Articles written by Jeff Perin

Jeff Perin|Updated Nov 24, 2015

One of my favorite rivers is very broken. Once considered a blue-ribbon trout river, the Upper Deschutes from Wickiup Reservoir down to Bend is now abused. The river is treated like an irrigation ditch. It is no longer the special place it once was. Growing up as a Portland kid, I first fished the Upper Deschutes when I moved to Bend in the summer of 1980. At the age of 11, I was just getting my fishing game together. That evening on the river was a life-changing event. Later, as a grown-up (as much a fishing guide can call... Full story