The Lower Deschutes is fishing so good, with a lot more caddis, good Pale Evening Dun and Pale Morning Dun hatches and Rusty Spinners. Water levels are great, crowds on week days have thinned way down since the end of the stonefly hatch.
Any of the access points Warm Springs, Mecca, Dry Creek (with permit), Trout Creek, South Jct, and the Maupin area are all worth while for a walk & wade angler or drift trip.
Nymphing is of course always necessary, and caddis pupa are high up on the trout menu now. Also, soft hackles (yellow and PT), frenchie, micro may, 2 bits, perdigons, red copper john, psycho prince and walt’s worms.