freestone river · trout
McKenzie River (Vida)
Live conditions for McKenzie River (Vida): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
574cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 574 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · -1.2% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp46.6°F
Stage6.16 ft
Clarityclear 0.2 FNU
Engine callOFF 581 cfs outside wade band 2000–3500
The water
McKenzie River (Vida) is a freestone river in Oregon, fished for trout — rainbow, cutthroat, bull. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutrainbow troutcutthroat troutbull trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Bruckart Boat Launchramp
- Finn Rock Landingramp
- Silver Creek Landingramp
- Rennie's Landingramp
- Ben and Kay Dorris County Parkramp
- Helfrich Landing (Prince Helfrich Boat Landing)ramp
- EWEB Boat Rampramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.