Hosmer is good and with lowering water temps the Lower Lake is waking up more now too

Hosmer Lake - Bend, OR (Deschutes County)


by The Fly Fishers Place
10-1-2023
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Hosmer is good and with lowering water temps the Lower Lake is waking up more now too. The Channel is full of Brookies and a mix of Rainbows and Cutty’s too. The Upper Lake is starting to lose some population of fish as they head towards the channel and lower lake, but it is not over up there by any means. Strip Leeches, Damsel, Callibaetis Nymphs, Black Double Down, Water Boatman and Scuds. Under the bobber the Balanced Leech and Chironomid set up is usually best.
Some fish are rising to Water Boatman and the occasional terrestrial or super (I mean super) sporadic mayfly. In October Water Boatman on the surface can be hot dry fly action here and there.