Iron:

I do agree. I would love to have the river be one worth pursuing on a regular basis again like the old days.

Chum: Keep in mind the entire deschutes chinook run is artificial and has never been designed to provide an upriver sport fishery. The holding ponds at the falls are there to collect eggs and ripen fish. Excess bucks are sometimes released upriver for sport........at least that's what they used to do. Actually, the entire chinook run exists to provide saltwater fisheries and act as an egg source for other hatcheries in the region that may fall short on their own egg take.

Again, this is what they used to do. I've been out of the loop for awhile and in this day of wild stock assessments, maintaining genetic purity and just overall being more careful they may do things differently now.