Explore Oregon Podcast: Fishing for Trout on the Deschutes River with Ryan Callahan

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness interviews fly-fishing guide and expert, Ryan Callahan, about one of the best places to catch trout in Oregon: the Deschutes River. In this episode, first published in 2022 and updated in June 2025, Urness and Callahan discuss the reasons why the fishing is so good, where and how to land these trout, and the pros and cons of fishing in such a popular destination. Never miss an episode: Listen to each episode at statesmanjournal.com/outdoors/explore. Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, or Amazon Music and subscribe on your platform of choice to get future episodes.

Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 15 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. He can be reached at [email protected] or (503) 399-6801. Find him on X at @ZachsORoutdoors and BlueSky at oregonoutdoors.bsky.social.

This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Oregon fishing: Catch 30 trout in a day on the Deschutes River.