{"id":11559,"date":"2015-10-31T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/from-slow-to-amazing-deschutes-steelhead-experience-at-its-best\/"},"modified":"2015-10-31T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T16:57:00","slug":"from-slow-to-amazing-deschutes-steelhead-experience-at-its-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/from-slow-to-amazing-deschutes-steelhead-experience-at-its-best\/","title":{"rendered":"From Slow to Amazing – Deschutes Steelhead Experience at Its Best"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fishing had been slow all morning, that said two anglers had several opportunities but did not connect and the other two had 2 fish to hand.  Our final spot loomed ahead as we floated into our lunch run.  Gil had his two anglers spread out and my two joined them.  We were in a favorite spot, one that had delivered before.  A tough few days behind us and we were ready for a hot spot and holding hope that our last one would be it.  That is how it is being a steelhead fly fishing guide; you hope and hope.  Always expecting the best and keep coaching the best casts from your anglers; again hoping when the opportunity does happen-because it will- that they don’t yank that fly out of the fish’s mouth on the first light tap. <\/p>\n

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Victor was the first to yell out “FISH ON!” Gil and I immediately stopped our lunch prep- Gil grabbing a net and I grabbing the Nikon D7000.  We ran upriver to see Victor fast into a hot fish that wasn’t budging.  This is always fun for me with the camera as I get the opportunity to see Gil at work and get those perspectives that I can’t get when I am holding the net.  About ten photos into the battle I heard it from down below-“FISH ON!”  Matt who was just beyond view below bellowed.  I knew we had a few minutes before he would need the net so we focused on Victor’s fish thinking it was soon coming to hand.  Not so.  It fought tirelessly and Matt belowed again.  I rushed down to Matt this time grabbing my rubberized net and wading in with Matt.  He had a huge smile on his face as the warm sun glinted off his doubled over spey rod.  Matt’s fish was smaller than the one upriver with Gil and we landed them almost simultaneously.  It was then that we looked up to see another outfitter floating by.  Gil told him it had been like this all the way down river- he called b.s.. We did hook a total of 5 fish that lunch time and didn’t burn lunch! <\/p>\n

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Cast, swing, step is an easy formula.  There is really not that much to it- but there is.  Minute details add up to more success or less.  Here is the simple formula we use for success: <\/p>\n