Prior to the removal of the four dams on the Klamath River in 2024 I would take a couple of multi day trips every winter to fish for steelhead in the stretch below Iron Gate down to Happy Camp. These were fun, productive excursions and it’s fun to fish from a boat. It’s the third winter since dam removal so I thought it was time to get back on the river and see it for myself. We are all familiar with the positive stories of salmon making their way past the dams and up into the Upper Klamath Basin, but this trip illustrated how damaged the river below the dams remains.

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