Waterlands
River Intelligence · Entomology

Read the Water. Match the Hatch.

Every river has an entomological fingerprint — the bugs it grows, when they hatch, and how trout eat them. Learn the bugs, cross-reference live flows, and fill your box before you go.

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Deschutes River
Warm Springs to Maupin · WA
Desert canyon tailwater with a freestone attitude. Home of the legendary May salmonfly hatch and wild redside rainbows that eat dries like they mean it.
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The Fingerprint
Early stonefly calendar (runs about three weeks ahead of Montana), heavy caddis biomass, and a famous October Caddis finale.
Fly Box for Right Now
Gold Chubby #8-10
Golden Stone · Adult
$3.50
Yellow Stimulator #10
Golden Stone · Adult
$3.25
Elk Hair Caddis #14-16
Spotted Sedge · Adult
$2.95
CDC Caddis #16
Spotted Sedge · Adult
$3.25
Yellow Sally #14-16
Yellow Sally · Adult
$2.95
Yellow Stimulator #14
Yellow Sally · Adult
$3.25
Hatch Chart — Deschutes River
River-specific intensity: this water, these bugs. Click a bug for its full profile. Likelihood is seasonal — this gauge supplies no live factors.
≋ Waterlands · Hatch data blends USGS gauges, NOAA temps & regional emergence records
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