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July Steelhead on the Deschutes 2017

DESCHUTES JET BOAT GUIDE TRIPS FOR STEELHEAD   This is a really cool fishery and honestly one of my favorite times to fish the Deschutes River for summer steelhead. This is a lower river game. By lower river I mean…

Deschutes Fly Fishing Report May 21, 2017

  It’s been a weird kind of year.  High flows and cold fronts have definitely affected the Salmonfly/Stonefly hatch.  The giant bugs are present in all stretches of the river. Although the bug presence is heavy and they’ve been there…

The Salmonfly Hatch

I KNOW, IT’S JUST BARELY WINTER STEELHEAD SEASON! May comes pretty fast and it pays to plan ahead. The Salmonfly hatch is the most explosive surface action of the year! Few things in the Northwest get fly fishermen more excited…

They’re Here…

I’m over and out until Memorial Weekend so here’s a quick report for the two people that check this blog.  The trout are extra thick and well fed, the poison oak is everywhere and I saw my first rattler today…

October report 2015

The 2015 Deschutes season is winding down and so is the fishing. Despite otherwise perfect conditions the Deschutes has been fishing relatively poor this October compared to prior years. Several factors have made it tough but most noticeably the river…