Paulina Lake Fish Report for 7-3-2026
Paulina Lake was good
Paulina Lake - La Pine, OR (Deschutes County)
by The Fly Fishers Place
7-3-2026
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Paulina Lake was good right after launching the boat this week with a Dark Assassin and CB Cate with the Bung Indicator. If you question the Bung, ask my clients Rich and Tim, as Tim had a Bung and Rich a Sphere (oros) and Tims fish count was way higher with the same 2 flies. We switched Rich to the bung and he maybe didn’t catch up completely but gave it a valiant effort with some good numbers.
I finally found some fish down the south shoreline but the east and north shorelines are still holding the most trout.
We had good success on a Bionic Ant to begin with, but later the Beetle was better. But….this time the fish were doing a “drive by” on my Jiggy Beetle and I switched the guys over to a lower floating beetle and the success was immediate.
Sometimes when it’s calmer the Jiggy is a high profile with 2 stacks of foam and not right for the situation on this day. An easy fix with a lower profile beetle, and yes the lower profile is harder to see on the water.
Also grab some Flag Ants, and add a few Callibaetis emergers and duns and spinners as July and August see the best mayfly hatches of the year on Paulina and they were popping a bit on Wednesday. Morning hatches are usually the best before the wind comes on.
Balanced leeches, damsels and chubbies are 3 more flies essential for the week ahead.
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The Fly Fishers Place Reports
for Friday, July 3rd
Metolius River: Still a few Green Drake stragglers hatching
Crooked River: Crooked River is fishing great now
Fall River: Lot of happy fish in there now
McKenzie River: McKenzie River has been good
Deschutes River- Lower: Best for nymphing throughout the day
Deschutes River: Middle Deschutes is fun for dry fly fishing
Deschutes River- Upper: There have been some good days
East Lake: Some exciting moments this week!
The Fly Fishers Place Reports
for Saturday, June 27th
Metolius River: Green Drake is winding down
Deschutes River- Lower: Good days to enjoy
Deschutes River: Middle D is a good choice
Deschutes River- Upper: Nice catches of quality browns
Deschutes River- Upper: Upper D Headwaters stretch is wonderful
Crooked River: Crooked is fishing quite well
Fall River: The Fall River is good
McKenzie River: Good for our guides this week
East Lake: East Lake was good this week
Paulina Lake: Paulina was good
Little Lava Lake: Little Lava was really good this week
Hosmer Lake: Hosmer is good
Crane Prairie Reservoir: Can be good most of the time
Three Creek Lake: Very productive most days
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