Paulina Lake was good

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Paulina Lake was good right after launching the boat this week with a Dark Assassin and CB Cate with the Bung Indicator. If you question the Bung, ask my clients Rich and Tim, as Tim had a Bung and Rich a Sphere (oros) and Tims fish count was way higher with the same 2 flies. We switched Rich to the bung and he maybe didn’t catch up completely but gave it a valiant effort with some good numbers. 
I finally found some fish down the south shoreline but the east and north shorelines are still holding the most trout. 
We had good success on a Bionic Ant to begin with, but later the Beetle was better. But….this time the fish were doing a “drive by” on my Jiggy Beetle and I switched the guys over to a lower floating beetle and the success was immediate. 
Sometimes when it’s calmer the Jiggy is a high profile with 2 stacks of foam and not right for the situation on this day. An easy fix with a lower profile beetle, and yes the lower profile is harder to see on the water. 
Also grab some Flag Ants, and add a few Callibaetis emergers and duns and spinners as July and August see the best mayfly hatches of the year on Paulina and they were popping a bit on Wednesday. Morning hatches are usually the best before the wind comes on. 
Balanced leeches, damsels and chubbies are 3 more flies essential for the week ahead. 

 

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for Saturday, June 27th
Metolius River: Green Drake is winding down
Deschutes River- Lower: Good days to enjoy
Deschutes River: Middle D is a good choice
Deschutes River- Upper: Nice catches of quality browns
Deschutes River- Upper: Upper D Headwaters stretch is wonderful
Crooked River: Crooked is fishing quite well
Fall River: The Fall River is good
McKenzie River: Good for our guides this week
East Lake: East Lake was good this week
Paulina Lake: Paulina was good
Little Lava Lake: Little Lava was really good this week
Hosmer Lake: Hosmer is good
Crane Prairie Reservoir: Can be good most of the time
Three Creek Lake: Very productive most days


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