MCKENZIE BRIDGE, Ore. — The lady is a left-handed fly-fisher and much, much more. The first female member of the Flyfisher’s Club of Oregon, Dixie Monkhouse is also a world traveler, an adventurous ...

There's something special about fly-fishing the Crooked River. Surrounded by an arid, Mars-like landscape straight out of a spaghetti western, you stand knee-deep in an ice cold, frigid oasis. The ...

Take this trail to watch forests explode with color, which blends perfectly with turquoise-blue water pools, natural springs, ...

A documentary on one of Oregon’s most famous creations, the McKenzie River Drift Boat, is coming to Stayton, Astoria and Springfield over the next couple of weeks. The film, “Oregon’s Boat,” will be ...

The McKenzie River in Oregon is a 90-mile stretch of serene river that passes through the Cascade Mountain Range between ...

Rain, snow and freezing temperatures are on their way to central Oregon, but that does not mean it’s time to put away the fishing gear. Autumn is an ideal time for wetting a line on the High Desert, ...

While Angus Drummond was busy backing his drift boat down the ramp and into the Lower Colorado River, I walked a short distance along the bank to where an angler was busy landing a fish. An above ...

“On the latest Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast, Tom Rosenbuaer’s guest is Antoine Bissieux, Orvis-Endorsed Guide of the Year for 2025, based in Connecticut. Antoine, otherwise known as The French Fly ...

Youngsters have a world of fishing opportunities at their doorstep here in the Roaring Fork Valley, and there are a multitude of ways to get them on a local creek, river, lake, or pond. We see plenty ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Chinook salmon angling on the McKenzie River will close beginning Monday, July 8 through the end of the year. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday it is taking ...

A silver fly reel will be fine 95% of the time; it's that 5% I'm concerned about. / photo by Ken Baldwin As I write this, I am fully aware that this could be "much ado about nothing." I'm only telling ...