John Day Fishing Report
December 1, 2020 We just wrapped up our guided fishing trips on the John Day River. What a season! In a year when the river never came up we faired pretty well. Although we didn’t catch fish each day we…
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DESCHUTES, STEELHEAD, JETBOATS, JULY
My four favorite things! I live for July steel heading on the lower Deschutes and I prefer to do it by jet boat! This is a lower river game. By lower river I mean the lower 12 miles of the river. For…
European Style Nymphing (ESN), Why?
Why nymph fish at all? The truth is the overwhelming majority of trout feeding behavior happens below the water’s surface. In fact most feeding activity happens around twelve inches off the river bottom. The answer is to catch fish when…
2019 Recommended Gear List: Deschutes Summer Steelhead
samsicklesJuly 21, 2018Deschutes Steelhead Guide, Deschutes Trout Guide, deschutesjetboatguide, Gear, Gorge Fly Shop, rods Summer Chrome Recommended equipment A big part of what you get with a good fly fishing guide is an opportunity to learn about equipment. Year in and year out I see…
2018 Recommended Gear List: Deschutes Summer Steelhead
Recommended equipment A big part of what you get with a good fly fishing guide is an opportunity to learn about equipment. Year in and year out I see people bring their own gear, most of the time this gear…
2017 Recommended Gear List
Recommended equipment: A big part of what you get with a good fly fishing guide is an opportunity to learn about equipment. I always bring fishing rods for my clients just in case what they bring isn’t up to date.…