs, Cased Caddis, Free Living Caddis, Igloo Case Building Caddis, and Midge. Make sure that you have some emerger patterns with you.
Most of the emergent stages will happen late morning, After 11:00 AM.
For best results, restrict your efforts to the middle hours of the day.
Most early spring hatches are “photo activated”, meaning 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.
Other useful fly patterns are, Possy Buggers, light bright dubbed Soft Hackle (green), bright green sparkle Green Rock Worms, and Silvey’s Prime Pupa’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 Deschutes is in good condition, contrary to what you may have heard.
We have seen some color change, but its just a tinge of glacier color which does not hurt the ability for fish to see as much as one might think.
River levels from Pelton Regulating Dam are higher than normal at 5,200 CFS. The heavy snow pack that we have all been worried about is now running off and will continue for a while. Be prepared to fish in areas further up the bank because fish will be in very close. Regardless of these flow levels, the river is in good shape and is still fishable.
Water temperatures are between 49 and 51 degrees. As I mentioned in the last report, some drop in water temperature can occur if the weather warms up quickly, which increases run off from the abundant snow pack. We may not see water temps in the 50’s until May. This means that you still want concentrate your efforts in slower runs, back eddies, and steep high bank runs with slow currents and foam lines. I have noticed that some trout are starting to move into some of the quicker paced seams along the edges of riffles and in the tails of riffles where the water deepens and the current slows slightly.This time of year is when our private lakes start to fish well. Click on “PRIVATE TROPHY LAKES” on our home page.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, Karen, Nate, or Joe at: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop
Toll free (866) 647-4721
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Deschutes River - Lower - May 21st, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes River Anglers
RECORDED: 
66 °
FISHING: Fair
MADRAS 5660 cfs MOODY 9950 cfs
Watch out the river is still flowing big, but atleast the river level has been pretty stable the last few days. Big or small if the water levels don't jump around a whole bunch fishing can still be good on most river. A lot of times what high water will do is concentrate the fish into smaller areas so when you find them there can be more fish in that area.
Be ready to start throwing more and more stonefly nymphs, that migration is slowly starting to begin. Also each day there is getting to be more march browns kicking around.
Keep your eyes open for the big adults salmon flies, its not to long until there will be enough to start fishing dries.
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Deschutes River - Lower - May 20th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes River Anglers
RECORDED: 
90 °
FISHING: Fair
MARDAS 5660 cfs MOODY 10200 cfs
Watch out, here it comes, the snow melt is coming. We all knew that the snow had to melt some time, and these last few days of hot weather has made the river jump up about 1000 cfs. The weather is suppost to cool down on tuesday and continue to do so for the next several days which should allow the river to stay steady or drop a bit. Either way as long as the river doesn't continue to keep jumping up and down fishing should be back to normal in a few days.
With these hot days the salmon flies are getting closer and closer. There are already a few up around the warmsprings area.
Good luck
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Deschutes River - Lower - May 11th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes River Anglers
RECORDED:
67 °
FISHING: Good
MADRAS 4820 CFS
The fishing seems to be picking up, more and more march brown are showing up. Still not tons of dry fly action but some. The last three days from warmsprings to Maupin was good. The farther we got down the river the more bugs and consistant hatches we saw, I even spotted a two SALMON FLIES. Another couple of days of warm weather the march browns should be going real good. If you hit the march brown hatch good it can be a very exciting hatch, with lots of fish and not a lot of people around.
With this warmer weather watch out the salmon flies will be here before you know it.
Good luck
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Deschutes River - Lower - May 4th, 2008
supplied by: John Judy Flyfishing
RECORDED: 
70 °
FISHING: Good
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Stream Flows: I’m not sure how to forecast the run off this year. Irrigation has started, that takes flows down, but there is also a lot of snow in the mountains. We haven’t really started into the peak run off season yet. How that’s going to balance out I really don’t know.
For the most up to date information check stream flows here. Consider anything below 4800 cfs to be lower more summer like flows. Above that look for river to be getting bigger and more likely to be off color.
Trout: Most of the best fishing this time of year is going to be with nymphs. Weighted flies fished under an indicator can be very productive. My preferred rigging is a stonefly nymph of some sort with a smaller trailer fly that matches the hatch of the day. The stonefly is important because the annual migration of these insects is well underway – large numbers of both Salmonflies and Golden Stones are moving from deeper water toward the banks in preparation for the hatch later this month. The other fly, the smaller dropper takes advantage of local conditions by matching whatever the angler sees in the area where he or she is fishing.
In addition to the nymphing it is possible you could run into some good localized mayfly hatches -- either March Browns or smaller gray Baetis. These hatches don’t usually last long but they can produce some fun and exciting dry fly fishing.
Finally in the evening look for possible midge hatches. These things are inconsistent some years you see them, some you don’t. When they occur you can have an hour or two of very dramatic fishing using a small un-weighted black pupa – fished either behind an indicator or a larger dropper dry fly.
Suggested Trout Flies:
Dries: Gray or gray olive mayflies #14 through #18, March Browns #12 or #14, Elk Hair Caddis, Black, size #18 or #20, oh and don’t forget to have a few Salmonflies or Golden Stones in your box just in case you run into a little early hatch activity somewhere in your travels.
Nymphs: Black, dark brown or even peacock colored stonefly nymphs, weighted, sizes #6 or #8, Flashback Pheasant Tail #16 or #18, Black Midge Pupa #20, March Brown Nymph #12
For guide & outfitter information check out our web site JohnJudyFlyfising.com or call John at (541) 595-2073
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Deschutes River - Lower - May 4th, 2008
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED:
65 °
FISHING: Fair
Red Side Trout:
The improvement we experienced last week, has remained. Most of the “catching” is still best from 11 AM until 5 PM. Trout will look to dries between 1 and 4 PM. Though April is the peak month for our trout to spawn, a good percentage of fish have not completed their cycle. Trout will continue to spawn well into May, so be very careful NOT to fish or wade in these areas.
Must have patterns are Mahogany Duns, BWOs, Stone Fly Nymph’s, Matt’s Fur Nymphs, Cased Caddis, Free Living Caddis, Igloo Case Building Caddis, and Midge. Make sure that you have some emerger patterns with you.
Most of the emergent stages will happen late morning, After 11:00 AM.
For best results, restricted your efforts to the middle hours of the day.
Most early spring hatches are “photo activated”, meaning 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.
Other useful fly patterns are, Possy Buggers, light bright dubbed Soft Hackle (green) 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 Deschutes is in good condition, contrary to what you may have heard.
We have seen some color change, but its just a tinge of glacier color which does not hurt the ability for fish to see as much as one might think.
River levels from Pelton Regulating Dam in Madras have decreased to below a normal level of 4,200 CFS. I know most of you are very concerned regarding the heavy snow pack and how it will effect the spring and early summer river levels. They are going to be higher than normal. The trout will hold in water close to the bank, and this means we all have to fish further back. Its no big deal. Don’t be reluctant to change your fishing strategies, trout have to feed every day so. make adjustments and put your flies in front of the fish, not your feet. As long as we have a slow steady rise of freezing levels, the river should remain in good fishing shape.
Water temperatures are between 48 and 50 degrees. As I mentioned in the last report, some drop in water temperature can occur if the weather warms up quickly, which increases run off from the abundant snow pack. We may not see water temps in the 50’s until May. This means that you still want concentrate your efforts in slower runs, back eddies, and steep high bank runs with slow currents and foam lines.
I have noticed that some trout are starting to move into some of the quicker paced seams along the edges of riffles and in the tails of riffles where the water deepens and the current slows slightly.
This time of year is when our private lakes start to fish well. Click on “PRIVATE TROPHY LAKES” on our home page.
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
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