Category Archives: willamette river

Freeing the Calapooia

Posted on March 19, 2012 by mstansberry

Freeing the Calapooia from Freshwaters Illustrated on Vimeo.

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Pulling out of the Portland Station, Amtrak Cascades

Posted on November 30, 2011 by mstansberry

RAILS THROUGH PORTLAND Rustling open the white plastic circus tents, horses huddle under blankets, paw under bridges. A bearded man sleeps with his bruised face pressed to the stones along the tracks, hugging an old green coat. Steel moves against … Continue reading →

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Paulie’s second hike (Willamette-Ankeny Wildlife Refuge) plus Captain Nate

Posted on May 29, 2009 by mstansberry

Took Stinky P out into the swampy underbelly of the true Willamette flood plain (which used to stretch for miles and miles between the Cascades and Coast Range). The standing water, Oregon Ash, and grassland were really cool to see. … Continue reading →

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Trout Unlimited Willamette Stream Restoration

Posted on February 12, 2008 by mstansberry

Last weekend, Trout Unlimited and Metro Planning members collaborated with the larger Eugene Stream TeamWhilamut Natural Area project to replant a section of bank on the Willamette to offer shade, buffer surface pollutants, and stop erosion of the banks.  Last summer, … Continue reading →

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Digital SLR cameras and catch and release don’t get along

Posted on August 2, 2007 by mstansberry

Tonight I went out with KP to a remote spot on the Willamette in order to shoot some photos and try to catch some trout that I’d heard were coming up from a certain reservoir and into the stream. I brought … Continue reading →

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Big Willamette planter in Alton Baker

Posted on July 11, 2007 by mstansberry

First pig of the year out of my Alton Baker hole. About 12 inches, jumped out of the water a foot. Me and Wild Bill were chasing trout tonight. Fell in. Caught a nice one. No steelhead on the fly … Continue reading →

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Late night trout bite on the Willamette River

Posted on July 10, 2007 by mstansberry

Last night, Karl and I hit the Willamette around Oakridge, looking for an evening hatch. We’d been at the confluence of Salt Creek and the Middle Fork of the Willamette River, checking on the USFS bull trout monitoring system. TU … Continue reading →

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Eugene Willamette River restoration project

Posted on June 27, 2007 by mstansberry

I’m not going to lie to you. Blackberry remediation is terrible. But over the past three Tuesdays at 5:30 (usually late in my case) we have been digging out blackberries along the stretch of the Willamette River in Eugene. Trout Unlimited 678, … Continue reading →

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Big trout, slow bite on the Willamette River

Posted on June 25, 2007 by mstansberry

Today Karl and I drifted the Middle Fork of the Willamette from a launch just west of Oakridge, down to Black Canyon. The weather was 15 degrees cooler than it had been earlier in the week and the fishing was … Continue reading →

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Falling down on the Middle Fork

Posted on June 21, 2007 by mstansberry

I hit the Middle Fork of the Willamette River today with my four-weight and a tan caddis. I fished from Black Canyon, down the south bank to the head of Lookout Reservoir. Just above the boat ramp, I hooked two … Continue reading →

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