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Deschutes Salmon Fly Emergence

Salmon flies will be here in mid-May!

Watching a big salmon fly struggle out of it's nymphal shuck is a remarkable event. Typically, most anglers miss this incredible event because it happens at night. However, my good friend Joe Ringo from DeschutesFlyFishingReport.com sent me this awesome pic.

Joe lives in Maupin near the banks of the Deschutes and writes a great blog about his fishing experiences. If you need honest up-to-date info on the Deschutes next season, check out Joe's blog.

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Trout Fishing on the Lower Deschutes

Lower Deschutes wild rainbow trout

The river levels on the Deschutes finally dropped low enough to take my jet boat up from Heritage Landing. I spent the afternoon with my friend Ed Hepp chasing Deschutes redsides in the lower canyon. The fish in the lower river haven't seen a fly since last summer and were eager to eat our bugs. -Mostly caddis pupas though Ed fished a stonefly dry and found a good number of players on top. Looking forward to guiding out of the jet boat again!

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Deschutes Trout -Have a Plan "B" During the Stonefly Hatch

Another victim of Larimer's Golden Stone

This time of the season everyone loves to fish big stonefly and salmon fly imitations. When I say big, I'm taking about size #6 and #8 bugs. In my experience, these larger flies work well in the early part of the hatch. However, as the hatch moves into the later stages, Deschutes trout get pretty dang wise to the old #8 Chubby Chernobyl. You'll still get rises but you'll notice your hooking and landing ratios go way down... Especially with Walter. The big fish get educated easily!

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Deschutes River Golden Stoneflies

Dinner for Walter...

I finally bought a small Cannon camera that can take macro bug shots... Outside of getting cool shots like this Deschutes River golden stonefly, I've been taking mega close pictures of the weirdest stuff... A few days back I may have seriously offended a frog by getting a little too close! Yesterday I found one of the biggest rattlesnakes I've ever seen while trout fishing the Deschutes. Needless to say, I was temped to go macro but decided zoom was a better choice.

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Hook More Deschutes Trout On Big Dry Flies

Cut the rear foam back on your Chubbies for better hook sets

With the salmon fly hatch in full swing on the Deschutes, your box should be full with big dry flies. It’s not uncommon to miss the first few trout that decide your bug is lunch. Here are a few tips to help you hook more trout on the Deschutes.

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Deschutes Trout -Salmon Fly Dates

There here... Deschutes Salmon Flies are hatching!

The fabled salmon fly hatch on the Deschutes is ripe & ready... There's a few bugs starting to emerge though the trout haven't started keying in on the adults... Yet. I spent yesterday floating from Pine Tree to Beavertail on the Big D. Outside of one nice trout, we had little action fishing salmon fly dries. However, stone fly nymphs and BWO nymphs found their share of fish. I have a few prime dates left on my calendar for the hatch.

Give me a call at 541-490-9446 if you want to get on the water!

Open Salmon Fly Dates: May 14, 25, 29, 31 June 6

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For the Love of Bugs...

Deschutes Stonefly Hatch Is Still Rolling...

The big bugs are still out on the Deschutes River in the Maupin area. The colder than normal weather has strung out the hatch and great dry fly fishing with stoneflies is still happening!

-TL

Deschutes Trout Fishing Is Ramped Up!

Here's a few photos from a guide trip last week on the Deschutes. The golden stoneflies and salmon flies were in the bushes but cold weather kept the trout from really keying in on them. Despite the lack of surface activity, we had a great day of fishing dead drifting nymphs.

-Tom Larimer