{"id":1203,"date":"2016-05-04T00:26:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T00:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2016-05-04T02:41:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T02:41:39","slug":"salmon-flies-and-browns-on-the-middle-deschutes-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=1203","title":{"rendered":"Salmon Flies and Browns on the Middle Deschutes River."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been hearing a lot of reports\u00a0for the past two weeks\u00a0of salmon flies on the Middle Deschutes River here in Central Oregon\u00a0so I was finally able to get out today for a few hours.\u00a0 I took my 7&#8242;\u00a0 6&#8243;\u00a0 5 wt Freestone Series bamboo fly rod.\u00a0 Fish were quite hungry for both nymphs and dry flies, and I picked up several&#8230;the rainbows were between 10&#8243; and 15&#8243; and the browns were between 12&#8243; and 18&#8243;.\u00a0 The river is relatively\u00a0small where I fished so the 7&#8242;\u00a0 6&#8243; medium fast action rod was perfect.\u00a0 Here are a few photos of my afternoon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1204\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?attachment_id=1204\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1204\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1204\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1204\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030014-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"Middle Deschutes River Salmon Fly.\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030014-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030014-580x326-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Middle Deschutes River Salmon Fly.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1210\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?attachment_id=1210\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1210\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1210\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1210\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030006-580x326-1.jpg\" alt=\"#8 Orange Bodied Stimulator.\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030006-580x326-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030006-580x326-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#8 Orange Bodied Stimulator.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1206\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?attachment_id=1206\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1206\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1206\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1206\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030012-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"Nice Middle Deschutes River Brown that took a #8 Black Girdlebug.\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030012-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030012-580x326-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nice Middle Deschutes River Brown that took a #8 Black Girdlebug.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1207\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?attachment_id=1207\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1207\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1207\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1207\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030003-Copy-580x368.jpg\" alt=\"A beautiful Middle Deschutes River Brown that took a #8 Gold Bodied Stimulator.\" width=\"580\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030003-Copy-580x368.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P5030003-Copy-580x368-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A beautiful Middle Deschutes River Brown that took a #8\u00a0Orange Bodied Stimulator.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been hearing a lot of reports\u00a0for the past two weeks\u00a0of salmon flies on the Middle Deschutes River here in Central Oregon\u00a0so I was finally able to get out today for a few hours.\u00a0 I took my 7&#8242;\u00a0 6&#8243;\u00a0 5 &hellip; 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