Winter Steelhead
Is there anything better than hooking the first winter fish of the season!? Even just hearing about a few being caught is enough to pump up the crowd around here. The back-to-back Atmospheric Rivers certainly did a lot of re-arranging throughout the Pacific Northwest. New channels formed. Some shallow spots became deep....and some deep spots shallow. Lots of trees and rocks moved. It was a real series of events!
On to the point....are there fish around? There sure are! Consider it go time from here on out. Go early and go often. There's rain in the forecast, but not the catastrophic amounts that we've already seen. One huge positive has been the temps. It's been on the warmer side which definitely helps keep the water temps up. This always helps in the winter. Get your sink tips and flies in order if you haven't already. This is going to be a great week to give it a try.
Deschutes Trout
This is such a wonderful time of year to trout fish on the Deschutes. Keep your eyes on the gauges and try to avoid and big flow spikes or drops. The trout prefer things to be steady in those two departments, and changes either way can put them off the bite. Water temps have been in the low-to-mid 40's, which should have fish sitting in softer winter lies. Call it predominately a nymph and streamer game with the possibility of some afternoon BWO fishing. The bugs should be present to some degree every day, but surface activity will be variable. The huge bonus of fishing the Deschutes at this time of year is the solitude. You can have large stretches of the river all to yourself.....and some really good trout fishing!
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