The CFS Maupin Meetup, recapped
We came, we fished, we won trivia (again!)
CFStronauts,
That's a wrap on our third-annual Maupin Meetup! Thanks to everyone who came out and fished and supported the DRA's TroutFest event.
A few days spent in one of central Oregon's greatest small towns chasing redsides sure is a tonic.
Do you have a plan for a "big" fishing trip this year? It doesn't have to be to an epic destination, just some time for yourself that you're looking forward to. Reply and let me know!
This year's meetup was plenty eventful, beginning with a massive weather system that pushed through on our first and dropped an inch of rain on the high desert, while featuring sideways lightning and 25-mile-per-hour winds. We managed to escape unscathed but a little ragged from a disrupted night's sleep.
The weekend wasn't as fishy in years past—you can put that down to the massive weather change—but Flow Staters still managed to find fish. For a couple folks that meant their first Deschutes fish, or even their first on a fly rod!
What's more, we managed to represent again at Grayling Education's TroutFest Trivia, taking first place for the second year in a row. (Well, we tied this year, but sharing is still a big milestone.) Special thanks also goes out to Heather and the iFishiBelong crew for letting us crash the pot luck, Mary Ann for the fun casting clinics, and of course all the DRA staffers and volunteers who made it all happen.
Thanks to Robert, Adrian, Shawna for taking pictures!
Six feet long, with hundreds of features, the Lower Deschutes Ribbon Map is your passport to adventure on one of Oregon's blue ribbon fisheries.
Ribbon maps have been flying off the shelves. Did you get yours yet?
Events 📆
Got an event you want the community to know about? Send it over, and I'll include it here. You can see all of our upcoming CFS events on Luma.
June 9, Steelhead Masters, Portland
I'll be attending as we start thinking about summer fish.(Deschutes River Alliance)
June 23, "Running Wild" Tour, San Francisco
(Wild Salmon Center)
CFS: June 23, 25, 27, Portland OR
PCC Intro to Fly Fishing Summer Term (full; contact me to join the waitlist)
June 26-28, La Pine, OR
Tenkara Oregon's Tenkara Bugout (Tenkara Oregon)
June 27, West Yellowstone, MT
Big Sky Anglers 10 Year Anniversary (Big Sky Anglers)
🎥 Film pick of the week
We talk a lot about how building a sustainable fly fishing practice means finding out for yourself where the sport intersects with your other creative pursuits. As such I really enjoyed CalTrout's mini portrait of artist and collaborator Elizabeth Jean Younce of Mustard Beetle, all about how she draws inspiration from places in California that are open to everyone to enjoy.
Leaders
Fishy links to start your week. Got one to share? Hit reply and send it over! 🪝
Post-spawn secrets 🔭
Understanding the stages of stillwater bass activity (midcurrent.com)
So it goes 🤷
Winston has been sold to a Texas oil executive (hatchmag.com)
Euro shock 💶
Will skyrocketing tungsten prices impact nymphing? (flylab)
Tea session 👯
Friend-of-CFS Amanda Hoffner hosts a great tenkara conversation (tenkaraangler.com)
Lake life 🦩
Luke Probasco offers a guide to Central Washington's Lake Lenice, which applies to a lot of other lakes... (americanflyfishing.com)
Yak attack 🏜️
And while you're in the neighborhood, get a refresher on the Yakima River (westernrivers.org)
Rush hour 🚦
School's out, which means crowds. Johnnie McClure spills on two decades of Upper Madison experience. (skwalafishing.com)
Babies on board 👶
Chinook salmon are reproducing naturally in the upper Klamath basin following dam removals (klamathtribes.org)
Brooks well 📈
Vermont's native brook trout are robust, thanks to large woody debris placement. Related, here's a lovely map of trout in the Green Mountain state (vermontpublic.org)
Thirst quenchers 💦
'Tis the season to remind yourself of hydration protocol (themissionflymag.com)
That's it that's all! Current Flow State is a weekly newsletter from me, Nick Parish.
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