The lower one hundred miles of the Deschutes is the most famous trout stream in the Pacific Northwest Region of The United States. In this one hundred-mile long section, wild endemic desert rainbows rise to myriad hatches in riffles and back eddies mirroring green alders and brown basalt cliffs. Rocky Mountain Whitefish add to the spectacular nymph fishing. The canyon is an oasis in the sagebrush covered Oregon high desert. Bird life is concentrated here, attracted by the hatches that also feed the fish.
Game animals come to water.
The sun shines an average of three hundred days a year. The air is very clear and clean. Extended river camping is my specialty and we have one hundred mile of prime water to camp on. Get up early after a great night's rest in a very comfortable camp and let the sage-laden air fill your nostrils. Get super-charged as the next acrobatic rainbow bolts through the surface in a shower of spray.