My earliest fishing memories were up the McKenzie, leaburg dam ect. After the fire I struggled to hold the tears back the first time I saw the devastation. It looks so different now. The Christmas store is gone and I couldn’t figure out exactly where it stood because everything looks so different. There’s color coming back from grass and shrubs starting to grow again. It will heal and become beautiful again but our memories will never match.
new gen fishing vid dropping tomorrow at 9 on my channel, dont miss it! Im in Oregon too, love the mckenzie
right on!
The most beautiful place in the world. My Church. The fire killed a piece of me.
agreed. special water!!
My earliest fishing memories were up the McKenzie, leaburg dam ect. After the fire I struggled to hold the tears back the first time I saw the devastation. It looks so different now. The Christmas store is gone and I couldn’t figure out exactly where it stood because everything looks so different. There’s color coming back from grass and shrubs starting to grow again. It will heal and become beautiful again but our memories will never match.
I don't know when they started calling it the Blue McKenzie? I've only been fishing the river since 65.
I guess since 2022 when I fished it, that's what the info sign said