Deschutes Salmon Fly Report

May 19th- our annual Salmon Fly Workshop was yesterday and the big bugs were there in full force.  Our workshop was held in the Maupin area and our class had a great time.  The water flow was great and the weather a comfortable 72 degrees.  Salmon flies and golden stones were both present below and above Maupin on the Deschutes River.  Located just 2 hours from Oregon's biggest city, Portland, this is an amazing fishery.

Golden stones are now the more dominant insect below Maupin.  This indicates the hatch is almost half done in this section.

Look close, there are a lot of bugs(trout food) in the grass in this photo above.
On thursday Golden Stones and Salmon flies were getting much more abundant in the Trout Creek area farther up the Deschutes River Canyon.  The Giant Salmon Flies or Black Stones are most abundant now in this section.  Golden stones are present as well but in smaller numbers.

See more hatch info at: http://watertimeoutfitter.blogspot.com/2012/05/deschutes-salmon-fly-report_27.html

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Deschutes Trout- June 6

Salmon Flies are still the main ticket for trout on the Warm Springs to Trout Creek section.  The big bugs are most prolific from White Horse rapids on upriver.  With cooler weather the bugs have been hunkered down.  The dead drift presentation and Moorish Still Stones have been the good producers along with the Chubby Chernobyl. 

Today's water level was running around 5710 cfs at Madras.  SLOWLY the river is dropping.

Good fishin!

FYI- watch for Rattlers, a fair amount of the buzzworms were out today on the west side above Trout Creek!