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Deschutes River Library

All my Deschutes River stories in one place

Big Head, the lab from New Zealand, killing a log on the Deschutes River — Author Photo

“Write what is authentic to you,” Tony Stubblebine, Medium CEO

When I heard Tony say these words during the Medium Pub Crawl early in 2024, I knew I had to publish more stories to Medium about my happy place, the Deschutes River.

For years, I’ve been writing about the Deschutes as I plan to release Canyon Therapy, a collection of fly fishing stories in 2025. So many of these stories were already written as fly fishing stories.

I modified them for a general audience, adding more details and feelings to the stories. The practice made me a better writer and the stories even better. All but the last two stories listed have been Boosted, and one was even chosen as a Staff Pick, proof that what Tony said is true!

Thanks for reading. I hope you have a Happy Place like the Deschutes River is for me.

And a River Runs Through It is about taking my Dad, who is ravaged by Parkinson’s and Dementia, to the Deschutes on Father’s Day in 2022. — BOOSTED