Middle Deschutes is a great option!

Deschutes River - Maupin, OR


by The Fly Fishers Place
8-9-2025
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The Middle Deschutes is also a great option, and of course the Middle D has many different river types to enjoy from Bend to Lake Billy Chinook. Some of it is gnarly pocket water, some gentle and some like a wide spring creek. Each section has good things to fish! 
PMD, Pale Evening Dun, BWO’s and Tan Caddis are the main hatches, and keep it open to fish attractors like Purple Haze, Renegades and Patriots. Patriot is a sleeper attractor and has worked well for me when PMD’s have recently hatched.




More Reports

The Fly Fishers Place Reports
for Saturday, August 9th

Metolius River: The best is still coming!
Deschutes River- Lower: The Steelhead Run is off to the races!
Crooked River: The Crooked River was good!
Fall River: The Fall River is good fishing!

The Fly Fishers Place Reports
for Saturday, August 2nd

Metolius River: Metolius River Updates
Deschutes River- Lower: Morning and evening has good success
Deschutes River: Middle Deschutes River Updates
Fall River: The Fall River was pretty good
Crooked River: Crooked River Updates
Hosmer Lake: Hosmer Lake was good to us
Crane Prairie Reservoir: Fish are being caught
Little Lava Lake: Little Lava Lake Updates
East Lake: East Lake is fishing well
Paulina Lake: Paulina Lake is also fishing really well
Three Creek Lake: Three Creek Lake is good