As I prepare this week’s Angler’s Log, the patter of raindrops is clearly audible on my roof and my most immediate observation of the upcoming week’s fishing conditions is that it is hard to overlook how persistent Old Man Winter has been this year. Last week’s precipitation pushed the McKenzie River to nearly 4 feet at the Vida gage, far exceeding my personal threshold of 3 feet, which exponentially grows the river from a manageable…
Snow pack, rain pushing up river levels
