Fly fishing on a jet boat!

Drawn by the lure of chilled currents (OregonLive.com)

What a great fly fishing trip. Taking a journey on a jet boat up rapids to get to those out of the way places, sounds like good fun and a break from the norm.

Drawn by the lure of chilled currents

A fishing trip on the Deschutes River brings high expectations

Monday, October 09,2006

DESCHUTES RIVER D awn lifts the silver-flecked night skyfrom the high desert. The rising sun paints gold stripesatop the Deschutes River canyon.

The nighttime serenade of train whistles is replaced by thelow thump of jetboat engines as we prepare for an autumnaltreat -- a day of steelhead fishing on one of the UnitedStates' premier rivers.

I've never been on a jetboat trip, but I am among thefour anglers in Jack LaFond's 24-foot boat. The RogueRiver sled pitches furiously through rapids namedRattlesnake and Washout.

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Thanks to Brian Meehan for this article.

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