Yep, the Salmon Flies are out on the Middle Deschutes River. I hit one of my favorite sections of the river today for 2 hours to see if I could tempt a few fish. The river is in fantastic shape, clear and perfect for wading. While the adult salmon flies were out and flying around, I couldn’t get any interest in the big dries from any fish. But, several browns and rainbows were happy to take a black rubber legged Kaufman Stonefly drifted on the bottom. I used my EuroNymphing bamboo rod, a 3 ft bicolored sighter, and about 4 ft. of 5X tippet. Here are a couple of photos of my morning.
Middle Deschutes River
A big Salmon Fly.
The rubber legged Kaufman Stone that worked well today.
A pretty brown that took my black rubber legged Kaufman Stone.