East Lake had some ugly weather arrive

East Lake - La Pine, OR (Deschutes County)


by The Fly Fishers Place
6-21-2025
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East Lake had some ugly weather arrive yesterday and that is too bad because I know a lot of good friends who were planning to be there and enjoying some fishing this weekend. Some stayed, despite the weather and other retreated to lower elevations, or surrendered completely and went home to warm up and dry out. It snowed and East and Paulina this morning and add a stiff wind to the mix and that is no place most of us want to be right now. 
But the good stuff will return very soon and just 2 days ago the callibaetis hatch was coming off quite well and that will be back pronto. 
Besides callibaetis, scuds, chironomids, damsel nymphs and leeches will match a lot of what swims beneath… Red Jig PT and Callibaetis Cate are my go to flies under the indicator for my first choices. Fish 3 to 10 feet depth mostly with the nymphs now. 
Beetles and Ants along the shore line are good and will get better over the coming weeks.