BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Alex Dietz of Bend was fly-fishing with an egg pattern on the Deschutes River outside Warm Springs on Dec. 19 when he hooked a 5-pound, 12-ounce, 24-inch long mountain whitefish ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Looking for an excuse to wader up and tie on some flies or jigs? Look no further than one of Idaho’s native unsung heroes: the mountain whitefish. Mountain whitefish, the ...

Alex Dietz of Bend, Oregon, was fly fishing with an egg pattern on the Deschutes River outside Warm Springs on Dec. 19 when he hooked a 5-pound, 12-ounce, 24-inch long mountain whitefish with a ...

Here’s an experience many trout anglers can relate with: You’re fishing a nice stretch of river with a finesse presentation—a nymph, a salmon egg, or a small Panther Martin spinner—when boom! Fish on!

Featuring 10 short and feature-length films the 2023 International Fly Fishing Film Festival makes a stop in Whitefish on Sept. 30. The Whitefish event will be at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, ...

Bend’s Alex Dietz and his state record whitefish he landed on the Lower Deschutes near Warm Springs on Dec. 19. The fish might be a new world record. Bend’s Alex Dietz was fly-fishing with an egg ...

Alex Dietz, a Bend fly fisherman, used an early Christmas gift, a hall pass from his wife, to score a new Oregon-record mountain whitefish and, possibly, a new world record. Dietz, who only fly fishes ...

The goal is to keep daytime flows low to ensure eggs remain underwater during their over-winter incubation period. For my ...

There's something special about fly-fishing the Crooked River. Surrounded by an arid, Mars-like landscape straight out of a spaghetti western, you stand knee-deep in an ice cold, frigid oasis. The ...

A Bend man turned in a record-breaking fishing performance. And his catch may be a world-beater. Alex Dietz almost released what proved to be an Oregon state-record mountain whitefish after landing ...