Deschutes opens up from Pelton Dam to Reservation boundary this weekend. So Warm Springs to Trout Creek Day float and hike in area and the “ multi day “ Trout Creek to Maupin camp and float zone to make it easy. This is our main operational area on the Deschutes and we are pumped for 2022 and another season of sharing this amazing fishery and incredible canyon with you.

We have been fishing the sections that have been open the last week or so and it has been good. Mornings can be a little slow but, not bad. Bust out nymph rigs traditional indicator set ups and Euro, whatever your into and hit the riffle buckets. Basic Jimmuy legs and good old pheasant tails still work. Boring and nothing new or crazy, but hey. Other small mayfly patterns, Amato mays, or jig style pheasant tail variations under dries are great too. The fish where not overly educated. We did see some decent Blue Wing and March Brown hatches and had some really fun dry fly action in th afternoons and some cloud cover helped. River is running a touch low, nothing crazy. With nice weather mellow winter, MAYBE the stones and salmon flies COULD get going a little early? Keep your eyes peeled soon. Only a couple weeks away.

Beginning of the season can be great, so hope you get a chance to get on out there. If you have any questions or we can help at all, holler. We have a few slots in June and July for multi day camp trips. Now is the time to start lobbying for summer vacation time and plans. For other up to date reports check us out on Instagram.

Tight Lines,

Cory Godell