The Fall River is definitely one of our favorite winter spots, and for good reason as the fish are usually as active here in the winter as they are any other time of the year. Right now it is a good time to focus on the Euro Streamers and micro-streamers and try to get the fish to chase the fly a bit. Nymphing is always a solid choice either with an indicator or Euro style. Lately Eggs, Micro May’s that are the size and color of a BWO nymph, Zebra Midges (especially red) and Perdigons are working especially well.
There have been days when the dry fly bite is pretty good for a while in the afternoon, and you can also expect to see some days when you won’t see many fish up to the hatch, or the hatch is too light to get them looking up. Winter fishing is like that. Of course access on the river due to lack of a snowy winter is quite good, but remember that the river is closed from the Falls down to the Deschutes.