Trout Fishing
Fly Fishing Report, May 30, 2020 -Trout Fishing has been incredible since we got back to work May 21st. The Salmon Flies and Golden Stones are pretty much done but it was fun while it lasted. In certain spots fish…
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Deschutes Salmonfly Hatch covid-19 issue
April 29, 2020, day 41 captains log. Currently the Deschutes is open for fishing provided you are an Oregon Resident with a valid Oregon fishing license. Access is limited to day use sites only, exception of Deschutes State Park is…
Deschutes Fly-Fishing Report, 2019 Steelhead
November 23, 2019. Fall fishing on the Deschutes was good this year. We saw some really really good fish late in the season. The river and the weather made conditions pretty tuff, seems the White River was out the entire…
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…
Open Dates Deschutes Steelhead
(guided jet-boat trips) Summer officially starts June 21st. I’ll still be trout fishing on the lower lower, mostly with a trout spey, hoping to accidentally hook a June Steelhead. The real action happens in July. On a magical day the…
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 Deschutes Steelhead Year End Results
The Deschutes steelhead season started off with a bang. Early summer was as good as I have ever seen on the lower Deschutes. There were spots on the river where we found fish every day for a week straight. There was…
Deschutes Summer Steelhead Report
Where do I start? Well today’s my birthday and it’s a non-jetboat weekend so I’m home drinking a good cup of Hairbender and updating my fishing site. There were some fires this year on the Deschutes. Most of the camp…
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…
