flyfishing the Deschutes

[Molly B]

I live close enough to the Deschutes (lower) to drive down every night after work. Last year was the first year I started, I've gotten a lot better at casting this year. I've been down eight nights this year and can hardly get anything. Last night was a beautiful night, warm and almost no wind. I only saw two fish jump. Am I doing something wrong, or have I just picked the wrong nights?

[mpruet]

Molly,

I doubt you are doing anything wrong. I have experienced some very finicky fish on the D, up by Maupin as well as the Met, I think they all go to the "how to identify the flyfisherman class".

Keep fishing and things will turn around.

[Stew]

I live close enough to the Deschutes (lower) to drive down every night after work. Last year was the first year I started, I've gotten a lot better at casting this year. I've been down eight nights this year and can hardly get anything. Last night was a beautiful night, warm and almost no wind. I only saw two fish jump. Am I doing something wrong, or have I just picked the wrong nights?


You are a little too early for the summer runs. Not that there are not some fish around they are still too few for really good sucess. Also take a water temp. reading and if it's 65 degress or above it's too warm.
Good luck and keep us posted :cheers:

[TillamookChinook]

Don't quit too early. Fish 'til it's so dark you can't see anything. The fish usually respond better when the sun has gone below the canyon rim. Sometimes they really turn on to surface action when it is about dark. Try an elk-hair caddis and hang on. You can legally fish until something like a half-hour after sunset, but I find it is really hard to calculate when it is the true sunset because the canyon rim is so high. Anytime before 10 p.m. is probably close enough.

Good Luck! It took me about a half dozen trips before I ever caught a fish in the Deschutes. But, as always, the one's I wasn't catching were big.

TC

[Slow and Low]

I believe you can fish and hour before legal rise and and hour after legal set. Times for legal rise and set are in the paper daily. It is enforced and the ticket is hefty. I know from experience.

Good luck.

[lilnorthfork]

Maybe you should have a little Ifishflyfish gettogether at your place. :idea: One of us is bound to catch a fish... then you'll know what to do. :cool:
lnf

[Molly B]

PM me if you're serious, I'd love to go.

[lost_sailor]

The thing about the Deschutes is, it's a constant trout smorgasbord out there. They have a lot to choose from.

Cast upstream close to the bank, under the trees.