Alpine fly fishing in the Oregon Cascades

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I’m thinking about a trip to Portland to visit my sister’s family this summer, perhaps in August, and was interested in throwing in some backpacking and fly fishing to a high country destination.  I’m driving up from California.

I used to live in Portland about 20 years ago, but that was before I did any fishing.  In the Sierra I usually consult such sites as stevenojai.tripod.com, highsierratopix and so on for lakes, creeks and rivers which may have fish.  I haven’t seen anything similar for Oregon (perhaps that is for the best :)  I have an old Wilderness Press guide to Oregon backpacking (Lorain, 1999), but it doesn’t say anything about fishing.

Anyway, I thought perhaps of one or two nights, fishing creeks or alpine lakes.  In the Sierra I’m used to 8-10 miles / day above 8000′.  Like most backpackers I prefer solitude.  Hmm, a Californian asking on the internet for an Oregonian’s list of remote backcountry fishing spots is probably a bit self-defeating, but there it is I guess.  Feel free to refer to me to a good book or website if that’s preferable.

Thanks !
-Rob

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