Roe terms the more easily accessible Wood and Williamson as "phenomenal" rivers for fishing and recreational boating.
It's off everyone's radar.” He notes, “There's great morning and evening fishing. During several spring outings, he says he and clients have routinely caught upwards of 100 rainbow trout an hour.
Roe also says fishing along the Klamath, in the several mile section below the Boyle dam and Caldera, is especially under-appreciated. “After Caldera, it turns into seven miles of wild, challenging rapids,” Roe says. Boyle Dam in Klamath County, and eventually calms before reaching Copco Lake in Siskiyou County.
#SPRAGUE THE WHISPERER SERIES#
The series of raucous rapids begins with Caldera, south of the John C. The Upper Klamath River is best known for its frothy whitewater, including a legendary seven-mile section that features Class four-plus and five rapids. He adds, “It's one of the top fisheries in the world, but not too many people know that.” "What gets overlooked is the Klamath River,” says Darren Roe, owner of Roe Outfitters, the Klamath Falls based guide service that offers fishing, kayaking, whitewater rafting, and other outdoor adventures in southeastern Oregon, along with the Rogue River. In Klamath County, several rivers are known for fishing, boating, and whitewater rafting, including the Klamath, Williamson, Wood, and Sprague, while Lake County features the Chewaucan. Southern Oregon's amazing network of rivers extends east of the Cascades. Lininger’s ultimate goal is to establish a permanent retreat for their programs with yurts for accommodations, in addition to a fishing yurt for special workshops. Fly-fishing is known to provide a calming environment, evoke a relaxation response, reduce stress, and improve sleep quality. Specifically, Source One Serenity offers all-inclusive fly-fishing retreats and workshops in tying flies, casting, and fly-fishing on the Umpqua River. After moving back to Oregon, Lininger set in motion his dream to help other veterans by being a fly-fishing guide, a teacher, or just a friend. Rusty Lininger, founder of Source One Serenity, is a veteran of two deployments in Iraq, who found his own healing through fly-fishing. The thoughtfully designed programs enable veterans to experience mindfulness and serenity, helping to reduce stress and anxiety associated with PTSD. My part is done.”Ī non-profit corporate entity (currently in the midst of the filing process), Source One Serenity, provides veterans with comprehensive programs centered on fly-fishing. With the river in charge, I leave them in prayer.
Time and memories are no longer relevant. After a few casts I’m no longer there, no longer part of their moment. With rod in hand, they came to my ‘church.’ Waist deep in clear waters I guide them in reading the current and selecting their fly. “On multiple occasions, I’ve brought someone to our river.
“By participating and being part of nature, our source, we can help our healing waters heal our wounds.” So read on, and then plan your own adventure. In reality, though, reading about a river is a poor substitute for experiencing it. These folks would describe the food they enjoyed along the way, gourmet or down-home, and tell of sipping wine or downing a beer while recounting their adventures on the water.Īll this and more speak to the rivers of Southern Oregon. The Umpqua River would make special mention of veterans finding peace and healing after the chaos of war.īut it would take people to describe the accommodations while traveling the river-lodging either luxurious or rustic, a tent on the beach or a sleeping bag under a starry sky. The river might tell of humans who float its surface, some in boats, kayaks or rafts, others using no watercraft. If a river could talk, it would speak of rapids and small cataracts, of meadows where cattle and deer graze amicably, of cities and small communities, of rugged cliffs and gorges carved over millennia, of hills in verdant hue. Southern Oregon waterways are among the region's best assets
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