Lake Billy Chinook is a good place to be now

Lake Billy Chinook - Culvar, OR (Jefferson County)

by The Fly Fishers Place
3-15-2026
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Lake Billy Chinook is a good place to be now, for fly fishing I would recommend the Deschutes and Crooked arms more som than the Metolius arm for the time being until things warm a bit more in the Metolius arm. Streamers and Leeches are the name of the game and this can be a Strike Indicator approach or stripping larger streamers on sinking lines.

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The Fly Fishers Place Reports

for Sunday, March 15th

Metolius River: The Metolius River is one of the best places to fish in March
Crooked River: The Crooked River seems to be the best fishing going in the region now
Fall River: The headwaters down to the tubes and to the base of the Falls is all good
Deschutes River: The Middle Deschutes is going to see a significant bump in water levels
Deschutes River- Lower: The Lower Deschutes in the Maupin area is a golden moment now
McKenzie River: The McKenzie River is seeing good water conditions early season
Haystack Reservoir: Haystack Reservoir Fishing Report

The Fly Fishers Place Reports

for Sunday, March 8th

Fall River: The Fall River has been consistently good
Deschutes River- Lower: The Lower Deschutes at Maupin going up or down stream is going to get better and better this month and into April