Paulina is also fishing well!

Paulina Lake - La Pine, OR (Deschutes County)


by The Fly Fishers Place
6-13-2026
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Paulina Lake is also fishing well, and like East Lake the beetle and ant game is a winner. Callibaetis are later to hatch on Paulina and one brood usually shows up well enough in July and August, so I would not expect too many dry fly callibaetis yet, but the nymphs are already killing it. Other nymphs to make sure you have on board will be scuds, hanging with my chromies and ice cream cones, assassins, double downs, watermelon leech, vampire leech, brown spectrum leech and red PT’s. 
You can strip nymphs and leeches and chubs on sinking lines from type 3 to 5, or hovers and intermediates in the shallows and try to use a midge tip/ermerger tip line off some of the drop off’s where weed beds are prevalent, its a fun way to present some of the same bugs as under an indicator and is more active. A balanced leech retrieved on a emerger tip is a killer combo. 
I had a really good conversation this afternoon at closing time in the shop with Gavin (Camp Sherman Dad) about a bright blob on a system like this with another nymph or leech on a tag. He believes the brightly colored blob attracts the fish to the area, maybe they look at it and then there’s a leech or chironomid or mayfly that is more natural to eat close by. Fish on! Our friend Phil Rowley thought the same thing was important when doing the deep dangle and that a blob drew the fish closer to the chironomid hanging down there on a type 7 full sink line 30 feet deep or so. 




More Reports

The Fly Fishers Place Reports
for Saturday, June 13th
Metolius River: Good news about Green Drakes!
Deschutes River: The Middle Deschutes is fishing well!
Deschutes River- Upper: Positive signs of a healthy fishery!
Fall River: Things are good!
Crooked River: Very good place to be right now!
McKenzie River: Some good days at McKenzie!
Hosmer Lake: Some slower days on Hosmer
East Lake: One of our best places to fish!
Little Lava Lake: Great day on little lava!
Lava Lake: Good bet!
Elk Lake: Super good report!
Crane Prairie Reservoir: Not very positive reports
Three Creek Lake: Three Creek is a good one!

The Fly Fishers Place Reports
for Saturday, June 6th
Metolius River: Great place to be this week!
Deschutes River- Lower: Very good fishing!
Deschutes River: Middle Deschutes is a good place to go!
Deschutes River- Upper: Really nice fish with a variety of tactics!
Crooked River: Continues to be a heavy hitter!
Fall River: Always a good place to find fish!
McKenzie River: Fun on the McKenzie!
East Lake: Best of the bunch!
Paulina Lake: Paulina is fishing really well!
Lava Lake: Fishing quite well!
Little Lava Lake: Fishing Quite Well!
Hosmer Lake: Hosmer is good right now
Three Creek Lake: Signs of Greatness at Three Creek!