Fall River Fish Report for 5-30-2026
Fall River is fishing quite well
Fall River - La Pine, OR (Deschutes County)
by The Fly Fishers Place
5-30-2026
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The Fall River is fishing quite well too, with our best guide days happening on micro streamers and slender, tungsten beaded Perdigons in a variety of body and bead colors but always with a chunky bead to aid in sink rate! Brown and Olive and Purple have been solid for us on the nymphs, and black, olive or white streamers like a slum lord, jig minnow, croston’s minnow and a mini gulp. Never count out an Egg and a MOP for the Fall River, as some days the fish get kooky on stuff like that.
There is a good PMD hatch going and fishing the cylcle starting with the nymph using a PMD Split Case or Micro Mayfly, Klinkhammer and Film Critic for emergers, KD Dun for the cripple and Comparaduns and Parachutes for the duns. Don’t forget the spinners and keep an eye on them especially if you plan to stay late in the day and fish to dusk.
There have been decent to good hatches of olive caddis #16, and some yellow sally’s, plus a fair number of ants and beetle activity coming from the forest and stumbling into the river by accident. Don’t forget to add a purple or red hippie stomper to your terrestrial box, it transcends into the attractor/terrestrial offering really well and is a compliment to a crowe beetle or foam beetle that are a bit more realistic.
One other thing I would carry in my fly box this week on the Fall River are green drake emergers and duns. Like the Metolius they haven’t quite popped as well as we hope for. Yet.
More Reports
The Fly Fishers Place Reports
for Saturday, May 30th
Metolius River: Great hatches and great fishing!
Crooked River: Fishing was absolutely on fire!
The Fly Fishers Place Reports
for Friday, May 22nd
Metolius River: Metolius River Report
Deschutes River- Lower: Lower Deschutes Report
Deschutes River: Middle Deschutes River Report
Crooked River: The Crooked River is fishing well on small nymphs and scuds
Fall River: There have been good hatches including PMD’s, midges, caddis and some waning blue wing olives
McKenzie River: The McKenzie River is a hoot now
Hosmer Lake: Hosmer Lake is seeing a really good callibaetis hatch mid day
Little Lava Lake: Little Lava Lake Report
Crane Prairie Reservoir: Crane Prairie is fishing really well
Wickiup Reservoir: Wickiup is a really good bet now and is fishing well for quality browns and rainbows
East Lake: East Lake was very good this week with chironomids and terrestrials
Paulina Lake: Paulina Lake was really good yesterday
North Twin Lake: North and South Twin Lakes are good for tubes and wading access
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