Deschutes River Fly Fishing Report

Deschutes River Fly Fishing Report
Water Clarity:
Warm Springs to White River - visibility is 5'- 6'
White River to Heritage Landing - visibility is 2'-4'
Water Temperature: 56-65 degrees.
Flow Conditions at Warm Springs: stable
Flow Conditions at Moody: stable
Recent Pictures Moon Phase

Water Level
Real Time	Location	Date	Gage height (feet)	Stream-flow (ft³/s)	Long-term median flow
14092500	Warm Springs	09/07	2.85	3,910	3,900
14103000	Moody	09/07	2.93	5,270	4,410

If you are going to fish the Deschutes or Crooked River, Hwy 26 is the most direct route from Portland to Central Oregon. Here is a good way to check out the road conditions through the Cascade Mountain Passes:
Road Cams. Stop and see us.
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Hatches: The whole lower 100-miles is fishing well. Water clarity below the mouth of White River can be an issue some days, but for now is very good. Trout are looking up. Yellow Sallies and Aquatic Moths are available on most of the river. Caddis hatches are the main course. PMD hatches steal the show some days. Look for Tan Crane Flies most days. Midge hatches occur nearly every day. Many days there is "behavioral drift", which means that many aquatic insects will be migrating along the bottom and be available to feeding trout. Nymph fishing can be good all day. Trout and steelhead egg drift can also be important factors. The above situations are best covered with a floating fly line and all patterns are fished drag free. Fishing wooly buggers deep on the swing with a fast sinking tip is also a method that is producing some real nice trout.
Steelhead: Steelhead return is stronger than normal.

Other Information: The Deschutes is one of the great rivers in the Pacific Northwest. Much of it is open to angling year round. Few rivers in the world can boast as good endemic resident trout populations as the Deschutes. Add in big runs of summer and fall steelhead and you have one of the finest fisheries in the world.
If you would like more information about the Deschutes River visit:
Deschutes River, Oregon
For more information about Fly Fishing For Steelhead visit: Steelheadquarters
Thank you. Have great fishing.

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