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Trout
Deschutes River:
Pretty smokey down in the canyon from the White River Fire at the moment. Going to be another super hot weekend out there too. Hopefully the last really hot weekend of the year, but who knows.Trout fishing has been fair. Good nymphing action throughout the day with the chance at picking off some risers in the back eddies and riffles later in the day and into the evening.
Caddis pupa’s in the last few hours of the day has been really good. Swinging soft hackles is another good tactic both during a caddis hatch or just at any given time throughout the day.
The streamer bite has also been strong in the early mornings mainly. When the sun gets up, the streamer bite isn’t as good.
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Lake Fishing:
Fishing up on the lakes has been good. Sinking lines with damsel nymphs, prince nymphs, smaller wooly buggers/crystal buggers is producing fish consistently. Floating lines with indicator rigs in areas where the lake drops off to deeper water is good.Expect lake fish to start feeding more heavily over the next month as we transition into fall.
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Summer Steelhead
Deschutes River:
Steelhead fishing is still really good as we move into September. The people who are fishing down there consistently and working the water thoroughly are being rewarded for their efforts.September is the month we generally see the greatest push of steelhead into the lower Deschutes river, and both the air and water temps begin to cool off, making it a very pleasant time to be swinging a fly.
September is by far my favorite month to fish for Deschutes steelhead. Water temps are good all day, lots of new fish still entering the river, and fish looking for swung flies.
Fishing floating lines and skaters or near surface wet flies is good all through September and as the sun’s angle gets lower and lower as fall progresses, you can fish a floating setup nearly all day with confidence.
October and November generally are sink tip months as water gets much cooler in these months and fish are less willing to rise up to a fly.
**The White River up by Maupin blew out yesterday 9/3 and the Deschutes all the way down to the Columbia is pretty off color and unfishable. Hard to say when it will be back in shape, it’s anybody’s guess. FYI fishing this weekend will not be effective in this dirty water.
Hood River:
The Hood has been fishable with cooler air temps as of late. Even with slightly more visibility on the Hood, fishing sink tips and larger intruders or tube flies will be your best bet.The Hood is not really a dry line/small fly steelhead river. Fish are more willing to crush a properly swung black and blue intruder than anything.
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Smallmouth Bass/Carp
Carp fishing has been HOT. Lots of sunny warm days which are ideal carp fishing conditions. A very fun way to beat the heat and is in close proximity to Hood River and Portland. This is not a wake up early deal either, sleep in, and get fishing in the afternoon when the sun is high. Beadhead san juan worms, John Montana carp hybrid, and the carp nasty are all great patterns for this kind of fishing.Shop Carp Flies
Smallmouth fishing is good if you know where to find them. Similar to the last report, they are in fairly deep water, 15-30 feet, and are eating stripped streamers on full sinking lines.
Switch up your retrieve speed to find what they like, but they usually aren’t too picky so long as you have a good looking fly on and are in the right depth of the water column.
Fish around rocky structure where there’s a drop off from shore. I like using crayfish patterns, large wooly buggers, and sculpin patterns. Poppers when the wind allows.
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