Mary Ann and I just got back from 3 days of camping on the Deschutes River in search of steelhead.  We met up with a great group of folks and camped at a Rebar Campground.  We had a wonderful time but the steelhead action was very slow.  Among 12 accomplished steelheaders, only 2 steelhead were landed over 3 days…none by Mary Ann nor I.  I took along my 10′  6″  5 wt Hollow Built Bamboo Switch Rod for the trip, and split my time between swinging hairwing streamers on sinking leaders and nymphing with large stonefly nymph immtations.  I manged to pick up a handful of nice rainbows, two whitefish, and one very large sucker nymphing but had no success swinging.  Overall, not great fishing success but we had a great time camping out with group.  Here are a few photos of our trip:

Our campsite at Rebar Campground.

Swinging through Steelhead Flats Run.

Nymphing below Halfway Bar Island.

A decent rainbow I caught right at camp that took a brown stonefly nymph.