Paulina Lake is Good and Has Light Hatches of Callibaetis

Paulina Lake - La Pine, OR (Deschutes County)


by The Fly Fishers Place
8-10-2024
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Paulina Lake is good too, and there are light hatches of Callibaetis there too. Callibaetis Nymphs are excellent, dries are hit and miss. I wouldn’t go there without them though.
Beetles and Hoppers were good for us this week until the water went 68+. 
I caught a heck’uva nice brown over a marl patch on a Hanging with my Chromies under an indicator 10 feet down on Tuesday. 
My own highlight was having Phil Rowley and Steve Anderson share their knowledge on getting set for a Deep Dangle on a Type 7 full sink line. That take is the best of the best and I’ll share more on how to use an Ice Fishing depth setter to get ready quickly. it’s easy and effective and you gotta have faith it will work because it is a little foreign to fish like that with a fly rod. Kokanee were already showing fall spawning colors with some vibrant reds on their sides. No green on the head or tail yet, but it was interesting to see the Kokanee we caught so colored up.