Lower Deschutes Fishing Report: May 20, 2007
While the salmon fly hatch has not quite reached the Warm Springs to Trout creek section, the fishing is good non-the-less. The weekend was busy with fisherman. Those trying the dry fly found it slow, but for myself on nymphs it was spectacular. The fishing started really slow in the morning, but around 1:00 in the afternoon it picked up and for about 3 hours it was a fish every 20 minutes. I had two 4 pound redsides that could have been twins mixed in with the usuall 12-16 inchers. They seemed to prefer the #18 hares ear over everything else including, pheasant tail, stone fly, and green case larvae. Also, I found the deeper drifts to hold most of the fish. This is good considering we should be off the gravel runs for spawning anyway. Salmon flies will show up sooner or later, so have em with you.