Riverkeeper
05-23-2004, 01:05 PM
It seems like everyone got out and flogged the water this weekend. Great! Tis the season. Not to be outdone, I had one of those classic Deschutes days and I thought I would bring you all along:
When fishing the Deschutes, One thing I don't suggest doing is letting your fishing partner catch a steelhead on a 5wt in the first drift of the morning. Especially if it means you lose the big fish bet for the day and will have to buy him dinner :tongue:
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/darian/ian.jpg
When this fish came out of the water, we thought is was the biggest redside we'd ever seen.
Prime fishing time on the D often seems to be from mid morning to early afternoon. During that time we hooked about 10 of these guys. The water was higher and dirtier than I like and the fishing was not as good as I think it should have been, but there were a few hungry fish. Salmonflies were out, but being ignored, the fish wanted small nymphs. Another week and that should be a different story.
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/darian/ds.jpg
By 4pm the wind was howling as it always does, and as our morale sunk a little, we decided we needed encouragement in the form of cheesburgers and chocolate milk shakes (on me :depressed: ). I don't think the menu at DC has changed since I was 7 years old.
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/darian/dcrossing.jpg
After supper, I find its nice to take a short wildlife walk before fishing the evening hatch. Wildlife abounds in the canyon.
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/darian/rattler.jpg
At dusk we hit a favorite spot, and in the last hour of daylight the fish were going BONKERS. This is a hatch that has always frustrated me because the fish are taking some minute bug and largely ignore all my offerings, but it is still nice to be surrounded by boiling trout.
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/darian/dusk.jpg
That's my report guys. Hope the water clears up a little, and I hope you got out and wet a line this weekend.
Darian
When fishing the Deschutes, One thing I don't suggest doing is letting your fishing partner catch a steelhead on a 5wt in the first drift of the morning. Especially if it means you lose the big fish bet for the day and will have to buy him dinner :tongue:
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/darian/ian.jpg
When this fish came out of the water, we thought is was the biggest redside we'd ever seen.
Prime fishing time on the D often seems to be from mid morning to early afternoon. During that time we hooked about 10 of these guys. The water was higher and dirtier than I like and the fishing was not as good as I think it should have been, but there were a few hungry fish. Salmonflies were out, but being ignored, the fish wanted small nymphs. Another week and that should be a different story.
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/darian/ds.jpg
By 4pm the wind was howling as it always does, and as our morale sunk a little, we decided we needed encouragement in the form of cheesburgers and chocolate milk shakes (on me :depressed: ). I don't think the menu at DC has changed since I was 7 years old.
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/darian/dcrossing.jpg
After supper, I find its nice to take a short wildlife walk before fishing the evening hatch. Wildlife abounds in the canyon.
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/darian/rattler.jpg
At dusk we hit a favorite spot, and in the last hour of daylight the fish were going BONKERS. This is a hatch that has always frustrated me because the fish are taking some minute bug and largely ignore all my offerings, but it is still nice to be surrounded by boiling trout.
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/darian/dusk.jpg
That's my report guys. Hope the water clears up a little, and I hope you got out and wet a line this weekend.
Darian