Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this story misstated the types of fish in the middle section of the Deschutes River. Redbands and Brown Trout are found in the middle Deschutes. The ...

A fisherman swings his fly through a run while fishing the Lower Deschutes. It has been a good year for fish returns in the Columbia River, and the high numbers of summer steelhead passing through ...

Happy days! The smoke has rolled out. Hopefully we’ll have a few days — or weeks — of smoke-free skies, because it’s shaping up to be a great weekend for outdoor activities. Things should cool off a ...

Enough unmarked steelhead passed Bonneville Dam; John Day, Grand Ronde, Imnaha also likely to be open THE DALLES, Ore.— One of the most popular rivers to fish in the West, the lower Deschutes, will ...

THE DALLES, Ore. (KTVZ) — The popular Lower Deschutes River will remain open by permanent rule for steelhead fishing through at least Sept. 14 after meeting a key threshold in its fish management ...

Nigel Jaquiss’ recent article [“The Damned Deschutes,” WW, Dec. 18] misses the point. The story is not one of an electric utility, its critics, and the health of the Deschutes River. That framing is ...