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Bend · Deschutes National Forest

Wyeth Boating Site

The best population of stream-inhabiting German brown trout in the state lives in the Deschutes River below Wickiup Reservoir. Highly accessible and easy to drift, the river changes dramatically below Wickiup Dam to become a slow, meandering, powerful body of …

The best population of stream-inhabiting German brown trout in the state lives in the Deschutes River below Wickiup Reservoir. Highly accessible and easy to drift, the river changes dramatically below Wickiup Dam to become a slow, meandering, powerful body of water. There is a campground at this site as well.

Getting there

From Bend, OR: Head south on Highway 97 for approximately 27 miles and 8 miles west on County Road 43, then you will see a sign for the campground on the sound side of County Road 43.

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Managed by USDA Forest Service. Conditions change. Check with the managing agency before you travel. Map.