November trout fishing is off to a good start with lots of good sized fish being had. A good nymph set up would be a two fly combo, with a big egg sucking stonefly pattern or similar with a smaller dropper attached 18-24″ below on 3-4x tippet. Flouro carbon ideally! There are lots of salmon in the river so egg patterns work really well this time of year as well as smaller mayfly type nymph imitations like sz. 16 flash back Pheasant Tails and Hare’s Ears.

Note: The tribal side of the river is now closed! Only the east bank, and any Islands east of the main channel are open for both trout and steelhead for the remainder of the season. (Through Dec. 31st, then the whole river bordering the reservation is closed until the third week of April)

Steelhead ~ 

Steelhead fishing in the Warm Springs area is fair to good. There are fish around, the best way to target is to swing flies. This is the time of year to start to think about switching to sink tips. 10-12′ of T-8 or T-10 will get the fly down to fish that are starting to slow up and hunker down in deeper pools and tailouts. Hobo speys, Moal Leeches, and Egg sucking leaches of the like (Rabbit hair patterns work really well when gets colder) will do the trick!