B J Conner wrote:

Spent Saturday on the Deschutes, lots of wild flowers out.

Around Maupin or where?

I was using a size 18 Pheasant tale nymph as in
the middle of the day the are deep and dining on black fly larva and such.
I may have to give in and start using a strike indicator, two of the fish
more or less hooked themselves.

I think many folks try to fish too far out on the D, maybe intimidated a
bit by its size. This time of year, high sticking a #18 PT under a
fairly heavily weighted Prince or stonefly nymph can be deadly.

JR
--missing that first smell of juniper and sage in the morning