Conservation is KING!

Thanks to all the organizations involved.

Steelheading on the Deschutes River - Year 3

Trout Creek to Harpham Flats

Thank you Jerry Heck, Jim Palmer, Jim Harrer, John Geise for joining Fly and Field Outfitters for a 3 day, 2 night adventure on the Lower Deschutes River. The adventure starts at Trout Creek and finishes at Harpham Flats, just north of Maupin. Jim Harrer captured the experience and has shared with all of us, and now with you.

Enjoy the Movie.

Tight Lines Auction - Deschutes River Conservancy

Join the DRC in honoring the Deschutes River and tributaries by bidding on exclusive fly fishing packages in the Deschutes Basin and destination fly fishing trips to exclusive lodges throughout the world. The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have granted special access to the DRC for pre-arranged fishing trips on the tribal side of the Lower Deschutes for this event.

To Register:
541.382.4077 ext.10
debbie@deschutesriver.org

A Victory for the Deschutes River

The neediest stretch of the Deschutes River is in the midst of a remarkable transformation. Because the change is taking place bit by bit, project by project, many people probably haven’t noticed it. But it is happening, and the result will benefit not only fish, but everyone — including tourists — who values the river as an aesthetic and recreational amenity.

Castro Resigns

With resignation of Fidel Castro as the leader of Cuba, maybe we'll get do some fishing there soon. Rumors have it that Cuba is one of the best fishing locations in the Caribbean. Time will tell. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

The Slim Beauty Knot

The Slim Beauty knot is a strong, easy-to-learn knot that doesn't require the use of a bimini twist to achieve close to 100% class-tippet-to-shock-tippet connections.

I started using this knot last year in the Yucatan. It is easy and quickly tied in the field. Slim Beauty Knot.

The Upper Deschutes River

The Deschutes River upstream of Farewell Bend Park was iced over in spots last week. The river can be good to fish in winter, but variable conditions can be tough to predict.

Why the low flow?
The region’s water managers hold back water behind Crane Prairie Dam and Wickiup Dam in the winter to ensure that irrigators will have enough water in the summer.
The flows below Wickiup Reservoir have dropped as low as 25 cubic feet per second this winter, which fish biologists say is a detriment to the redband and brown trout populations.
Low flows become less pronounced as anglers move downstream, although the effects are still noticeable.
For all the drama of the Deschutes River in the winter — the fluctuating flows, the bitter cold, and the occasional icing over (as happened just last week) — there are still those anglers who cannot get enough.

More about the Upper Deschutes River

$4M grant to benefit fish projects

$4M grant to benefit fish projects
4 Central Oregon groups will split funds to boost salmon, steelhead.

The Deschutes River Conservancy, the Deschutes Basin Land Trust, the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council and the Crooked River Watershed Council together received the grant from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board at the board’s meeting last week. The watershed board is a state agency that distributes grants for conservation projects with funds from the lottery and other sources.

Trout Bums: Bend Oregon Fly Fishing Film Tour

For the 4th year now, the Trout Bums are coming to Bend, Oregon.

They call themselves the Fish Bums, but their experiences are not always about the fishing.

Sometimes they’re about the curious situations in which they find themselves — such as drinking too much fermented “yak yogurt” and ending up passed out somewhere in the middle of frigid Mongolia.

That’s what happened to Thad Robison while he was filming “Fish Bum I: Mongolia.”

“It’s the nastiest, foulest thing you’ve ever put in your mouth,” Robison says of the potent cocktail. “It is bad. It creeps up on you. The locals knew more than they were telling us. It hit me like a freight train.”

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Deschutes River Conservancy names new directors to board

Deschutes River Conservancy names new directors to board

Bruce Bischof, Damien Nurre and Jim Mead have joined the Deschutes River Conservancy board of directors.

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