Last Friday of the month! Happy Halloween!

Hello fellow anglers! 

Here we are at the end of October and the weather is still quite pleasant. It hasn't even been getting to the point of freezing at night, yet. The weather looks to hold beautifully for the next two weeks. According to my forecast, it is supposed to be close to 70 degrees tomorrow with partly cloudy skies. All week long the clouds are going to be rolling in and out of our forecast, threatening to spit some rain here and there, particularly near the end of the week. THe highs are going to hover in the 50s with Monday's high of 51 and low of 43 being the coldest day for the next two weeks!

Taylor's dog, Wilbur, enjoying a fall float. 

Many of the steelhead guides are wrapping up their Deschutes season in the next week or so. They will be off to chase fish elsewhere and some will be enjoying a much-needed rest after grinding since late April. The steelhead will be slowing down a bit too, as nearly all of the steelhead that were planning to be in the Deschutes are here now. They will move around a bit, they are spread out throughout the entire river at this point, and they should still be grabbing swung flies on floating lines, since the weather is staying warm and the water will be staying warm too. 

Trout fishing remains strong - these cloudy rainy days are triggering massive blue wing olive hatches around 1:00 PM. We will be "falling back" tomorrow night for daylight savings, so that hatch window will be closer to Noon from Sunday onwards. It is an absolute myth and fallacy that hatches cease to exist in the winter. The Deschutes has phenomenal BWO hatches all winter long, large caddis (not October Caddis) are prevalent, and we have lots of midges. There are flightless stoneflies that emerge all winter long, and that keeps the parade of stonefly nymphs marching around in the rocks. You can catch Deschutes trout on stonefly nymphs year-round thanks to our many hatches of a variety of stoneflies. So, dry fly fishing is never really over on the Deschutes, even when the cold weather sets in. 

Steelhead anglers are working hard for their one or two fish per day. Though the rewards do not come all the time, they are there if an angler is willing to put in the time. 

The next two weeks look very promising, weather and water conditions are ideal. We often have snow flurries by this time of year, so we are counting our blessings with this mild fall weather. 

Good luck out there, and we will see you in the shop!