Crooked River - CFS-180
The Crooked River is open year round and is one of the best options for fly fishing in Central Oregon in the Winter. The Flows look great right now and the best trout fishing is located from Bowman dam to eight miles down stream. Opportunities for trout this winter and early spring are more fruitful than in the past years. All the Trout are wild and average 8- to 14-. Nymph patterns are effective throughout the day, while dry flies are catching fish during evening hatches. Also check the flows before heading out. Any big spike in cfs will put the fishing off for a few days.
There are hatches of BWO's on milder, overcast days. And when nothings happening nymphs can be productive in the deeper holes and slots.
Small midge patterns and micro mayfly patterns in black and red work well. Also a small cased caddis fly with a small psycho prince trailer prince can be a deadly combo.
Maupin - CFS-3960
On a side not we have been fishing Maupin a few days recently, the fishing has been consistent with tons of early bug activity. Although fish are still keyed in on there small winter BWO patterns. Small Stones have been red hot occasionally. All this bodes well for the Warm Springs section which opens April 22nd.
Just a friendly reminder, trout in Central Oregon go into spawning mode now until July. As the population grows extremely fast in central Oregon with more anglers than ever hitting our local waters its more important than ever to educate yourself and others about what type of holding water trout spawn in and how to identify a "RED" to avoid devastation to our healthy wild trout populations.
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