What does this mean? It means the entire Deschutes will be closed to steelhead fishing in July 1 through August 15th, 2022. (please keep reading, this is not a death sentence) Going forward Deschutes Steelhead seasons will be open or closed…
Please send this letter to these folks or draft one of your own liking. Gov. Browns Natural resource Policy advisor. jasonminer@oregon.gov Sen.billhansell@oregonlegislature.gov Sen.lynnfindley@oregonlegislature.gov We need your help. PGE in a relicensing agreement changed how they send water down the lower…
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…
November 14, 2020 Many apologies for the delay in updating this report. My last day of fishing the Deschutes was October 28th. We finished the season with a very nice hatchery Coho, probably a stray from the Umatilla River. The…
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…
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…
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…
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…
(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…
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…