Little Lava Lake is amongst the best of them right now

Little Lava Lake - Bend, OR (Deschutes County)


by The Fly Fishers Place
5-9-2026
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Little Lava Lake is amongst the best of them right now, not every day is a tremendous callibaetis hatch but everyday has a good dry fly session with callibaetis, beetles and ants.
I got reports through the week from my friend Rob who really did well on his midge tip line and nymphs, Dan and Jerry who hammered a good hatch day and my own day there this week was fair with a short mayfly hatch, but incredible on a jiggy twist beetle.
I also saw a lot of traveling sedge (caddis) hatching and the fish were on them! Sadly, my traveling sedge box was home, but it didn’t matter in that moment because the fish ate the beetle like it was candy.
Balanced Leeches and Red Ice Cream Cones were also proactive for me this week.