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Oregon Fishing Report  

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Deschutes River Trout:   River Level & Forecast      River Flows: Madras @ 4,880cfs. @ 47.3 degrees.  Moody @ 6,220cfs.   

Trout: Trout fishing has been fair . Trout are looking up at dries offered to them mid-day.  March Browns and midges, and PMD's are the main course right now as the Blue Winged Olive hatch is winding down.  Fish the long slow runs below big riffles with March Brown emergers and adults.  Fish are starting to key in on the big stone nymphs. 

There are plenty of  Redsides already up on the gravel bars building spawning beds.   If you see dark fish in shallow water over clean gravel they are spawning.

Suggested Trout patterns for the month of May.  Surface Hatches:     BWO's, March Browns, midges and later towards the end of the month start looking for the stonefly hatch..

Patterns:  March Brown Comparadun (Sz #10-14), Quigley's Sparkle Stacker BWO (size 16-18), Griffith's Gnat (size 14-20), Zebra Midge (size 14-20).

Nymphs:  Various Nymphs.    Patterns:    GB RL Kaufmann Stone # 6-10, Foxy Brown BH Stone, Fat Bastard BH Stone # 4-6, Kaufmann's Black  Stone (Sz 4-8), Golden Stone Nymph (Sz 6-8),  BH Head Flashback Pheasant Tails (sz 14-18)
 

Check out these links for more information

    Columbia River Dam Counts    Deschutes River   River Levels           

McKenzie River:    River level & forecast     River level @Vida (3.3ft.) 6,447cfs,  water temp 43.9degrees.  

Look for the famed McKenzie Green Caddis hatch to kick into gear (Mother's Day Caddis).  River level is on the high side.

Call McKenzie River Shuttle Service at 541-896-0526 if you needed your vehicle shuttled. 

Suggested Trout patterns for the month of May:  Surface Hatches:  March Brown, Golden Stones, PMD's, Little Yellow Stones, Green Caddis.

Best surface patterns:   Improved Sofa Pillow (Sz #4-8), Yellow  or Green Elk Hair Caddis (Sz #12-18), PMD Sparkle Dun (Sz #14-18), Yellow Sally's (Sz 14-18), McKenzie Green Caddis (sz 8).

Best nymph patterns:  BH Fox Squirrel nymphs 12-14, GB Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymphs #12-18,   GB FB Hare's Ear Nymph #10-14, Prince Nymphs #12-18, Zug Bug #12-16, Cased Caddis#14-16,  Brown  Stones #6-10.

Check out these links for more information:            

McKenzie River      River Levels

North Santiam:  (River level & Forecast)      River level at Mehema (6.0ft..) 6,908cfs,  43.3 degrees.   River level is to high for fly fishing right now.   There has been a little over 4,633 wild winter steelhead and 2,501 summer steelhead have passed over Willamette Falls as of May 5th. 

Trout fishing is closed for the season.

Steelhead Patterns:      size 2 Orange or Purple Pick'yer Pocket, size 2 General Practitioner, Size 2 Youngers's Summer Run, size 1.5 Youngers's Steelhead Mojo.

Check out these links for more information:

 North Santiam River                  Willamette Falls Fish Counts

Nestucca River:  (Current River Level & Forecast)  (Weather Forecast)     River flow: 5.1ft. @911cfs.   The Nestucca is at a good level for fly fishing.   Fish low in the river for for early summers.

The Nestucca River  above Moon Creek is closed to angling to protect wild steelhead.

 Photo to the left is a nice wild steelhead landed and released this season by John Kreft. 

For shuttle service call Pat at Nestucca Valley Sporting Goods  503-392-4269  and  check out his website at: www.nestuccariveroutfitters.com  Pat and his wife have been a great asset to the small town of Hebo.  Pat also has a great fishermen's sack lunch offered at the store for $5.50.

Steelhead Patterns:   size 4-6 Purple Articulated Leech,  Size 6 Cabellero Egg,  Size 4 Youngers's Summer Run, size 4 Veiled Assassin, size 6 Clown Egg.

Fall River:         THE RIVER SECTION BELOW THE FALLS IS CLOSED UNTIL JUNE 2008.    Look for  action on  BWO's, and midges.  Fishing has continued to be fair-good on the Fall.

Patterns:    Parachute Adams, Sizes #16-18, Serendipities, #16-18 Griffith's Gnats, #16 Flashback Pheasant Tails, #16-18 BWO Sparkle Duns,  #18-20 WD-40s and Miracle Midges.

Metolius River :        THE AREA UPSTREAM FROM ALLINGHAM BRIDGE TO THE HEADWATERS CLOSES OCTOBER 31 AND REOPENS JUNE 2008.
 

Look for Caddis, BWO's and midges to be your best bets in May.  There are big Rainbows up to 20 inches in the Metolius and you might also want to try heavily weighted nymphs to get down to them.

Nymphs:     RS2's (sizes 16-20), #16-20 GB Flashback Pheasant Tails , #16-18 GB Hares Ear Nymphs,  #8-#10 Golden Stones.  #4  Olive/White Cone Head Double Bunny flies for the Bull Trout.

Dries:    BWO Sparkle Dun #18, CDC Midge #18-22.

Disclaimer:  Fishing and water conditions can and do change frequently and Oregon weather can be quite dynamic.  We strive to keep our report current,  but it is not always possible to predict changes that can effect fishing conditions.