Crane Prairie has been fishing well

Crane Prairie Reservoir - Sunriver, OR (Deschutes County)


by Fly and Field Outfitters
9-6-2024
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Crane Prairie has been fishing well and fish are coming up from the deep as the water temp continues to go down. Balanced leeches, chironomids, callibaetis, two-bits, zebra midges, ice cream cones and san juans will all work and should all be in your box. Stripping flies on an intermediate line is also a good way to cover some water and pick up some fish. Fishing your flies under a big foam dry like a chubby chernobyl is also recommended as some opportunistic fish will come up for the dry. Crane can only get better from here on out as we approach fall weather and I recommend scheduling a trip for September and October while you can. Much like the salmon fly hatch on Lower Deschutes we have during early summer, I would consider this another must-fish time.