Upper Deschutes Big River there have been some good days on the stretch below Wickiup. In mid to late August and September we will start guiding up here again and this is another river area you can fish from the boat making it a great trip for our guests who don’t like to wade the rivers much. 
Hoppers and PMD’s and Caddis now, and that will be the same all summer with more BWO’s and even Trico mayflies as we hit Fall weather in Sept. 
Streamer fishing with sparkle minnows and dungeon type flies is worth the effort but not easy to do. Bring game. 
I consider this to be a technical fishery and even with the dry flies our guests need to be able to achieve a perfect drag free drift and know how to reach mend, parachute cast and feed line to the fish obtaining a long float along logs and grassy banks. 2 seasons ago in the 9 days I guided up there I lost about $100 worth of hoppers because a lot of my guests did not do this well. Practice practice practice. Watch Doug Swisher’s Advanced Strategies for Selective Trout video and read John Judy’s book Slack Line Strategies. These things will make you better everywhere river flow and trout are found.