Summer is in full blaze. The week is getting progressively warmer and we’ve already had a couple of small wildfires.
There are more places to go than days in the week. Plus, we kind of like to have a rest day between excursions.
That means we can do home-based errands when not on the road and in theory, stuff gets done.
One of the drives this week was up to Maupin to check out the Lower Deschutes before the rafters take over.
We kind of missed the Salmon Fly hatch this year . . . not sure what else we were up to.
The tail end of the hatch was last week, so we thought I might get some ‘big bug’ action.
There were no large stone flies on the river’s banks, so we resorted to other patterns. Caught a few little guys and had a great hike along the river.
The day was clear with a cooling breeze. We sat out the chairs along the road’s edge and enjoyed the morning.
By noon I’d gotten in plenty of casts and the place was filling up.
This was likely our last trip to the Lower Deschutes until fall . . . when the crowds thin and the rafts are put up for the season.
There are plenty of other spots to wet a line and with far fewer bodies.