Hard to believe the water is still in the high 400's, but the reservoir is 100% full and they are letting out about what is coming in. Makes sense. The fishing is actually good, a little different than fishing it at normal summer flow which is about 250 cfs but it's not bad wading and … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 5/7/19

Looking way better today at 409 cfs and with a pretty moderate flow of just over 600 coming into the reservoir. The reservoir is 100% full so a big rain is going to screw it up fast. Keep that in mind. So, nymphing is going to be the best bet now. You can go with … Continue reading Crooked down to 400 cfs 5/1/19

Fiddlesticks! Bumped to over 700 cfs. We will keep watching it. But I wouldn't fish it at this level. Too damn high.

this is the 1st time in a while I've written "fishing" in the report. While the river is still not at the perfect level, it came down so much it is definitely fishable today at 450'ish cfs. We prefer the Crooked in the range of flow from 75 to 275 cfs. So 450 is still … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 4/24/19

Our guides Mary Ann and Troy were on the Crooked this week and both had good days of fishing but were there on different days and saw totally different things based on the day. The spring BWO hatch is on, but if the weather is cold and the water temp drops it seems the hatch … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 3/22/19

Heading East towards Redmond and Prineville gets you out of the deep snow (on the Metolius and Fall), but not totally....there is some snow left in the Crooked River canyon around Bowman Dam. I'd bet by the weekend, or sometime next week the snow will be gone out there. that bodes well for a nice … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 3/12/19

I've been hearing from a few customers the Crooked is improving, which probably means the water temperatures have risen a little bit. I had one customer come back in for BWO's and he said they were rising well to a hatch. That surprised me! But it might have been an isolated incident. March will be … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 2/15/19

It's been on the slow side out on the Crooked. Not totally dead, but the water is low and quite cold. I'd recommend fishing lower down from MP 11 to about MP 15 and focus on Scuds and Midges with a NZ Wool Indicator and 6 or 7X fluorocarbon tippet. About 3 or 4 PM … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 1/15/19

The warmer weather this week makes the Crooked a go again. Last weeks chill has subsided and the river is again more open from the ice. Don't expect 50 fish days, but expect a soft bite with a lot of fish coming to tiny midge nymphs and very small baetis nymphs and a few scuds. … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 12/13/18

The Cold Snap with the night time lows in the single digits and day time highs not getting above freezing have iced up the Crooked pretty good. Sure, there is some open water, but the water is really cold and the metabolic rate of everything living in there is in near hibernation mode. If you … Continue reading Crooked River pretty frozen 12/6/18