Blue Ribbon trout and wild steelhead fishing with the best Deschutes River fly fishing guides in the business. From early August through the middle of October, we offer fly fishing on the Deschutes River for summer steelhead. These summer steelhead fight great, and provide an experience that should be on every steelhead angler’s list. A day trip is a great way to fish the Deschutes if your time is limited, but the ultimate steelhead adventure is a multiple day camp.
We’ll have the camp set up before your arrival. We’ll meet at the river mouth and transport you upriver to the comfortable camp that will serve as our base for the duration of your trip. Meals, tents, and cots are provided and the camps situated for early morning and late evening prime time swinging a dry line for steelhead.
In late spring, the Deschutes has a legendary Salmon Fly hatch.
Have you ever seen stoneflies as long as your little finger?! This river has them, and from mid-May to early June, the dry fly fishing is some of the best anywhere. The rest of the summer, you’ll still experience Blue Ribbon fly fishing drifting nymphs in the riffles, casting caddis and PMDs to feeding trout from the banks, or swinging big sculpins.
Late Summer brings excellent fly fishing for wild steelhead.
Hot afternoons and late nights are perfect times to enjoy the beauty of the Deschutes River canyon. The rest of the time we’ll be on the water, covering miles of river, on the searching for summer steelhead. Two handed spey rods cover great steelhead water well, and beginners will easily get started with the spey rod after a casting lesson.
We can provide you the right fly rods for the conditions, and everyone is welcome on the Deschutes. Every year, we help people catch their first steelhead on a fly rod. Experienced spey anglers with enjoy the access the jet boat and camp provide.
The jet boat provides access to premium water at dawn and last light.
The jet boat means more time spent fishing great runs, and less time spent traveling between pieces of perfect fly water. We can provide you the right fly rods for the conditions, and everyone is welcome on the Deschutes. Every year, we help people catch their first steelhead on a fly rod. Experienced spey anglers with enjoy the access the jet boat and camp provide.
For pricing or more information on a Deschutes River steelhead fishing trip, contact us.
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Brian Portwood –
Anyone can catch fish, but our guide made it an experience, and we still caught fish!
Dave Grigsby –
We caught several nice steelhead and had a glorious day on the river. This is a bucket list trip for sure. The lower Deschutes canyon is a magical place.
Michael Salas –
Had a great steelhead fishing experience on the Lower Deschutes River in Oregon with fishing guide Pete.