Fishing the Crooked from the Dam down to about Mile Post 12 is very good. During the day there is little opportunity for dry fly fishing, so we’ve been hitting them hard with a Czech Nymph system usually with a Frenchie and a Baetis nymph dropper.
Running it drop shot style is the most effective.

In the late afternoon and improving evening hatches you can find fish taking Mahogany Duns and PMD’s, X Caddis and Renegades.

Man we’ve been having really good nymphing days on the Crooked with all of our guides pretty much sticking to sightline/euro style leaders on short casts using Frenchies, Zebra’s, Psycho Prince, Micro Mayfly (especially the BWO color) and our new Double Bead CDC Flashback PT.

Some fish up on top to Renegades, Adams, Parachute Rusty Spinner, PMD, BWO and X Caddis. Look for rising fish in the late afternoon and evening.

Our guides have been reporting very good catches of both trout and whitefish, mostly on small nymphs on a tight line/euro nymph rig.

Frenchies, Zebra Midge and our New PMD or BWO Micro Mayfly nymph patterns have all been hot.

Some fish up on the top with Parachute Adams and Rusty Parachutes picking up the most. Renegade’s and smaller Hoppers are recommended now too. Both can be used a nice indicator fly too.

My guides and some good friends are all reporting good fishing on the Crooked below the dam. Fish seem plentiful and the mix of whitefish and trout all seem healthy although the trout are averaging smaller this year so far.

One friend reported very good fishing on a cranefly larva. There are Baetis hatching and some PMD’s, Caddis and Midges so nymphs, emergers and adults for all of the above will be important.
Frenchie, Micro Mayfly, Zebra Midges, Sparkle Pupa, 2 Bit Hookers and an Olive Girdle Bug are good flies underneath, and by the way we’ve had way better success euro nymphing with a sighter than fishing any of these under an indicator.

The Water continues to hold at 280 which is the level it was all last summer. Mothers Day Caddis hatches are strong. Fishing is pretty decent, with a lot of whitefish and smaller trout coming to net for our guides so far this week.

Mothers Day Caddis in the Pupa and Adult are very important, plus Scuds, Zebra Midges, Rainbow Warriors and a few BWO’s hatching plus Micro Mayfly Nymphs are doing the trick.

For the first time in nearly 2 months, it appears the run off is over and the Crooked has dropped to fishable levels.

It is 268 cfs today. That is 12 cfs than it flowed for most of the Summer in 2016.

We do not have a fishing report. No one from here has been there yet.

I will guess we will immediately have success on Frenchie’s, Zebra Midges, Mother’s Day Caddis (Pupa and Adult), Micro Mayfly Nymphs, Lightning Bugs and Rainbow Warriors. Keep an eye out for BWO’s.

Anyway, it is nice to add this report to our list. It has been a long winter and spring without having our beloved Crooked as one of the options.

Still not in fishable condition. Over 1000 cfs…. It dropped a little and went back up. Reservoir is 99% full and it looks like Bureau of Reclamation (we like to call them the Bureau of Wreck) is keeping the outflow pretty even with the inflow. Thats a good idea at this point. Not sure how much snow is still sitting on the ground to melt in the Ochocco’s? From Redmond on Monday I could still see snow up in the mountains out east, but I can’t imagine this is going to go much longer.

Let’s hope for 200 cfs soon!

Still a total no go for a while. The Water is really blown! Remaining around 3000 cfs. Normal Winter flow is 80 cfs, normal Summer flow is 230 cfs. So 3000 is B-L-O-W-N!

Holy smokes is it high. Way too high to fish. Give it 2 or 3 weeks is a good guess.