Another big brown from the Deschutes

troutdude · Jun 8, 2011

Yeah, what he said. Good advice.

I've gotten hundreds of trout in a similar fashion. I use a spin rod, a float, 4' or so of light leader, a BB sized split shot and the bugger on the end. It sits just under the surface. I troll them while in my float tube. So, it's kick, cruise, kick kick, cruise, etc...similar to stripping your line.

Good luck!

bigsteel · Jun 9, 2011

try some small minnow patterns as well,muddler minnow comes to mind right now.....cast out and strip like crazy with 8 inch strips recast and repeat.

jamisonace · Jun 9, 2011

I went down yesterday about 5pm and fished for about an hour. I used a small beadhead hares ear with a bb sized split shot just above it and caught 4 big whitefish and three small trout. The first fish I had on was hard to get off the bottom and I thought I had another big brown but those whitefish give up pretty quick and I had him landed in a couple minutes.

There was a brief mayfly hatch but the rising fish were keyed on something much smaller. I caught one on a Mckenzie Caddis (used that because the mayflies were green) and missed about 4 or 5 other strikes on the dry. I'll give it another try today. My motel room is 30 feet from the stretch I like to fish...in fact I'm looking at the water right now thinking it may have cleared up just a bit from last night. Today should produce some more fish. I'll report when I'm done.

Steelhead_slayer, if you want to try my technique with a fly rod in the deep channels I can try to describe where I like to go. Let me know.

steelhead_slayer said:
you got the spot right. i usually catch smaller fish using nymphs. sometimes bigger rainbows. good to know that'll catch big browns too. i was thinking the same thing with the wooly buggers. its just hard to commit to trying something new with so many great waters around and so little time.thanks for the advise i appreciate it

steelhead_slayer · Jun 9, 2011

ive learned when it comes to dries in town. they will key in on color. once i got that right color. i would get fish to rise no matter the size or quality of my fly. right away i thought of a spot that sounded like where you were fishing. i"d be cool to see if i was right. and i'd appreciate learning a new technique. i usually use corkies when nymphing. that or dry drop

steelhead_slayer · Jun 15, 2011

i went out this evening to try out some wooly buggers. fish them for about an hour with no action, but noticed a good amount of mayflies out. so i decided to switch to dries which i haven't done for a while. i had a great night watching fish raise, and catching lots of rainbows and even a little brown.

TTFishon · Jun 16, 2011

Sounds like fun.

steelhead_slayer · Dec 2, 2011

Here's another one for you guys. he was 24 inches and a good fighter

Raincatcher · Dec 2, 2011

Wow, that is a nice one! That river is at the top of my bucket list. Thanks for the fish porn!

TTFishon · Dec 2, 2011

Raincatcher said:
Wow, that is a nice one! That river is at the top of my bucket list. Thanks for the fish porn!

What she said!

FlyBum · Dec 2, 2011

When did you get that one, was it recently?

steelhead_slayer · Dec 2, 2011

i got it this morning

steelhead_slayer · Dec 11, 2011

crappy pictures, but two more from this morning

billfisher · Dec 11, 2011

beautifull fish! :clap:

spmpdr · Dec 11, 2011

steelhead_slayer said:
crappy pictures, but two more from this morning

Nice fish, If you dont mind me asking . Where are you fishing the d at this time of year?

OnTheFly · Dec 11, 2011

Nice! Blessed are those who get to live where you are. I hope to be there permanently someday.

steelhead_slayer · Dec 11, 2011

spmpdr said:
Nice fish, If you dont mind me asking . Where are you fishing the d at this time of year?

If you want some good water not affected by the canals closing. I fish above Bend a lot.

OnTheFly · Dec 11, 2011

steelhead_slayer said:
If you want some good water not affected by the canals closing. I fish above Bend a lot.

Tattle tail.jk

steelhead_slayer · Dec 11, 2011

I know. I'm just giving secrets away. Hopefully i get some good karma back

fisherofmen · Dec 11, 2011

great browns. I used to catch some like that on rapalas from some Black Hills lakes in the spring.

FlyBum · Dec 11, 2011

steelhead_slayer said:
I know. I'm just giving secrets away. Hopefully i get some good karma back

Thought I recognized that house across from MC

Another big brown from the Deschutes

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