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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

World-class fisheries on the lower Deschutes River are struggling as water quality declines. Fishing guide Amy Hazel won’t go down without a fight. Fishing guide Amy Hazel rows a drift boat on the ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Alex Dietz of Bend was fly-fishing with an egg pattern on the Deschutes River outside Warm Springs on Dec. 19 when he hooked a 5-pound, 12-ounce, 24-inch long mountain whitefish ...

Alex Dietz of Bend, Oregon, was fly fishing with an egg pattern on the Deschutes River outside Warm Springs on Dec. 19 when he hooked a 5-pound, 12-ounce, 24-inch long mountain whitefish with a ...

Santella is a freelance writer, marketing consultant and author of “Fifty Places To Fly Fish Before You Die.” He lives in Portland. Every March, I begin looking forward to late summer afternoons at ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Skip the line for the shuttle at Drake Park by renting an electric bicycle from a Bird Bikeshare stand on the east end of the park near Northwest Broadway Street. It's an easy 1 ...