The Lower Deschutes is in big stonefly mode with salmon flies still important, but golden stones are perhaps a little more prevalent already. By no means do I think Salmonflies are over! But you want to make sure you have a good selection of the smaller 8-10 golden chubbies and clarks stones and norm woods this week.

There a lot of caddis on the water too, and it can be hard to switch to them when the big bugs are out. Watch rise forms, study individual rising trout and see if they might be on caddis or mayflies at any given moment.
The river is going to be very crowed this weekend with the combination of the hatch and the holiday.