Steelhead fishing on the Lower Deschutes River is going well! Fish are being caught from the Columbia River to Mecca and from the stories I am hearing (including one just 10 minutes ago here in the shop from 2 guys on the river at mecca today) the bite is strong. Ken who makes our FFP coffee mugs just had the best trip of his life! It’s a good year. It will be a good year to plan a day trip or overnight trip with our guide team on the day stretch in October and November for sure. Nymphing is good, but for now why not get them on the swing and a floating line. That is varsity level. 
Trout fishing on the Warm Springs to Trout Creek run is also great. my guides are on the water early in the morning and off the water about 4 or 5. They are finding fish on dries in the eddies and some caddis hatches in the riffles, but primarily they are getting fish on various nymphs and small streamers. 
Caddis Pupa continue to be very hot flies, 2 Bit Hookers, Psycho Prince, Berry’s PCP (basically a peacock bodied Walts Worm and how can that be a bad combination?), Jig Napoleon and Jig PT Soft Hackle are favorites. A brown or olive Mini Gulp streamer is a good imitation for a crayfish or a sculpin. 
Hatches besides caddis so far have been mostly all larger Pale Evening Duns and include a Winner Spinner #14 in the fly box because most afternoons and evenings the fish will key on the spinner fall of the PED’s. Some PMD’s are mixed in, but not a lot of BWO’s so far. Will the cloudy and rainy weather make them pop? Tan #16 caddis and a lot of Black #18-20 caddis are very prevalent. We have a little grey sparkle pupa to match that, and we also sell a small purple soft hackle that is killer for the emerging pupa’s.