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Hosmer Lake

Hosmer Lake

HOSMER LAKE OREGON: Hosmer Lake Oregon is one of the most beautiful places for central Oregon fly fishing. Hosmer Lake is really two fly fishing lakes Read More... that are joined by a long weed-lined channel. There are, nearly, 160 acres of water here that are surrounded by marshland and mountains! Only 8’-10’ in depth at its deepest point, it produces some of the most fun (read challenging) central Oregon fly fishing. Catch and release is mandatory for any Atlantic Salmon that are fooled into striking your fly, but up to 5 Brook Trout per day may be kept if they are over 8". Hosmer Lake Oregon offers good central Oregon fly fishing throughout the season with some excellent hatches of Midges, Callibaetis Mayflies, Traveling Sedges (Caddis that run across the lake on the surface tension of the water), and Damsel Flies. There are, also, Water Boatman and Scuds available on this fly fishing lake. Floating lines and Intermediate (full sink) lines are among the favorites on this fly fishing only lake. It is helpful to use fluorocarbon leaders and tippet material in an attempt to throw off these wiley fishes. Listed among Oregon’s quiet waters, this fly fishing lake sees lots of canoes/kayaks and is ideal for drift boats, float tubes and pontoon boats for accessing the prime central Oregon fly fishing water. Gasoline engines ARE NOT permitted on this lake and electric motors may be used to travel from point A to point B but must be OFF when one is fly fishing. There are an amazing number of birds and animals here on Hosmer Lake Oregon. Bitterns, Ducks, Geese, Ospreys, Bald Eagles, Deer, Red-Winged Blackbirds and many others. In the early season, it is the wise person who remembers to bring his/her Mosquito repellant as the little monsters can be voracious up here and are not shy about coming out over the fly fishing lakes. While there are good campsites and outhouses here, there is no drinking water or shower facilities, plan ahead. Hosmer Lake Oregon, can be an almost magical place, but it does not give up its secrets easily.

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