Little Lava is a winner

Little Lava Lake - Bend, OR (Deschutes County)


by The Fly Fishers Place
6-21-2025
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Little Lava is a winner and I can’t wait to be back there this week. It is seeing a consistent a quality afternoon callibaetis hatch offering excellent fishing throughout the hatch cycle with nymphs, emergers, duns and at some point spinners will be on the menu as well. I have not yet seen the timing for that, but be ready for it with a spinner pattern to compliment the other flies you carry for the rest of the cycle of this mayfly hatch. 


Chironomids and Balanced Leeches will crush fish now. Don’t forget Blood Worms! The lowly blood worm is a creature found hanging out near the bottom, and at times there will be 1000’s and 1000’s of them hovering above the marl, sometimes awash in the wind currents and other times just happily hovering. Think about the happy hoverers and set that indicator deep and keep your fly 10 to 14″ off the bottom. 


The Red Holographic Jig and Spicy Squirrel nymphs around the weed beds and marl patches.





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The Fly Fishers Place Reports
for Saturday, June 21st, 2025
Metolius River: The Green Drake hatch is winding down
Deschutes River- Lower: The Lower Deschutes was difficult the last couple of days
Deschutes River: The Middle Deschutes had a bit of a scare
Deschutes River- Upper: Fishing is good
Crooked River: The Crooked River is fishing great
Fall River: The Fall River is getting more crowded
Three Creek Lake: The gate to Three Creek Lake opened yesterday
East Lake: East Lake had some ugly weather arrive
Paulina Lake: Paulina Lake over all is trending good
Hosmer Lake: Hosmer is a favorite
Crane Prairie Reservoir: Overall fish quality has been good
Lava Lake: Lava Lake Updates