{"id":11973,"date":"2016-09-28T19:25:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T19:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/?p=11973"},"modified":"2016-09-28T19:27:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T19:27:27","slug":"deschutes-river-report-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/deschutes-river-report-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Deschutes River Report September"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Deschutes Steelhead are big strong and aggressive fighters!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fishing on the Deschutes for steelhead this fall has been a mix of tough and tremendous. \u00a0Fish counts at the Columbia river dams have been below expectations and that shows on our favorite runs. \u00a0Few fish means that we have had to work for each one. \u00a0Making each one count is imperative-when we do encounter our favorite anadramous quarry they have been on average big and amazing! \u00a0Covering a lot of water has been the key-find the fish. Meanwhile Deschutes rainbows have proven resilient and are getting even more husky as we slip into fall.<\/p>\n

When fishing is tough, how do we\u00a0make each one count? \u00a0Be ready! \u00a0Have your drag set properly. \u00a0Check for line wraps or loops of line on your reel; these<\/p>\n

can spell disaster when a solid strike happens. \u00a0Be prepared to let the fish grab the fly allowing a series of tugs before it all comes tight and the fish is on- don’t yank that fly out of it’s mouth! \u00a0Check your fly- is your hook wrapped up in the leader? \u00a0Did that last bad cast result in a wind knot? \u00a0Check it! You don’t want to be unprepared when you do encounter that increadible amazing creature that will rip you up and leave you gasping if you are not ready!<\/p>\n

Trout on the Deschutes seem to be faring well with a variety of caddis from micro-caddis to the big October caddis on the menu. \u00a0Some days big hatches of Mahogany dun mayflies are thick. \u00a0We have even seen a resurgence of craneflies!<\/p>\n

Water above White River has been super clear and seemingly cold- it reminds me of the Metolius river. \u00a0Honestly I can’t say I can remember the water being this clear and cold in late September. \u00a0Perhaps the pending lawsuit against PGE dam operations has made some changes happen?<\/p>\n

Best of luck on the water and remember to take the time to be ready!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fishing on the Deschutes for steelhead this fall has been a mix of tough and tremendous. \u00a0Fish counts at the Columbia river dams have been below expectations and that shows on our favorite runs. \u00a0Few fish means that we have had to work for each one. \u00a0Making each one count is imperative-when we do encounter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watertimeoutfitters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}