Tag Archives: hatcheries

Wrote Register-Guard editorial to stop stocking the McKenzie River

Posted on September 18, 2009 by

Yesterday the Register-Guard ran an editorial I wrote with the Caddis Fly Shop’s Chris Daughters about removing or reducing hatchery rainbow trout in the McKenzie River. So far all of the response has been positive, but I’m pretty sure that … Continue reading →

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Angel of death rears its ugly head on the McKenzie River

Posted on October 11, 2007 by

Judge, jury and executioner — Karl “The Mule” descended on the McKenzie River last weekend to slay the holdover rainbow trout eeking out the last of their dark, TroutChow-craving days before winter. In a flurry of ping-pong ball sized October Caddis, … Continue reading →

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