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I agree with Riverfisher, the Middle Fork of the Willy from the confluence at the McKenzie to Dexter dam has plenty of bank access and plenty of fish. A very nice population of Native and Wild fish from Rainbow,Cutthroat,Red Side, Steelies and Chinook. With these fish come Small and Large Mouth Bass too..this river doesn't get the pressure that the McKenzie gets due to its water color and bottom. You can fish the Middle Fork of the Willy below Dexter all year long and be quite successful at it... I will admit a "toon" or drift boat is a real advantage to this stretch of water. There is Fly angling, opportunities along with spin, bobber and Jig alike, you should give it a try - a well kept gem in our own back yard. In my opinion...
Oh and welcome to the site....
Chuck
dexter has fish year round in it below the damn...i went this morning and got into one but a few shakes of his head and he was gone....i been in a slump lately.....im heading out to alsea tommarrow morning ........
hey i was wondering how you would access where mckenzie and the willy meet, is their a road there or do u have to park off coburg and walk??? looking at google maps but not sure of how you would get their
A big thank you to Riverfisher and Troutski for your advise. I will have to try that stretch of river. I enjoy fishing when you never know what fish will end up on your line and that sounds like a good place for that. I ended up going to Leaburg because I got another tip from a friend and I am not familiar with Dexter yet. I did hook into about an 18" fish. Not sure if it was a trout or small steelhead? It jumped 2x seems like 2 ft out of the water and shook my lure. I was using a #4 blue fox with fire red body and silver blade. I was bringing it against the current very slowly. This was below leaburg dam. By the way, I am in the military and have moved around a lot. This is the best fishing site I have found.