Fishing Reports

Hello anglers of the Metolius, today the current conditions are;

A little wind, cloudy day, rained over night, expect a temp. high today of 67 deg.

Some of the things I have seen in the past 48 hrs.........................

• BWO with cooler air temps. these duns should be on the surface water for long floats.  a size 12 BWO extended body good choice, parachute BWO size 14 and 16.
• October cadddis still going strong sofa pillow size 8 or 10.
• Little olive stone (come in we have a hot pattern for this bug) size 14-18.
• Midges,  zebra, griffith nat, emergent midge., black my favs.

 
Yes, Bull Trout are feeding on the Kokanee,

The Dolly Llama ginger/brown size 2. articulated leeches large, and larger.  flesh color with some red tied in, and some crystal flash.

Enjoy your time on the river, be present and trust the process..................
 
Lower Deschutes:  The steel head are moving and hot, with the recent rain and the colder air temps all I can say, is get there.

 Hello fly fishers things that I have seen on the Metolius today;

Not a lot of fly fishers throwing lines today.
No wind, and partly cloudy warm air temp.'s, perfect.............
 
The Kokanee are not in the river in large numbers yet, just a few at select places on the river.  Bugs of all three major flavors (mayfly caddis & stone) are going off...........
 
More specific bug activity;

Caddis, Caddis, and more Caddis........................

Fall/October Caddis 8 - 6 (sofa pillow), Golden stones(yes still going off, amazing isn't it) size 8 - 6, small Olive stone's size 14-16, PMD's  16's (Q's Spider variant cripple, or compara Dunn, these are my favorite style for the PMD, for this time of year)

a Brown Caddis size 14 (X-caddis) Keep in mind spinners for the PMD's BWO's and various other mayfly's.

Midges early morning, and large leach patterns for the Bull Trout all day long......
 
Nymph with heavy weighted October Caddis pupae size 6-8's top bug, and drop a Copper John, PT flahback size 14-16, Micro mayfly 18-14's black or brown, Rainbow Warrior size 16, Gold BH Hot G-spot, Lightning bug 12, Morrish's Hot wire Caddis tan size 16 just to get you wet...........
 
Slow down, be respectful of the other fly fisher's near you, be present in the moment, Trust the process, Namaste.
 

Finally.......We are having warmer than we have had, but still unseasonably cool weather.  We haven't had frost in the mornings for a week and a half.  At this point the weather man is saying nice weather for almost the next week.  We are still around 70 for the highs but with a small chance of showers.  Even when we do have those "showers" the ground is dry an hour later.  The green drakes are on and finally dependable.  Mid to late afternoon is the happening.  Once again, be there and be prepared.  If you see one there are more on the way.  The PMD's are on also.  There have been a couple days where there are very good numbers of bugs.  Cloudy days (we don't want them) they start in mid-morning.  BWO's are the everyday hatch.  Lots of mixed species caddis also.  Now is the time in the upper river where the golden stone nymph is the go-to pattern.  They are migrating and are getting tumbled regularly in their quest to find an area to crawl out of the river.  The golden stone dry is now becoming a realistic pattern also.  I haven't seen a real golden yet, but soon.  Saturday was 72 and beautiful.  The ants couldn't wait for that 80 degree day and have started hatching.  It is not the "wow, they are everywhere" hatch, but they are out. 
Roger

  The weather looks like it is finally cooperating.  We are looking at temperatures approaching 80 this weekend.  That means the famed flying timber ant hatch is going to happen.  The green drakes are finally responding also.  They were out during a less than great weather-wise Memorial Weekend.  The hatch so far is a short and fairly intense hatch starting around 3ish and lasting for a half hour or so.  The best tactic is to be in the lower river before 3 and keeping your eyes open.  There have been very good PMD hatches also.  The BWO's and several species of caddis are still on the steady side. 
See you on the river!

We are seeing more bug activity. 

• October Caddis are on the wane, but the nymph in still a great pattern.  Use a small dropper (16-18) a foot behind.

 

• The tan/orange/golden caddis are coming on.  Tan or orange elk hair caddis drys and orange tie down caddis as an emerger are great.  Try an orange soft hackle also.

• Bwo's - 16-18-  nymph, emerger, dry

• Black Caddis - small skinny little bugs.  16-18 depending on your pattern.

• Green Drakes - The past two weekends have seen the start of the hatch.  At this point, you really can't say the hatch is on, however, it is right around the corner. 

There have been wonzie-twozie drakes on the water.  If there is one, that means there might one or two more. 

As you know, the fish love these and key on them. 

Between Mother Nature and the weatherman, it has been very frustrating trying to read the fishing crystal ball. 

The weather was going to be rainy over the weekend, but they are amending that also.  With the weather being warm and possible showers over the weekend, this might be a good kick-off for the drakes.  

• Ants- Watch out for that first 80 degree day.  That is the time of the big timber ant hatch.  Standby