Hunting & Fishing Field Guide

Pitching Steel for Deschutes River Chrome

There were a lot of empty trailers in the parking lot. We were in for some competition, not just for fish, but for a rock to stand on. The word was out. By the first of July, summer-run steelhead make a hard right turn out of the Columbia into the cooler water of the Deschutes. Before the first snow flies, they’ll be spread from the mouth up to Pelton Dam.