Fishing Report

Thursday, May 29, 2003

Deschutes River:    Fair to Good    Flows are 4,050 cfs at Madras and 4,927 cfs at Moody.    Stoneflies are out from South Junction to  Maupin and fish are starting to key in on them.   It's just a matter of time before it breaks loose above  South Junction.    In the Warm Springs to Trout Creek run use a stonefly nymph followed by a smaller nymph .   With the weather warming up the dry fly action will pick up.  Try a black dbl bead stonefly nymph (Sz 4-6) trailed by a BH Pheasant tail (sz 16).    In the next 2-3 weeks look for surface action to break loose on both the dark and golden stones.  The big bugs will start hatching first in the lower river below Maupin because water temps will be warmer and as the river begins to warm above Maupin the hatch will get stronger up towards Warm Springs.  Best trout fishing will be in the eddies and slower water close to the bank.  Evening Midge hatches should provide good fishing.     

    Suggested Trout patterns: :   #4-6 Dark Stone Nymphs,  #8 Golden Stone Nymphs,  #18-20 BWO Comparadun, #16-18 Baetis Twilight Parachute, BWO Flutterwing Cripple #18-20, BWO Poxy-back Emerger #16-18, BH Pheasant Tails sz.16,  BH Prince Nymph #16, #18 Gold ribbed Hare's Ear, Zebra Midge #16-20, Black Beauty Midge #18-22, Serendipity #16-20, Sprout Midge, Griffiths Gnat #16-22.  

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McKenzie River:  Fair-Good   Best time has been afternoon and evening.  Level is 3434 cfs (2.01 ft.) @ Vida.  Level at Walterville 1,113 cfs. (1.34 ft).  Good Caddis hatches are happening.  Look for Mother's Day Caddis, PMD's  and  Little Yellow Stones. Green Drakes upcoming!!  Call Ed or Virginia of McKenzie River Shuttle Service at 541-896-0526 if you needed your vehicle shuttled.

Suggested Trout patterns: #12-14 Mckenzie Caddis , PMD Sparkle Dun  #14-18,Soft hackles in olive, green, yellow, orange, and tan.   #12-16, BH Pheasant Tails #16-22,  Rubber Legged Hare's Ear #10-16,  BH Prince Nymph #16-22, Griffiths Gnat #16-22, Tan Elk Hair Caddis # 14-16, Black Elk Hair Caddis #16-20, Yellow Sallies #14-18.     

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North Santiam:  Know your river as in the last 12 days there has been 6 boats that have sank!!   3.81 ft. river level.   Best river levels for fly fishing are from 2.8' to 4.5'.  Good numbers of Spring Chinook in the lower river.  Lots of fish below Bennet Dam. Best float right now would be Greens Bridge to Jefferson or Mehema to Stayton. The only drawback right now is the cold water temps and this has caused fishing to be on the slow side.  Warmer weather forecasted this week will  help.

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    Suggested Steelhead Patterns: #4 Blue/Black Killowatts, #4 Purple/Pink Killowatts, #2-4 Polar Shrimp, #4 Pink/White Starlight Leech, #4 Orange/White Starlight Leech, #1.5-3 Orange Heron, #1.5-3 Sol Duc Spey,  Pink   Articulated Leech #4,  #2-4 Skykomish Sunrise,  sz. 1/0 Pink/Orange  Skagit Minnow's, #1/0-2 General Practitioner.. 

Steelhead counts over Willamette Falls :  05-29-03 -  8,988 winter  steelhead and 5,752 summer steelhead and 41,086 Spring Chinook..  The fish passage data is incomplete as of 5-29-03.  There is one person that views the tapes and they are very far behind.  There are more fish than the numbers show as there are several days that haven't been totaled since 5-27-03.

Hosmer Lake:  The lake is fishing  well.   Try BH Peacock Carey Buggers, White Woolly Buggers,   

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