Deschutes
Crane Prairie

6 am

5.50/293
157.5

7 30 year

Deschutes
above Benham

6 am

4.58/1600
141.4

7 30 year

Pupa

Size 12-18 Soft Hackle, , Deep Sparkle Pupa. Body: tan, green; Shroud: tan

Riffles, runs, just below riffles: surface swing, shallow nymph

Adult

Size 12-18 Goddard Caddis, X Caddis, Parachute Caddis, Elk Hair Caddis. Body: brown, green, dark gray; Wing: tan, brown

Riffles: standard dry fly, skating

Egg-layer

Size 12-18 Diving Caddis, Soft Hackle. Body: brown; Wing: black

Riffles, current seams, backeddies below riffles: surface swing, shallow nymph, rising nymph

Adult

Size 2-8 Muddler, Woolly Bugger, Clouser Minnow, Possie Bugger. Browns, olives, silver, greens

Lakes; rivers over gravel and cobble, undercut banks: count-down-and-retrieve, slow retrieve, wind drift, deep swing

► Expect inconsistent fishing this month between Little Lava Lake and Crane Prairie, and between Crane Prairie and Wickiup. Both these stretches close August 31 to protect spawning trout.

► Below Crane Prairie, you might entice some of the river's big brown trout with a streamer pattern cast near the bank and stripped back quickly. Evenings near dark are the best times to seek the brown trout. The best fishing in the Crane-to-Wickiup stretch is the low-gradient water between Wickiup and the bridge.

► Late in the month, brown trout will move out of Wickiup Reservoir and into the area between Sheep Bridge and the Highway. You might pick up some fish with Woolly Buggers, leech patterns, and other streamers. Low light periods will offer the best fishing. This fishery ends August 31 between Wickiup and Crane Prairie.

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