Thursday, July 4, 2019

Caddisfaction

Fishing has been picking up on the lower Deschutes the past week. We are seeing blizzard caddis hatches on most nights  and the redbands are keyed in on the caddis now. With the late spring weather lingering things are a little late this year for dry fly fishing but its getting good! Weather forecast predictions call for steady high pressure and hot weather over the weeks to come which will bode well for the dry fly fishing. Nymphing has been solid all summer long using stone fly nymphs with a mayfly trailer.  Have not seen a whole lot of action on caddis nymphs which blows my mind with all the adult caddis that are present on the river. July is one of our favorite times to fish the lower Deschutes. Salmon fly crowds are gone and on most days on our guide trips from Warm Springs to Trout Creek we have the river all to ourselves with plenty of willing trout to sip a dry fly. On a side note trout Spey fishing has been exhilarating as of late. Evenings and mornings are best for swinging. We are carrying some new short sink tips and patterns that we happily turn you onto. Happy Forth of July to you all and we hope to see you soon!