The Lower Deschutes is fishable

Deschutes River- Lower - Maupin, OR


by The Fly Fishers Place
4-10-2025
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The Lower Deschutes is fishable, I had a customer write she was at Maupin and found a bunch of fish tight to the banks on Nymphs. Thanks for the report.
Our guide crew and a few shop dudes are going tomorrow for a 3 day from Trout Creek to Harpham. They can’t fish until they get to the end of the WS Reservation (until opening day 4/22/25) but they are stoked to get down to the open water and fish it hard. I suspect they will get the March Brown hatch in earnest, BWO’s, Caddis Pupa and Stonefly Nymphs and really good action on larger bead sized Perdigon’s.




More Reports

The Fly Fishers Place Reports
for Thursday, April 10th

Metolius River: The Metolius River has really been good
Crooked River: The Crooked River is blown out again
Deschutes River: The Middle Deschutes is in nice condition as irrigation canals have now opened
Fall River: The Fall River is excellent

The Fly Fishers Place Reports
for Saturday, April 5th

Metolius River: Metolius River Report
Fall River: The Fall River is fishing really quite well
Crooked River: The inflow levels on the Crooked River dropped A LOT in the last couple of days
Deschutes River- Lower: Lower Deschutes Report
Haystack Reservoir: Haystack is good
Chickahominy Reservoir: Chickahomony is good
Ochoco Reservoir: Ochocco Reservoir Report