Deschutes River Steelheading (‘Stick to your favorite patterns and swing them with confidence’)

“A note about the effect of the White River:  The Deschutes fishes just fine when it is a greenish ~ white color.  It seems like so many people are calling the Deschutes blown out when it is in a good slightly tinted color.  I assure you the fish can see quite well.  And lets not forget that this same color so many people seem to hate on the Deschutes is the color we are all hoping for in the winter.  So if you show up and the Lower Deschutes is a little off colored, don’t worry about and just keep fishing.  The fish don’t care, and neither should we.  Now when the Deschutes is a nice milky white color….well that’s a different story.”

http://www.fisheyesoup.com/fishing-reports/states/Oregon/1/