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Deschutes River - Lower - August 21st, 2009
supplied by: River Borne Outfitters, LLC
RECORDED: 
100 °
FISHING: Fair
Just got off a sled trip on the lower river. Fishing was tough. It's extremely crowded and the water temps are pushing up on 70 dgrees. With all of the reports of a record year people are out and about. Fishing is still decent if you can get on some good water at first light. Middle of the day, have lunch, relax, find some shade.
On a seperatre note, segment four has gone to limited entry. People have been shut out due to the new system. If you are looking to get below macks canyon give us a call and we can line you out.
Tight Lines,
Sam
riverborneoutfitters.com
541-647-2584
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 18th, 2009
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
RECORDED: 
94 °
FISHING: Good
Throughout the day you'll find the fish mostly in the runs eating nymphs. Get down deep with shot and get a good drift using an indicator. We are using a lot of little bead heads and focusing on matching PMD's and Caddis much of the time. This is also a good time to use stonefly nymphs again, my belief is that the biological drift on the giant and golden's is active this time of year and that the fish again get really keyed on them. Also, we are getting close to October Caddis time, so a big cased caddis is a good choice as these are getting ready to pupate soon.
During the afternoon you find a few fish feeding on emergers in the eddies.
This is still a great time to expect very good evening dry fly action. PMD's and Caddis as well as Rusty Spinners are all good. A Purple Haze is still one of our favorites.
Steelhead are in but are mostly below Sherars Falls at this time. The fish have been really streaming in from the Columbia. Reports are great (mostly) with guys catching several a day in some cases. A swung fly on a floating line is a great choice as is a dead drifted nymph with plenty of weight below an indicator.
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 18th, 2009
supplied by: River Borne Outfitters, LLC
RECORDED:
90 °
FISHING: Fair
We just got off a three day trip on the lower river and fishing was tougher than in previouse weeks. With the summer storms on Mt Hood last week we had lots of color in the river below the White. That said, we moved some fish using dry lines and even skated one up. By Monday the river cleared up a bit and decent fishing resumed. After speaking with some sources...we just missed a couple of big days. The dam counts have been incredible and the river has cooled back down into the low 60's, it will be lights out for the rest of the season.
Regards,
Sam
riverborneoutfitters.com
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 13th, 2009
supplied by: Deschutes River Outfitters
FISHING: Good
The fishing has been fair to good lately. It seems that some of the dry fly and the thick caddis are starting to wind down a little. With that being said, though, the eddies and sight fishing has still been good on a day to day basis. The little blast of colder weather we had a couple of days back did not help the caddis. If you spend some time looking there are still plenty of dry fly opportunities to be had, you need to just look a little harder. The warmer, still late mornings and early afternoons have been good. The wind has been coming up pretty consistently in the afternoon and not helping to capitalize on the evening shade session to the fullest potential. the evening is still fishing well, and worth sticking around for, for sure. Bring your "A" game for those fish up and working on dries, this late in the summer a lot of the big redsides have "been there done that", and didn't just fall of the cabbage truck. The nymphing has been fair to real good as well, and has come through on days with a lack of fish looking up. Especially on some of the windier evenings. Small Pheasnat Tails and Micro-Mays, Serendipities and Pupa patterns have been good when we broke out the nymph rigs. We have been chasing Trout in the top half ( Warm Springs to Maupin), but Steelhead are being picked up down low. Heard of some good reports, Steelhead season has started down there, and it is the time to think about getting in on the action. October and November are already almost full with few gaps for Multi-days. September can be a great time for a combo trout-steelhead trip and openings are available. Contact information at: info@deschutesoutfitters.com
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 10th, 2009
supplied by: Deschutes River Anglers
RECORDED:
80 °
FISHING: Good
MADRAS 4030 cfs
The fly fishing on the Deschutes River has been good of late. The dry fly fishing has been off and on good, the weather has been jumping around a bit of late which usually doesn't help the bug hatches. The weather is finally starting to get back to normal and the dry fly fishing is slowly getting better with each day. We just got off a three day trip from Trout Creek to Maupin and each day the fishing got better especially the dry fly fishing.
I haven't been down steelhead in the last couple of days but I have been hearing some incredible reports. It's time to get down there the fish are coming, and the numbers are still great coming over the dams.
Good Luck
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 10th, 2009
supplied by: River Borne Outfitters, LLC
RECORDED:
90 °
FISHING: Excellent
Dispite water temps in the upper 60's, and a lots of wind, fishing below Macks Canyon has been excellent. There are fish throughout the system. We are 12 for 19 in the last two trips. Standard floating lines and traditional flies are working well. In the right conditions skaters have brought fish up as well.
We hope to see you down there this season.
Sam
River Borne Outfitters
541-647-2584
www.riverborneoutfitters.com
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 7th, 2009
supplied by: Deschutes River Anglers
RECORDED: 
79 °
FISHING: Good
MADRAS 4150 cfs
The weather finally cooled down but in a big hurry. Today we had crazy weather on the Deschutes River, from cloudy and a bit of rain and even some sun mixed in. I don't know if the fish knew what to make of it, I think they were confused because there were getting use to having that big ball of fire (the sun) blinding them everyday and those hot 100+ degree days. The fishing was good but not great the way it can be on some of the overcast days in August. There weren't to much in the way of bugs flying around until around 5:00 p.m. and then finally a bunch of may flies start coming off. This is what I was expecting to happen but earlier in the day, when you get some of these hatches in August on Deschutes it can be some of the best dry fly fish there is.
There are still plenty of steelhead on there way up the river and they are coming in force, the numbers are looking great. Watch out the White River below Maupin as of yesterday was blowing up and kicking in a bunch of mud into the Deschutes. As soon as it clears up the fishing should be good especially if the weather stays a bit cooler like it is now.
Good Luck
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 4th, 2009
supplied by: Fly and Field Outfitters
FISHING: Good
Daytime high temperatures in the Canyon have been repeatedly hitting triple digits for the last couple of weeks. Some relief is in the forecast and hopefully we will be back to much more seasonable weather. In the meantime, stay hydrated and hit your favorite backeddy with some dry flies! Trout fishing in August definitely tends to slow a little from the caddis feeding frenzy of July, but fishing can still be excellent for persistent anglers. Trout are more educated now than they were two months ago. Longer leaders, lighter tippets, and immaculate drifts will lead to more fish hooked. The best dry fly patterns lately have been smallish (#16, #18) and imitate emerging or spent insects. Caddis, PMD/PED mayflies, craneflies, and small stoneflies are all on the menu. Nymphing continues to be productive in the riffles using small nymphs that imitate the aforementioned bugs.
Steelhead fishing continues to improve as more fish arrive on a daily basis. Anglers are still working hard for hookups, but there are definitely some grabby fish out there. Early mornings have been fishing best. Macks to the mouth will hold the most fish, but fish have been hooked higher up river in the Pinetree and Beavertail areas. Hope for cooler weather and keep an eye on what the White River is doing!
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 3rd, 2009
supplied by: Deep Canyon Outfitters
RECORDED:
95 °
FISHING: Good
HOT! Not just fishing... mostly the weather. We returned yesterday from a very hot, and uncrowded river. The fishing was decent, but definitely not outstanding. There are still tons of caddis flying and hatching. Most of our dry presentations where imitations of caddis. The trout seemed to be most interested in smaller patterns, size 16-20. X-caddis is still the fly of choice, though we had luck with parachute and dancing caddis as well. Nymphing produced well in a few riffles. Our best patterns where small mayfly and midge imitations, size 18 and 20. Our best patterns where flashback pheasant tails and black zebra midges. We did have luck with caddis sparkle pupas as well.
The temperatures where extremely HOT. One day at lunch we recorded 106.1 in shade! Despite the hot temps, the water was still at 59 degrees.
The highlight of the trip was swinging a run at the end of the 3rd day and hooking a chrome bright steelhead... 10 miles above Maupin! We're looking forward to another great steelhead season.
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 2nd, 2009
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED:
100 °
FISHING: Fair
Steelhead:
August 2nd. 2009
Hard to believe, but, its Summer Steelhead time again on the Deschutes.
The month of July produced the normal amount of fish caught given the 50 year average, and the fish that were hooked ran fast and jumped high.
Not surprising, the “true” summer fish that speed up the Columbia and then cruise into the Deschutes this time of year, are usually strong feisty steelhead that are aggressive and willing to grab! Then you add the favorable water temperatures we’ve had in the Columbia and in the Deschutes, and those silver bullets have even more spunk.
Most of the Summer Steelhead caught were from the mouth up stream to
about the 15 to 20 mile area. So where are they now? We’re seeing some fish taken from Macks Canyon up to around Jones Canyon. There are probably some steelies above Sherars Falls, but few and far between, at least for the time being.
The Steelhead counts over Bonneville, The Dalles, and John Day Dam’s look good. One thing to note is the difference in numbers between The Dalles and John Day Dam’s. Obviously if there is a noticeable difference between them,(higher numbers over The Dalles verses the John Day) then steelhead will be moving into the Deschutes system. The only element that would change that is “thermo block”. This is when water temperatures raise to a level that slows or even stops Salmon and Steelhead from continuing there upstream journey.
Now that August is here, and we all know how HOT it has been over the past week or more, its good to understand how important it is to check water temperatures. I take readings every time I’m on the river. Its a good habit to get into because that information will help you decide when it is or isn’t a good time to fish for Steelhead. It is not a good idea to fish for Steelhead when water temps. reach 68 degrees or higher.
Here’s a couple of reasons why; First, when water temperatures get into the high 60’s, the oxygen particle density per square inch of water becomes so low that migratory Salmon and Steelhead have a hard time getting and retaining enough oxygen to move or more importantly, survive! This becomes more of a factor when those temperatures find there way into the 70’s.
Second, This makes for some very nonproductive time spent with your fly in the water, due the fact that the fish are not going to do much of anything anyway, even if you did get a response, and a hook up, you would play that fish to its death. Not so good if its a wild native.
A good strategy for this month, or at least until the weather cools off, is to concentrate your Steelhead efforts very early in the day, take a nice long midday break during the heat, and fish for trout in the evening.
Again, get a thermometer, and check those temperatures. If the water is 67 degrees or below, chase steelhead, if its 68 and above, save your energy.
Use a dry line with your favorite patterns. Don’t hesitate to tie on a waker. Remember, these are Summer Steelhead, they look up, and they go up for flies when they are rested and not stressed from high water temps.
Have fun, and thanks for looking in.
John Smeraglio
For more detailed information, please give us a call, myself, (John), Nate, or Joe would be a happy to talk with you, and help you any way we can.
(541) 395-2565
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