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Deschutes River Cooling Tower | Questions & Answers From PGE

Posted in Deschutes Fly Fishing, Deschutes Lower River, Deschutes River, Deschutes Upper River, tagged , , , , , on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Just over a year ago we posted a blog about the new cooling tower that PGE had added to Pelton Damn… We have fished the Deschutes River for over 30 years and this year noticed some definite changes. Is this because of the Cooling Tower or just a weird year, who knows… But As mentioned in the post nearly 14 months ago there are some definite concerns we should all have.

Questions and answers on Deschutes water temperatures From PGE Posted On Their Site:

July 29th, 2011

The selective water withdrawal facility is now in its second year of operation, and we’re getting questions about how we’re managing water temperatures in the Lower Deschutes. Here are some answers for you:

Have you noticed a difference on the Deschutes? Let us know your thoughts, we would love to hear from you.

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Deschutes River Steelhead Fishing | Rogue River Rafting | rrotrips.com

Posted in Deschutes Lower River, Deschutes River, Rogue River Rafting, tagged , , , , on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Lower Deschutes River Steelhead Fishing

 

I must say that it is hard to leave this beautiful place (southern Oregon’s Rogue River Valley).  But now I am off to the Lower Deschutes to fish for the hottest fly biting Steelhead that exist.   Deschutes steelhead are only 5 to 12 pounds but they are a kick!  As hard as it is to leave the Rogue to my crew, I am equally looking forward to a Deschutes sun rise and the sound of a screaming fly reel. :)

 

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Our Rogue River rafting is in full swing and the river and the weather conditions are awesome!  We still have some great dates and deals for the month of August.  What better way to spend three days  than with your family, friends, co-workers or even the boss this summer out on the beautiful Rogue River.  We have a trip that everyone would enjoy,so come join us.

See ya out there on one of our Oregon Outdoor Adventures of a lifetime! :)

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The Grande Ronde River | Eastern Oregon Fishing | Rogue River Outfitters

Posted in Craig Hughson, Deschutes Lower River, Grand Ronde River, Oregon Trout Fishing, tagged , , on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Grande Ronde River

Our apologies for the delay in posting, this time of year time seems to be able to get away from us more then any other.  We have been on the Rogue Rafting, Deschutes Trout  and Deschutes steelhead fishing trips but we want to tell you about out 2 mid -July Grande Ronde River Trout trips.

Grande Ronde River TroutMother nature never seems to stop amazing me.  With the amazing snow pack we had this year it looked as if we would not be able to fish the Grande Ronde at all but the weather cooperated and we were able to do our 2 trips that were scheduled for mid-July.  We were not sure what hatches we would find being mid-July; this is where mother nature impressed me the most; High water, cold water, cool weather, the stone fly hatch that would normally accure in mid-June took place in mid-July!

Some of our rivers have cooling towers where they can manipulate water conditions and temperatures BUT mother nature is never wrong.  I worry about the rivers that man is manipulating.

Grande Ronde River FishingThe crew and I showed up at Minim (launch site) on July 13th, river flow was 4,700 cfs and the bite was on!!!!  Trout fishing was very good and the river was as beautiful as I remembered.

Trip 2 was July 16th river was 3,700 cfs and fishing was even better, even though we were there in mid-July due to our winter and spring weather the conditions were as if we were there in mid-June.  the wild flowers were blooming, the mock orange lined the shore lines with the fragrance of orange smell looming in the air.  Grande Ronde River

Needless to say after 20 years of fishing the Grande Ronde these 2 trips ranked in the top 10 of fishing trips that we have ran on the Grande Ronde, years like this make it hard to leave and really excited to come back next year. 

What will mother nature offer us next season???? :) Visit our flickr page to see more photo’s from this wonderful eastern Oregon River.

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Deschutes River Steelhead Fishing | RRO-Trips.com

Posted in Deschutes Lower River, Deschutes River, Summer Steelhead, tagged , , on June 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Soon we head out for a mixed season of Rafting the Rogue River and fly fishing the lower Deschutes for the Columbia/Deschutes Steelhead.  Found this great video trailer about fly fishing for Steelhead in Kodiak Alaska.  Some great shots and fun to watch. Enjoy.

Just a quick note, not always but on occasion we have had double digit days fly fishing for steelhead on the lower deschutes.  The crazy thing is we are just a few hours from down town Portland.

We live in a pretty special place. :)

 

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Deschutes River Report | Steelhead Fishing | Rogue River Outfitters

Posted in Deschutes Fly Fishing, Deschutes Lower River, Deschutes River Fly Fishing Report 2010, Rogue River Outfitters, tagged , , , on August 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Rogue River Outfitters Deschutes Flyfishing

Another Steelhead season is wrapping up for us on the Deschutes.  Although the season has been terrific we have definitely seen a slow down in the number of fish being caught… The high light of the season was a 30 count, caught on a two-day trip between 4 guys.  Pretty awesome.

Rogue River Outfittes, Flyfishing the DeschutesMid month we had winds on the river that did not stop.  From early in the morning (before the sun was up), until late at night.  This can create some of the most challenging conditions to a flyfisherman on the deschutes.  As you cast the fly with the target dead on,  and the wind pushes your fly 25 feet up river or in your face.  You realize that there is some truth to what has been said about the deschutes “Its Pure Hell, With a River Running Through It Full of Fish!” As frustrating as it can be, the Deschutes River is Oregon’s finest.

Rogue River Outfitters Flyfishing the Deschutes River.Another quick note about the Deschutes that we noticed this year is the number of fisherman on the water.  We fish the Deschutes upper and lower for nearly 4 months straight, and have done so for over 25 years.  This year will go down as having the most pressure from other flyfisherman ever.  Even before sun light the fisherman were lining the banks.  There was more times than not, we would be boating into a fishing hole and a flashlight would go on.  A signal to us to move on, this spot is taken.  I think next year we will not write about the Deschutes,  but maybe a small river in Idaho in hopes that people will move on! :)

We still have a opened slot on the Upper Deschutes, OCT 3rd-5th (with a possible 4-day if requested).  This trip is a fall float for trout and steelhead, on the upper section, from trout creek to Maupin. This trip has always been special not only because of the terrific fishing, but also because of the climate on the river.  Fall colors will be out and we usually do not see another boat for the full 3 day trip.  The Deschutes River in the fall, Book today!

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Deschutes River Report | Steelhead Fishing | Rogue River Outfitters

Posted in Deschutes Lower River, Deschutes River, Deschutes River Fly Fishing Report 2010, tagged , , on August 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We just returned from our first steelhead fly fishing trip on the lower Deschutes River. It was a terrific trip.  We meet up at the mouth of the Deschutes River where the Deschutes flows into the Columbia.  From this point we take a boat ride up river.  Every year on our first trip we are reminded what a great river this is.  There are a lot fisherman who have heard the river is full of fish, although that maybe true, this year there maybe more fisherman than fish. :)

We hooked in a two-day period 20 steelhead, between 3 guys! Now that is Steelhead Fly Fishing! What a fishery.

Deschutes River Steelhead FishingAll that being said we are still concerned about the water temp on the lower Deschutes.  We saw an average on this trip of 70 degrees.  How this will not eventually effect the fishery on the Deschutes as we know it, we are not sure.

The Dalles, Ore. — Warmer than usual water temperatures on the lower Deschutes River have raised concerns among guides, anglers and fishery managers, but they have not affected the fishing or the health of the fish.

July has been very good,” said Rod French, ODFW district fish biologist. “There appears to be fish entering the river and we haven’t seen any additional signs of stress or disease because of warm water temperatures.”

While the warm water temperatures have not yet affected fish health, extended periods of water temperatures above 70F can be harmful, French said.

“While we haven’t seen much impact yet, we will be monitoring the situation closely,” he said.

Rod French (ODFW)

Deschutes River Fly Fishing for Steelhead.This quick quote was below a title that read “Steelhead fishing remains good on Deschutes River”.  Does there seem to be a hint of surprise? Lets hope they can monitor and correct fast enough if there is a problem.  Read More about the cooling tower on a post written July 16, 2010.

We are completely booked for our 2010 lower Deschutes Steelhead Trips.  We have just opened a special slot, OCT 3rd-5th (with a possible 4-day if requested).  This trip is a fall float for trout and steelhead, on the upper section, from trout creek to Maupin. The fish are bigger, the flies are smaller and this trip is a must for any avid fly fisherman.  BOOK TODAY, Im sure this one trip wont last long.

2011 Deschutes fly fishing dates will be up soon.  Make sure you book early!

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Deschutes River Cooling Tower | Rogue River Outfitters

Posted in Deschutes Lower River, Deschutes River, Deschutes River Report, Guides, tagged , , on July 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Cooling Tower Bridge

We heard about the “Cooling Tower” that PGE had added to Pelton Damn, but to be honest did not know all of the details surrounding it.  A one of a kind project, that basically has just begun, and we will not know for sometime the effect this Tower will have on the Deschutes Fishery. But for right now it looks incredible.

Deschutes Fish Passage

The underwater tower draws water off the surface of Lake Billy Chinook, restoring currents disturbed when the dam was built in the 1960s, and allowing migrating fish to find their way to a collection facility where they can be transported downstream of the Pelton Round Butte hydro project, to complete their journey to the sea. It will also allow project operators to mix warmer surface water with cooler water from the bottom of the reservoir to improve conditions for fish in the lower Deschutes River.

December 11th, 2009 by Richard Myhre

It seems the first of the two goals of the project have already started to work. The First Goal was to provide surface currents within the fore bay of Round Butte Dam that will help attract migrating summer steelhead, spring chinook, and kokanee/sockeye smolts.

Yearling Spring Chinook

We have now captured over 100,000 fish at the new downstream fish facility at Round Butte Dam. The numbers of salmon smolts (juvenile salmon migrating to the ocean) entering the new fish facilities increased dramatically during March and April, with several days when more than 7,000 salmon and steelhead were caught. The fish passage crew worked overtime to get them sorted, marked, transported to the lower Deschutes River and released safely to continue their journey to the Pacific.

As of the first week in June, more than 30,000 yearling spring Chinook salmon, 5,000 steelhead and 47,000 yearling kokanee/sockeye salmon have been passed downstream. Another 25,000 older kokanee, bull trout, brown trout and assorted other species have been released back into Lake Billy Chinook. We expected numbers to decline more as May ended, but we are still passing more than a thousand smolts per day, mostly spring Chinook and steelhead.

June 11th, 2010 by Don Ratliff

Deschutes Trout

The Second Goal is to return the temperature of water in the Deschutes River downstream to pre-dam conditions by allowing withdrawal of water from various levels in the reservoir. This is the goal that could take some time to determine the long-term effects.  The trout today on the Deschutes River are remarkable, a blue ribbon fishery that cannot and should not be compromised.

To learn more about the Deschutes River Cooling Tower click on the links above.  There you will find a blog full of info about the tower.

Click here to view the video posted by PGE about the tower I recommend a person take 10 minutes and watch the video,  the Building of this project is nothing less than Amazing.  Just think for the first time in over 40 years the downstream passage on Deschutes River of salmon and steelhead from streams and rivers above three Deschutes River dams, has begun. They are estimated to return some time in 2012. :)

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Fly Fishing Oregon: Spring Fever

Posted in Deschutes Fly Fishing, Deschutes Lower River, Deschutes River, Deschutes Upper River, tagged , , , on April 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The weather in Oregon seems to be improving.  Next week we are expecting mid-50’s with cold evenings.  Give it a month and we will be on the Deschutes River in eastern Oregon.  Although we love to fish for the almighty Chinook Salmon there is a fever that starts about this time of year, a fever that intensifies as the weather gets better.  We drive by or float any water way and we notice (we being those of us with this fever) the bug hatches in the morning and evening, the riffles that we know are holding the last big trout in the northwest.

The video we posted, in titled “drift”. Received some great comments from our readers.  One reader posted a comment, “ That made my day, cant wait to get there. Forget the springers, bring on the Redsides.”  Its coming, the weather is changing, bugs are beginning to dance on the water, soon we will be casting on the Deschutes River.  I’m with Dave Abott, “Bring on the Redsides!”

The Video below is another great one. It starts a little slow, but give it time… Enjoy. :)

You may have notice a slow down on the posts this week… We are working hard on the Rogue River Outfitters new website. So stand by on that, its coming soon.

Still a few spots open on our Deschutes Fly Fishing schedule.  Give us a call lets see if we can fit you in… Lets go fishing.

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Deschutes Trout Flyfishing

Posted in Deschutes Fly Fishing, Deschutes Lower River, Deschutes River, Deschutes Upper River, Guides, tagged , , , on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Winter Steelhead Fishing

All our coastal river are low due to the unseasonable great weather. Fishing has remained very good. According to the local weather report we are going to return to our normal weather patterns.  That’s good Oregon needs rain to be Oregon. We can suffer in the summer if we don’t receive our winter rains.

Salmon Fishing

Winter Steelhead Fishing

We just had a cancellation for one of our spring Deschutes Trout Fly-Fishing trips. June 9,10.11,2010 just became available for the first time in 30 years.   This is prime time stone fly season (salmon fly). This is a great opportunity for anyone who may want to experience the World-Famous Deschutes Salmon Fly Hatch. Believe me when I say this is a oppurtunity you should not let go by.

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Deschutes River Fly Fishing

Posted in Deschutes Fly Fishing, Deschutes Lower River, Deschutes River, Deschutes Upper River, tagged on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

To catch the elusive Redside on the Deschutes River can be harder than it looks.  Picture this, there you are wading up the bank of one of the worlds finest blue ribbon trout fishing rivers, the Deschutes.  Now,  not more than 15 yards in front of you,  your prey is feeding…  You cast the perfect fly, as the fly floats in front of the fish you know its going to happen,  yet some how you still miss…

After beating yourself over the head for the miss.  You may find a fish that will give you one more opportunity to prove your worthiness. If this happens the fishing gods are truly looking out for you.. Smile and Enjoy, no way you’ll miss this time.

Its warming up in Oregon, before long we will be fly fishing the great Deschutes River.  Call us now for available dates.

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