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Deschutes River - Lower - September 7th, 2010
supplied by: The Patient Angler
RECORDED: 
71 °
FISHING: Fair
Thu and I decided to check out the Meca Flats area of the Lower Deschutes to see if we could find an early steelhead in the upper river. I know the bulk of the fish are still in the lower river, but there’s always a few fish that enter early and quickly make their way up the river. The other reason we like to fish the upper river this time of year is the lack of angling pressure. It’s nice to be able to fish where you want, take your time and enjoy fishing and even fish through a run again if you want, without all the pressures, hassles and incidents that arise from the numbers of anglers that converge on the angling hot spots. Less fish traded for a better angling experience, is a tradeoff you have to be comfortable with, but if you just enjoy being out there and consider any fish to be icing on the cake, now is a great time to hit the upper half of the Lower Deschutes.
We arrived at the Meca parking lot just before sunrise and had the place to ourselves. We geared up and packed some lunch and water in a small backpack for the day of hiking and fishing along the river trail. We started fishing some of the Meca water and worked our way downstream throughout the day. We only ran into a few other anglers and were able fish most of the water we wanted to. We caught two nice Rainbows, a small Bull Trout on the swing and Thu had a pull from what she thought was a steelhead that she couldn’t get to come back. The first Rainbow, a beautiful fat 17 inch Deschutes Redside, hammered my fly on the swing during my first light run when your expectations are there highest, and I thought for sure it was a steelhead. Only seconds later, I realized the fight and headshakes were from the steelhead’s smaller cousin. I laughed at myself, as I was holding and releasing this picture perfect trophy trout, for actually feeling disappointed at the time of the hookup, that it was only a trout.
No steelhead on this trip, but we did enjoy fishing some great water and had a nice lunch on the river accompanied by a beautiful sunny day.
The Patient Angler patientangler.com
Peter Bowers
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Deschutes River - Lower - September 7th, 2010
supplied by: Fly and Field Outfitters
FISHING: Good
STEELHEAD- Steelhead movement has picked up a bit with the cooler weather over the last week or so. The Lower 25 miles below Macks Canyon has fished well and there are fishable numbers up into the town of Maupin at this point. Watch for numbers over Sherar's Falls to increase very soon. The White River has had a bit of color, but overall the volume of water pushing out is not enough to color things up too much. This could change with any heavy rains on Mount Hood. Angling pressure has increased as well, so be sure to communicate with fellow anglers and share the water. We are all there to have fun.
TROUT- The trout fishing should pick up over the next month, with more hatches bringing fish to the surface. Small caddis, gray mayflies and the big Oct. caddis should be around in numbers soon. Backeddies will see little pressure, with Steelhead and the Hunting seasons spreading people around a bit. The trout often get overlooked with so much going on in the outdoor world here, but fishing is great in Sept/Oct.
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Deschutes River - Lower - September 6th, 2010
supplied by: Radditz Sipler Outfitters (RSO)
RECORDED:
76 °
FISHING: Good
Steelhead fishing keeps rolling along down on the Deschutes with cooler air and water temps and Columbia river counts jumping back up. Fishable numbers are present all the way up to Locked Gate with best fishing still below Maupin. Before I go any further, let me issue a caveat about steelhead fishing in general, and the Deschutes in particular: catching can vary wildly from day to day and even minute to minute based on way too many variable to list. What you need to know is that there are plenty of fish in the river and there are plenty of other anglers around as well. Fishing success will continue to vary quite a bit but the fish are definitely around. The White River is carrying a lot of color although the volume is pretty low. Visibility was down but still very fishable yesterday. If we get much rain you'll want to check conditions below the confluence before heading down there. We all have our fingers crossed on this one. Also, we still have some available dates so email us at info@rsofishing.com.
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Deschutes River - Lower - September 3rd, 2010
supplied by: John Judy Flyfishing
RECORDED: 
90 °
FISHING: Great
Steelhead: Early season Steelhead fishing has been very good this year. We started with a nice surge of fish that came in a little bit ahead of schedule in mid July. The run has been pretty steady ever since. Fears that we were going to have a massive thermal block due to slightly warmer temperatures coming from the Pelton/Round Butte dam have proved to be unfounded.
At this point fish are well distributed throughout the lower river up to Sherars Falls. It would be my guess they will start moving above the falls within the week. I would expect them to arrive in the Warm Springs area by late September or early October.
Overall size of the run looks pretty good. It won’t match last year’s record levels but it’s still well above the ten year average. As a bit of a bonus fish appear to have found some very favorable conditions at sea. We have seen quite a few larger fish in the mix this year. I would have to say the stars are aligned to produce some excellent Steelhead fishing through Sept and October.
Trout: Trout fishing is still a little bit slow. We are just now coming out of the end of the dog days summer but we are headed into some of the best fishing of the year. Throughout Sept and Oct there is a regular smorgasbord of hatches. These include smaller caddis and mayflies, some midges, a larger gray mayfly size #14 and dominating it all is the October Caddis (despite their name these insects actually start hatching in September).
Dry fly aficionados will find plenty of opportunity to work their craft. We tend, however, to stick to nymphing during this time in the hope that we will be able to attract a Steelhead as well as some nice healthy trout. Steelhead respond very well to conventional dead drifted nymphs. The orange bodied October Caddis Pupa becomes the go to fly. We fishing it as the primary weighted nymph trailed by either a Flash Back Pheasant Tail or a small green beadhead midge pupa. This approach is a little like fishing lotto – you never know if the next cast is going to bring a white fish, a healthy rainbow or a high flying, skyward jumping Steelhead.
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 28th, 2010
supplied by: Radditz Sipler Outfitters (RSO)
RECORDED:
72 °
FISHING: Good
Back to steelhead fishing on the Deschutes after a long summer of chasing trout. I floated from Mack's Canyon down to Heritage Landing this week and did a fair bit of soaking a fly. Water temps were reasonable for this time of year, low to mid 60's and clarity was about average. The good news: plenty of fish around. The bad news: plenty of anglers around too. It was hard to get first crack at any piece of water other than morning camp water, but that didn't slow the catching too much. The other good thing about so much traffic is that it forces you to fish some "B" , "C", or even"D" grade water you might not spend time fishing otherwise. There are still lots of little nooks and crannies that hold fish that are easily ignored most of the time. It seems like I still learn something new every time I'm on the water and that keeps things fun. I fished floating line with skaters, wets, and leaches, and threw a sink tip a bit too. The most productive combo was far and away a traditional wet on a floating line. It seemed that a sink tip/anything combo resulted in soft, non-commital takes, and the dry/skater combo resulted in half-hearted rises without hook-ups. Most takes weren't smashing, but a few most definitely were. That's summer run steelheading. I won't talk numbers, because that can just cheapen things, but fishing was really good despite the heavy pressure. With less traffic it could have been simply outstanding this week. We still have some available dates so email us at info@rsofishing.com.
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 27th, 2010
supplied by: Deschutes River Outfitters
FISHING: Good
Pretty crazy last week or so with the fires on the river. For full report check out the blog. Closures have been lifted and the bulk of the fires are out or contained.
Steelheading down low ( Sheras down mostly), has been slow to typical work for your chances steelheading. Which is not all bad, but not just wide open red hot. Step into the right run and find a few, but a lot of casts, and covering water to hit those runs. Water temps are pretty good. I had 60 above Maupin and 62-64 around Macks. Numbers on the Columbia have taken a big dip and we are right at to a little below the ten year average. From here on out are when the bulk of the fish are supposed to show up to the party. Evrybody is ready to get the party started and turned up a notch, at least I know I am.
Trout fishing seems to have picked up a little this last week. Still dog days of summer and working for them, but a little more forgiving and willing to co-operate. Caddis numbers are a far cry from July. Dry fly fishing and finding fish up has been a little tougher. All you have to do is look at the lanterns in the morning. Now there are mostly fried midges with a side of caddis topped with aquatic moths. July the lanterns and EVERYTHING near by are FULL of Blackened Cajun Caddis a la' Coleman. Most consistent nymphing rig has been a bigger stone type pattern with a little midge or small (18-20#) mayfly pattern. Trout fisherman have plenty of empty river and room to roam and enjoy.
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 25th, 2010
supplied by: Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
RECORDED:
95 °
FISHING: Good
Check out our links page at flyfishingdeschutes.com and you'll see a link to Nate's new fly fishing blog. Or you can go to his blog directly: natesflyfishing.tumblr.com.
The river is still closed between Trout Creek and Harpham, but the BLM is hoping to have it open by this weekend...the 27th.
Steelhead:
Steelhead fishing has been, well, steelhead fishing. The fish seem to be moving in pulses (as they often do early in the season), so if you hit a fish in a run it is probably worth going through it a second time. Some days are really good, and other days you're left wondering if there are any fish in the stinking river.
One thing I've noticed so far this year, if you swing with sun off the water and don't touch a fish, don't hesitate to keep swinging once the sun hits the water. Personally, I've hit more fish with sun on the water so far this year than with shade...so all I'm saying is swing with confidence. There aren't any fish to be caught back at camp. If you feel the need to put a tip on, by all means put one on, but trust me, you can get fish on a floating line mid-day (the reason most people don't is either they don't try it, or they don't fish well because they don't have confidence in it).
Trout:
Trout fishing mid-day has been difficult at times, but mornings and evenings have been good. At this time of year it is mostly a caddis show. Fish tan imitations in sizes 16 and 18 early in the evening, and switch to olive as it gets close to dark.
Mornings can provide very technical, and very fun fishing. The key is to hunt for fish...find individual fish rising in back eddies and foam lines, and pick them off with spent caddis imitations. My two favorite morning patterns are Spent Partridge Caddis and Rusty Spinners...fish both in 16's and 18's.
Mid-day fish heavy riffles and other highly-oxygenated water. Mid-day is mostly a nymph show, get your flies down in the water column, and hold on.
If you have questions or you'd like to book a trip, call Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop and talk to John, Nate, or Joe:
(866) 647-4721
(541)395-2565
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 22nd, 2010
supplied by: Deschutes River Outfitters
FISHING: Fair
Fires! Lots of them and changing fast. I'd call the BLM for updates (541-395-2778)
I guess the fire at LockIt and the one by the Hatchery are contained or out. But the Juniper Flat fire ran down Eagle Creek and Nena (last night?) and Johnson Flats and around Caretaker burnt and is still burning? Bummer, I believe the Johnson Homestead cabin (Dr. Dixx) is burnt. That is sad to say the least. We came out the day before and I guess I got one last look at unknowingly. We put in at Trout Creek on the 19th and took out on the 21st. When we left it was smokey, but we floated by the cabin and fished across from the Caretakers and all was well.
Not sure about closures and things are changing fast( for better and maybe worse), I'd make a call or too before making plans until things simmer down. The fires and the canyon burn fast and burn out fast.
Aheaded out the door to go to Pine tree I got the call about the fires and then called the BLM. We mission aborted going Pinetree down ( Gramma/Mom and little guy). Instead we headed TC to Harpham ( 19th to the 21st). Took off yesterday, and apparantly I saw Dr Dixx’s cabin for the last time. Talked to BLM and I guess LockIt fire is out. The one from Juniper flats ran down Eagle and Neena Creek last night ( since we floated by yesterday afternoon and all was honky dory). Said it burned around Caretakers and Johnson Flat’s (Dr. Dixx) and took out the cabin ( SUCKS) and the outhouse. Sounds like they shut down WS and TC and we where lucky we got out. Sounds like it is worth checking with BLM at 541-395-2778 (visitor center) for updates.
Sorry the buddy in Maupin was pretty laid back about the Lockit and fire by the Hatchery the night before I left and he made it sound like it was going to contained and out. Those desert fires go fast and I didn’t want to sound like chicken little and after I sent it I got the Paul Harvey.
Mike
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 20th, 2010
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
RECORDED:
85 °
FISHING: Good
2 Reports, 1 for trout and the other for steelhead.
So, trout fishing is fair, the morning and evening fishing certainly holds great promise for excellent fishing with dries and emergers. During the day we are catching fish but working very hard with nymphs to do so. Some days we find pretty good dry action in a couple of the eddies but the fish are very, very picky. Are you up to the challenge? Stonefly nymphs are back in the drift as a predominate food source and trail a small dropper like a sparkle pupa, fox's poopah, cdc PT, holographic prince or angel case emerger behind.
Steelheading from Pine Tree to the Columbia is pretty darn good. Joe had the last 3 days on the river and landed over 30. My friend Matt biked up from the mouth and caught a couple. So it is happening and fish are being caught on Nymphs and swung flies.
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Deschutes River - Lower - August 18th, 2010
supplied by: Deschutes River Outfitters
FISHING: Good
Trout Report: Trout fishing as of late has been a little tougher. Caddis numbers are not what they where a week or so ago. Finding fish up on dries ( back eddies, trees etc) is taking a little work and the fish you are finding require A game. Nymphing has been so-so, and day to day. Basically dog days of summer. Angling pressure has been light and it is nice to spend the day on the river, just have to work for them a little. Don't be afraid to think out of the box and keep mixing up patterns ( nymph big stuff, little midges, etc). Mornings and evenings have been the best. A plus side is we have hooked and landed some real beauties, so what we lacked in quantity made up for in quality.
Steelhead!! More water is being pulled from the bottom ( heard 30%?), and temps have dropped a little. Fishing has been decent. A fair amount of pressure for the time of year. Fished Pine Tree to Mouth recently and found fish. Not red hot, but still good numbers hooked all things considered. Typical steelheading, and that is about as good as one can expect and when you hit the "magic pod" and epic day count your lucky stars and enjoy. Next couple weeks should really get going. Now is the time to make plans for you steelhead season!!! Fish are around and we are ready to go!
Keep tabs on numbers of fish coming over the dam. Enter the dam you want to see ( Bonneville, the Dalles, John Day etc) and then steelhead on species and submit. Looks like things have mellowed, we need to see the graph start to climb again,...this is the start of when our fish are supposed to show up.
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