Trout Spey on the deschutes question.

SKYKO · Feb 11, 2022

clarkman said:
I saw that forecast and damn near played hooky...oh well, guess I'll just have to settle for whatever the temps are on Sat...

with regard to flies, what's a "pocket rocket"?

Just another leech pattern, cast very well on small trout speys and works.

RyRy82 · Feb 11, 2022

Had a blast today up from town. Went 0-3 on the swing. Had two fish give me head shakes with one coming out of the water while giving me the fin. Not sure why I couldn’t hook up today. The grabs were soft. No problem finding slow swinging water up from the gate. A little more difficult below. Hooked a larger short finned grayling under and indicator. Water had a little color. We will be back at it tomorrow but might check out the river below town. It was a beautiful day. Got pretty gusty in the afternoon. Thanks for all the info. Hoping tomorrow I can keep them buttoned!

mcswny · Feb 11, 2022

RyRy82 said:
Had a blast today up from town. Went 0-3 on the swing. Had two fish give me head shakes with one coming out of the water while giving me the fin. Not sure why I couldn’t hook up today. The grabs were soft. No problem finding slow swinging water up from the gate. A little more difficult below. Hooked a larger short finned grayling under and indicator. Water had a little color. We will be back at it tomorrow but might check out the river below town. It was a beautiful day. Got pretty gusty in the afternoon. Thanks for all the info. Hoping tomorrow I can keep them buttoned!

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Get it!

Can you swing eggs? Asking for a friend..

MoreQuestionsThanAnswers · Feb 12, 2022

mcswny said:
Damn, if this is true, upstream must be spectacular. I fish almost exclusively below Sherars and do quite well

I was thinking the same thing. I’ve never actually fished above Maupin because there is always more fisherman…I wonder why.

Dustin Chromers · Feb 12, 2022

Rob Allen said:
I'd fish upstream of Maupin.. the further downstream you go the poorer the trout fishing. In a general sense.

I would second this advice. I am always in search of steelhead on the D but my once l incidental catches of quality trout are greater above Maupin. Olive leaches and the like are a good bet, again take this as incidental success for me. They are really cool fish. I plan to go back there and fish for trout. I'm just such a struggling trout angler the hatches etc intimidate me. I'll probably just swing streamers in the area above.