East Lake reports are good already

East Lake - La Pine, OR (Deschutes County)

by The Fly Fishers Place
5-9-2026
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East Lake reports are good already with nice catches of browns near the shoreline, slow stripping leeches, damsels, scuds and callibaetis. Or hang a Red PT and CB Cate on an indicator in 8 to 12 feet.
Keep an eye out for Flying Ants! Beetles and Flag Ants and Hippie Stompers are already good.
Early season chironomid fishing is a strong choice, but usually in water 8 to 14 feet, and olive #16-18, chrome #16, red #12-18, black with red rib #14-16 are super good choices.
The resort boat launch with the dock opens 5/15. Peeps with bigger boats can use this for easier and safer launching than at the USFS ramps. I appreciate the people at East Lake Resort so much, they are a winning team and offer a super good product and service to the people who visit them.

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The Fly Fishers Place Reports

for Saturday, May 9th

Deschutes River- Lower: Salmon fly hatch is in full swing
Metolius River: So far there have not been many Green Drakes on the Metolius River
Crooked River: The Mothers Day Caddis are on time over on the Crooked River
Fall River: The Fall River is in summer mode
Deschutes River: The Middle Deschutes has great pockets of Salmonflies and Goldens
McKenzie River: We’ve had some good days over on the Mckenzie River these past 2 weeks
Little Lava Lake: Little Lava Lake is amongst the best of them right now
Paulina Lake: Paulina Lake Report
Hosmer Lake: Hosmer Lake is all open and fishing is off to a great start

The Fly Fishers Place Reports

for Saturday, April 25th

Metolius River: Metolius River Report
Deschutes River- Lower: The Lower Deschutes opened a few days ago and it was a cold, wet and windy opener
Deschutes River: The Middle Deschutes has no confirmed Salmonfly hatch yet
Fall River: The Fall River is a consistent and good place to head this week
Crooked River: The Crooked River is ramping up for the big Mother’s Day Caddis hatch
McKenzie River: The McKenzie Wooden Boat Festival is today
Paulina Lake: Paulina Lake Report
East Lake: East Lake will be an interesting opener since ice off occurred quite a while ago
Crane Prairie Reservoir: Crane Prairie was very good this week after opener
Hosmer Lake: Still snowy in the lot and not quite ready for prime time
Ochoco Reservoir: Ochocco Reservoir has been fishing quite well for trout
Haystack Reservoir: Haystack is always a good option this time of year
Lake Billy Chinook: Lake Billy Chinook is always on the minds of anglers in the spring to hunt the hunters