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Deschutes River Fly Fishing Guide |
| Impressions Of The Deschutes | |
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The day is a success. Both clients landed steelhead. As my boat comes to the shore at camp, a bright green Mantis suddenly appears on the right bow rail. He is defiant as the the boat is tethered and leaves only after a couple of close range strobe flashes in the face. Every other insect living in the riparian zone community, dreads these giant killers. They are the top of the insect food chain. There method is to grab prey with their quick, powerful front legs. These legs hold the prey in a scissor grip that is lined with razor sharp spikes. Once secured in |
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the grip there is no escape. The victim is methodically devoured while still alive. Some specimens can be over 3-inches long. Colors range from tan to bright green to blend with the vegetation. They do not offer a threat to people and probably help control pest insects around camp such as house flies. They are considered good luck in the Orient. |
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My scratched-up Timex beeps me awake at 5:00. It is very dark until my propane lighter fires the propane lantern suspended from the peak if the screen house cook tent. I have slept here. My cot and sleeping gear are disassembled and stowed in waterproof containers in mere minutes. I'm still wiping sleep from my eyes as the beam of the 3-cell lights the river for coffee water. Deschutes water make the best coffee...unless it has turned brown with White River glacial gunk |
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stirred up by the rain that soaked the foot of my sleeping bag last night. "God damn, the river is brown under the beam. It seems to have less than one-foot visibility." Back in the tent the burner is lit under the coffee pot and fresh pastries are transferred to the freshly scrubbed table. Wish I had remembered the table cloth. Rusty and Steve are already awake as I approach their tent. They are cheerful. I don't mention the color of the river. In minutes Rusty is in his wading gear and in the cook tent with a Danish in one and a steaming stainless mug in the other. It is getting lighter outside the tent. Steve, now also in the tent comments that the water looks a little dark and looks my direction. I nod. "Blown-out", is my comment. Rusty said, "I was afraid of that with all the rain we had last night". Then he asked, "what do you |
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suggest?" My reply is, "We can all go back to bed and sleep 'til noon or try big dark flies fished with sinking tips." They started organizing fly lines and fly boxes for the morning hunt. There is no bitching or whining as they disappeared into the incredibly wet fragrant desert morning. I finish cleaning up the screen house and get the breakfast makings lined out. It is noted that the ants have found the garbage hanging 5-feet from the ground in an alder tree. There are thousands of little black bastards. Damn, how do they do it? My Duckworth is thoroughly surveyed and found to have weathered the night in perfect shape. The electric bilge pump sucks out 5-10 gallons of rain water. The V-8 Ford purrs to life after the third revolution from the starter. It is brought to full operating temperature and then shut down. I can see both Rusty and Steve from the rear deck. They are both methodically searching the murk as |
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they work down the
river toward me. I go to the beach and check their sleeping tent
and the potty tent. Everything is fine. Back in the cook
tent, my waders are dug out from under the dining table and pulled onto
my aging body. One more quick look around camp. Then novel I have
brought is taken from my waterproof gear bag. I will be half an
hour until my clients reach the boat. They don't need me on the
bank staring at them. The book is a refreshing break until I hear
the sloshing of a fast wading angler approaching the boat. The
book is back in the water proof bag. Time to get the boat
moving. The adventures continue through the day. |
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Martin
James & Scott Richmond |
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Martin
James has 4-million regular listeners on his BBC radio talk show
about fishing. he was British Security until MS put him in a wheel
chair in the prime of his life. Beat MS by shear will power. Now
is a world traveling angler, noted photographer, narrator and popular
radio host. He will put on the most entertaining program of the season
in our air conditioned projection room. The programs are free. |
| Summer
will soon be coming to an end. The water in Oregon will cool;
slowly at first, then more quickly as winter approaches. There will be a whole new series of hatches. Fall Caddis Hatches - Big fish on the surface are the attraction. |
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The Pacific Northwest has some spectacular giant caddis hatches. Most of these hatches are in the fall, but some cold spring creeks have hatches through much of the winter and into the spring as well. The fat bodies of winged adults are in colors that range from light tanish orange to yellowish orange to bright orange to burnt orange. Wings are usually gray but there are |
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apparently a number of different sub-species in what is commonly called
October Caddis or Fall Caddis or Giant Caddis. Most belong to the
family Dicosmoecus.
They range from California to Alaska. The larva of these giant caddis build tube-like cases. During the winter months when the larva are tiny, these cases are made from vegetable matter attached to a foundation of silk. As the larva grows in size through the spring months they abruptly switch to cases made from small gravel. You can observe these larvae crawling around on the streambed dragging their cases with them as the forage for algae and decaying plant and animal matter. During the the summer months of June and July Dicosmoecus larvae are important trout foods. Daily behavioral drift cycles occur in the early afternoon, usually peaking about 4:00 P.M. They are one of the few families of caddis that leave their cases before behavioral drift cycles. This makes them extremely enticing to large trout. In August these larvae seal themselves in their cases and by September they are ready to emerge as adults. |
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| Emergence occurs from late afternoon until dark. The pupae usually swim and crawl to shallow water, but some emerge mid-river. Many actually crawl from the water to hatch on rocks along the shore. Even when adults are not active, you can tell if October Caddis have been hatching by observing their shucks on stream margin rocks. If prospecting with a dry |  |
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October Caddis pattern doesn't turn up any interest, try a pupa pattern. Pumpkin orange color is usually the best. Try fishing your pupa suspended from a dead drifted dry fly. This technique can be very productive late in the evening when both egg laying adults and hatching pupas are both active. Steelhead as well as trout can be fooled by this trick. |
| Egg laying occurs in the afternoon and evening. The big fate juicy females flop around on the water exuding their eggs. They are a prime attraction for fish of all sizes. Fishing a big orange body dry fly can be productive any time of day if you fish in shady spots under overhanging |
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trees. Some caddis are active during moderate temperature days. Most of the big caddis rest in the shade of vegetation throughout hot days. These caddis are perfectly camouflaged to hide during the day and wait for evening flights. |
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October
Caddis, Chew Toy New and improved? Well at least new and very interesting. The sparkly copper thorax and orange and black striped rubber legs give this fly an alien appearance. But the flat foam wing is the shape of a big caddis as seen from below. |
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| Item | Description | Size | Price | To Top |
| 20-0781-08 | October Caddis, Chew Toy | 08 | 3 for $5.85 | |
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October
Caddis, Dry October Caddis is the big fall hatch. This pattern has a tightly stacked elk hair wing for maximum floatation and feelers for realism. |
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| Item | Description | Size | Price | To Top |
| 5045-08 | October Caddis, Dry | 08 | 3 for $5.75 | |
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Tied
Down Caddis, Orange Sometimes called the Full Back Caddis, it is effective for representing both large caddis and stone flies. |
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| Item | Description | Size | Price | To Top |
| 5070-06 | Tied Down Caddis, Orange | 6 | 3 for $5.25 | |
| 5070-08 | Tied Down Caddis, Orange | 8 | 3 for $5.25 | |
| 5070-10 | Tied Down Caddis, Orange | 10 | 3 for $5.25 | |
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Improved
Sofa Pillow This fly is generally use as a stone fly imitation, however it is also a very good October Caddis. |
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| Item | Description | Size | Price | To Top |
| 6075-08 | Improved Sofa Pillow | 8 | 3 for $5.25 | |
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October
Caddis Pupa Trout and steelhead will target October Caddis pupas. This is unweighted version can be fished subsurface dead drift or on the swing. |
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| Item | Description | Size | Price | To Top |
| 9075-08 | October Caddis Pupa | 8 | 3 for $5.85 | |
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Bead
Head October Caddis Pupa This fly is tied with a heavy tungsten bead head so that it fishes very deep. |
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| Item | Description | Size | Price | To Top |
| 18120 | Bead Head October Caddis Pupa | 6 | 3 for $5.85 | |
| 18121 | Bead Head October Caddis Pupa | 8 | 3 for $5.85 | |
| 18122 | Bead Head October Caddis Pupa | 10 | 3 for $5.85 | |
| Happening
Now At
Loreto! Offshore, Dorado and Billfish: The boats fished south yesterday and found the Dorado. We fished in line with Punta Perico and Isla Catalan. The seas were calm up until the early afternoon so the ride in was not very comfortable but the fishing was good. All of the boats landed Dorado. The Dorado in the southern waters are larger than those to our north. The prized fish yesterday was caught by John Rohmer of Arizona Fly Fishing (Tempe, AZ.) with a 45 pound bull caught on one of his lambswool and synthetic hair streamer patterns. |
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Yesterday, like the past several days, the Dorado
preferred live sardinas over the big mackerel. So if you want
large fish, be ready to chum them up to the surface with the live
sardinas and then hook them with a big mackerel. You'll
definately need a good baitwell pump to keep those sardinas alive,
they're very delicate and will die if not properly aerated.
I haven't heard any news on billfish yesterday.
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Inshore & Structure Fishing: Holy moly, if you want Roosterfish all you have to do is fish off the small island that's off the beach at Isla Coronado. On Friday we stopped there after fishing Dorado. We immediately saw several Roosterfish after chumming live sardinas. At one point I saw a pair that had to be the size of a small Harley. We couldn't get any interest in them to our flies or a hooked sardina. We continued to the shoreline south of the stone structure at Punta Terra Firma that's called "La Ballenita". Again we saw several sizeable Roosterfish. They'd move at us and disappear in a flash. We'd also see them boiling a few dozen yards away. If ya know what you're doing with roosterfish we have lots of them right now. I didn't catch any as I don't know how to go about it. In addition to these nice
roosterfish which are the subject of many a panguero conversation,
there are some nice Cabrilla off Punta Baja. Captain Jose "Chanto"
Fernandez Davis brought back some very nice looking Cabrilla. He
got them off Punta Baja while fishing the deep holes with live
mackerel. He broke off two while using 80 pound line! The
ones he brought in were in the 20 pound range. |
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Loreto,
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Join Mark Bachmann and Patty Barnes for an adventure in bluewater fly fishing. Loreto, Mexico has long been regarded as one of the best Dorado ports in the world. Striped Marlin and Pacific Sailfish compliment your fly fishing menu along with Pacific Bonito and highly prized Rooster Fish. The scenery is spectacular, featuring a starkly rugged desert contrasting with dark blue water. The weather will be hot and and your clothing will be skimpy. Fishing periods start at daylight and end in the early afternoon, allowing for lots of leisure time around the pool or walks into town. There is also plenty of time for what may be the best of all Mexican traditions, the siesta. As with any trip of this nature, the "destination operation" has a great deal of influence on your enjoyment. We have chosen the |
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most practical accommodations and the most experienced fly fishing guides in the area. You will be provided with a spacious air conditioned beach front "Villa Class" room at Hotel La Pinta. Guides, boats and fishing logistics are provided by Baja Big Fish Company. In this trip all of the bases have been covered and all of the tricky details are dealt with. Items such as Mexican |
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Fishing License, bait for chum, lunches, water in the boat, are covered in the package price. You show up at the Loreto Airport with your fishing gear and luggage and a nice lady will be waiting with a couple of very large vans and and a crew to transport you to your hotel and your room. Mark and Patty will be there to help you get settled in and show you around. That evening there will be a group meeting to orient you for the fishing that will occur the next morning. Loreto Weather Report. |
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There will be a group meeting each evening to orient you for the following day. To give you as much individual freedom as possible, ground based meals are not provided in the packages. Hotel La Pinta has an excellent restaurant and bar on the property. There is also a wide variety of other restaurants within easy walking distance. Cab service is secure and inexpensive. |
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Shopping, sight
seeing and diving is available for the non-fisher. |
| Arrive
19 June, 2005 - Depart 27 June, 2005 Hotel La Pinta Deluxe Rooms, 6
days 7 nights Includes: all ground transfers, bait for chum, licenses, lunches and water in the boat fishing for 6 days. Not included in the price are: on-shore meals, tips to guides, beverages other than drinking water in the boats, or item of a personal nature. Fishing: days are 8-hours on the water. Boats are large, modern pangas rigged for fly fishing. Travel Plans: You'll arrive on Sunday the 19th of June 2005 and depart on Sunday the 27th of June, 2005 On Sundays we have flights arriving from LAX on Aero California at 2:10 on Aero Mexico from San Diego arriving at 4:00 pm and Aero Littoral at 6:30pm. These same flights also depart on Sundays- Aero California departs at 3:00 pm, Aero Mexico at 11:45am and Aero Littoral at 9:10 am. The full moon is on the 22nd of June 2005. Check your connection time in LAX. You will want a layover of at least 2-hours to clear customs and make connecting flights. This trip is based on double occupancy in rooms and boats. It is designed to accommodate fishing couples. This trip will only be booked for two people fishing together and rooming together. Single anglers may apply, but will only be booked if a suitable fishing/room partner can be found. Fishing couples are preferred. |
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| 7-nights, 6-days fishing deluxe package: Full price is $1595 per person, a deposit payment of $775 holds your dates, an additional final payment of $775 is required by April 1, 2005 | $775.00 deposit payment |
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Fish long & prosper,
Mark & Patty
