Crooked River Steelhead and Opal Springs
Opal Springs Fish Passage
by Dwayne Meadows
As iconic Oregon fisheries go the Crooked River
is an amazing resource. One of the great bread-and-butter trout streams
of central Oregon, it not only fishes well, but is amazingly beautiful
as well. The Crooked is a working river, providing water for communities
and farms as well as recreation for anglers and boaters.
As a major tributary to the Deschutes, the Crooked has always been a focus for Trout Unlimited and our local Deschutes Chapter.
For years our efforts to work with water users, conservation groups and
municipalities to conserve habitat values and enhance angling
opportunities have been successful.
Now steelhead are swimming in the Crooked River after being absent for 50 years....
