Rock Bottom for Oregon’s Crooked River Rainbows
Central Oregon’s Crooked River has all the trappings of a flyfishing utopia, complete with a rugged Wild and Scenic stretch that back in 2013 held as many as 4,000 redband rainbows per kilometer. As of today, however, its booming trout population has gone bust. Biologists are also saying ‘goodbye’ to its once prolific whities.