Articles written by Chris Wright

Chris Wright|Jun 27, 2024

We set off from the boat ramp at Blue River around 9 am. I was rowing my two clients down the beautiful Mckenzie River in a drift boat. I knew trout fishing would be tough for several miles as the section we started in had not been planted with hatchery trout. They are much more willing to bite flies than their native counterparts. I had no plans of catching anything besides trout. We were above the Leaburg Dam, after all! Steelhead are typically stopped there and recycled back to Holden Creek...