Fly fishing for trout has been a staple of McKenzie River culture, and economy, for decades. Dams threaten the abundance, complicated by the changing nature of fires in the lands on either side of the river.
The brick chimney stacks of a lost home sit on the banks of the Mckenzie River while three fishermen float by on a drift boat. The further upstream from Vida, Oregon you go on the Mckenzie, the damage and lost structures you find while floating the river.
Jeremy Williams