The Fall River is a strong December bet, and is seeing fair to good hatches of midges #20-24 and BWO’s #18-22 and some little Amber caddis #14-16 and just the beginnings of a few small black Winter Stones. The Little Black Stones often become more important to the trout later in the winter and can be a darn hard fly to match the hatch with. There was a guy who used to live in the Sunriver area named Vern, and he was a heckuva good angler and caster and he showed me his little black thread body, CDC wing invention that he both dead drifted and skittered over the rising fish. For you fly tyers, do these on #18 mostly, but have a couple of #16 too. No fly company that I know of has even a half way decent fly to match these little black stones.
Small Streamers, Eggs and Jigs, Zebra Midges and 2 Bit’s are getting the job done out there.
Access to fishing is anywhere from the Headwaters to the Falls, and please remember that below the Falls to the Deschutes is now closed until 5/22/24