Here are some of the flies we are going to be fishing this month: Andrew Sexy Hex I have my eyes on a couple of mountain lakes wit...
Here are some of the flies we are going to be fishing this month:
Andrew
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| Sexy Hex |
I have my eyes on a couple of mountain lakes with some big Hex hatches. The trout go nuts up there right at dark and well into the night. Nothing like fishing under the stars on a moonlit night! Exact locations are secret, but there are quite a few around that have "the hatch". You can fish at night in Washington, but not Oregon...
Hex Nymph: For afternoon and evening, until the hatch starts at sunset
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| Carey Special |
Sexy Hex (by Solitude): This fly glows in the dark, so it is easier to see, plus things that glow in the dark are just fun.
Carey Special (Peacock Color): Because those fish love to munch on Damsel Nymphs during the day, and I can't wait until evening to fish!
Callibaetis Cripple: There is often a nice callibaetis hatch in the mornings or afternoon, and we must be prepared!
Joe
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| Purple Haze |
The Lower Deschutes has literally been on fire lately, and so has the Caddis hatch! Get out there to see what the buzz is all about! Be safe out there on the water and be sure to report any fires! All the Best!
BH Caddis Pupa Green Sizes 16-18: A killer fly that works well all summer, and you can swing it as a trailer fly when fishing for steelhead and pick up some nice trout (and maybe a chromer)
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| BH Electric Caddis |
Purple Haze size 16-20: The little dry fly that could... It seems to work when nothing else will
Parachute PMD - 16-20 Pale Green and Pale Yellow: The early morning PMD hatch can be fantastic this time of year.
Electric Caddis BH - 18: A sweet little caddis pattern that rocks my socks.
Ben
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| Coal Car |
I have been working on my house lately, so have not had as much time to spend on the water as I would like. That being said I will running back to the good ole Klickitat River. It's an easy 45ish minute drive from my house, and I can float it or walk and wade it. I will be spending some time behind my trusty Beulah Platinum, and some time throwing a Scandi head to help with a more subtle approach. Flies I will be using are as follows:
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| Fly Du Jour |
Steelhead Muddler (size 4-6): An oldie but a goodie. Swings nicely on the surface, as does well subsurface.
Green Butt Skunk (4-6): The iconic traditional steelhead pattern that almost gets laughed at nowadays, but hey, its still known for producing fish.
Fly De Jour (4-6): For when some purple strikes the mood. Additionally, this fly is extremely eye catching, great for rivers that are off color.
Coal Car (2-4): For when I want a fly that will give off a bigger silhouette, but not to big as to make summer fish skiddish.
Cameron
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| Elk Hair Caddis |
Heading out to
Montana for a few days and pretty much following Rob's advice as he has lived there, worked there and fished there a lot. The plan is to hit Rock Creek, the Big Hole and the
Stimulators, which also double for great searching pattern even if we miss the hatch, or while fishing rivers that the hatch isn't on.
Elk Hair Caddis of course, the do everything summer bug for me personally, followed closely by another one of my summer favorites the
Parachute PMD. Also throwing some
Yellow Sallies in my box. And some good old BH Nymphs,
BH Copper John Red,
BH Lightning Bug, and for good measure some
BH Scuds.
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| Stimulator - another classic |
Madison, but we are leaving it open seeing which way it goes once we get there. We have heard the salmonfly hatch is on the Madison, so going to take some
Nikolai
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| Soft Hackle Crayfish Bugger |
I'm hoping to head out to some lakes in the Mt Hood area this month. I'd like and try to catch a
Hex Hatch. So I'll be prepared with
Hex Paradrakes, and
Hex Spinners. When the dry fly fishing isn't happening, I'll try (going deep with) streamers: I'll be ready with
Soft Hackle Crayfish Buggers, and
Thin Mints (my secret weapon). I like stripping / trolling streamers in lakes because there's (arguably) no wrong way to do it.
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| Renegade |
One of these days I'm going to take the short hike into Rainy Lake, because there's hungry brookies in there! I've had luck with ant patterns in the past, so I'll be ready with those. Some other dry flies I'll have ready are the
Purple Haze and
Renegades.
I'm excited to leave the waders at home and break out the sun hat. Fishing the Mountain Lakes in our area is a great way to beat the heat. If the fishing is slow, just dive in and cool off !
Rob
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Pultz Popper
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July is another month where there is a lot going on.
Steelhead will be starting to show in fishable numbers on our local streams,
Caddis hatches on the
Deschutes are picking up creating good all day long dry fly fishing and
Smallmouth in the Columbia are starting to hit top water flies aggressively.
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| X-Caddis |
For the steelhead I'll be fishing
muddlers and
Skunks . When the water is clear i'll fish them in small sizes and when it's dirty or the water is deeper I'll be fishing them as large as 2. For the trout I'll be fishing
elk hair caddis almost exclusively, though the
X-caddis and
Goddard caddis also works well. In the evenings if fish are rising but won't take the elk hair I'll be swinging a
March Brown Spider as a caddis emerger. For the top water smallmouth I'll be loading up the 8 wt and fishing larger flies like the to fish larger patterns like the
Pultz popper and the
Pultz pencil popper. The
white deer hair popper would be another good choice, If the wind isn;t conducive to top water fishing the
Baitfish pattern is also great
