N.H.R. will begin running trips on the Clackamas River through McIver Park on August 15th as part of the Daily Deal with Fox12.  To run this trip we will need a minimum of 6 people per raft. There is also a $5 per vehicle park fee to enter the park that is not included in this trip.

Please call Dan to schedule your trip with us at 503-888-0569.  You will then be redirected to the website and given a discount code to use to register each person on your trip.   Each adult must register himself and parents my register their children. Size limit of a minimum weight is 50lbs applies.   

Day time calls will be returned in the evening or early in the morning as you may indicate when you call.  

If you would like to bump your trip up to a full day trip on any of our featured rivers, please let me know and we will see what we can do to accomdate your desires.  

Milo McIver State Park Official Website

Milo McIver Park Brochure

Milo McIver State Park Map

Restrictions as listed with FOX 12:

Contact Natural High Rafting (via website or phone) for availability and to schedule trip. Clackamas River trip runs through end of September. Unused coupons can be redeemed for credit towards another future trip. Coupon is redeemable for up to one year after date of purchase. Tips not included. Limit 2 per person. May purchase 4 additional as gifts. Natural High Rafting meets three times per day (9 a.m., 12 p.m., and 3 p.m.)

Copy of promotion ran:  Available Date: August 11, 2011

More people come to this section of the Deschutes River than any other river in Oregon. It is also in the top 5 of any river in the U.S. One of the reasons is the warming of the desert sun along with great summer flows. Another reason is that this 12 mile stretch has the highest density of rapids on the Deschutes. You will enjoy such rapids as Upper Wapinitia, Rodeo, Cyclops and Box Car before having a catered lunch break at the City Park in Maupin.  

After lunch you can show the pirate in you by enjoying water fights with rafts that dare to float near you.  Just as your lunch gets settled, it's back to whitewater with the rapid of the day - Oak Springs.  After the thrill of the ride we can stop at White River for a natural water chute which is about .3 miles up stream.  Next, if you're not water-logged yet, we can let you out to float through Swimmers Rapid. Finally, Lower Elevator finishes up the trip with a big rolling wave train that goes from bigger to smaller.  

At 3 rapids during your trip there will be pictures taken of your boat that will make your trip ever-lasting(NHR has a special discount for being a client at one of the picture shops so be sure to ask).  The trip ends at Sandy Beach where there will be a shuttle van waiting to take you back to your vehicle. Let us know how N.H.R. can customize your trip to give you the best possible day on the river.

Call for information on this river.  Updates coming soon.

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Take, for instance, River Trips on the Deschutes River in the State of Oregon ... one of the most popular Whitewater Vacation Destinations in America. On this river guided rafting trips were introduced in 1980, where, for the filling of Whitewater applicants. Today, Natural High Rafting - Whitewater rafting offer daily trips to more than 25 miles from Whitewater Rapids in Oregon's rivers. Over the past three and a half decades, professional rafting outfitters for more than 3 million visitors rafting on more than 25 million mile guided rafting trip (equivalent to a journey to the moon and back 52 times!), racking up an impeccable safety record in the process.

Despite continuing Angst is to subscribe to the fact that some people still call "extreme" sport, in truth, guided rafting trips down the river is statistically safer than getting in your car and driving there. There are several reasons rafting outfitters can make such a remarkable safety record, including:

*They are guided rafting trips. Professional rafting guides are with you all day. They know the river, they know the dangers, they know the best route through the Whitewater, they know how to help you avoid mistakes, and they know what to do if it looks like the situation may start to go wrong. For example, the whitewater guides are trained in swift water rescue, Red Cross First Aid (Standard and Advanced) and PPC. In addition, they collected thousands of hours on the river, have gotten acquainted with each section of the whitewater at each of the dozens of different water levels. This is important because two trips down the exact same stretch of river at different levels of water can lead to drastically different levels of excitation.

*You are in Whitewater raft, not a canoe. If you try this sport in the  White water canoe or kayak, it is a totally different ball game. Professional Whitewater Rafts have two things: 1- are hard to flip  2- difficult to puncture. Properly constructed commercial rafts bounce off most boulders, and keep a steady course in a remarkably turbulent water. In most places, you can float through the Whitewater Rapids forward, backward or even sideways, and this is only part of the fun. If you do this in a canoe, kayak or flimsy pool/lake raft, the results can be drastically different, to say the least.

*You wear Whitewater PFD (personal flotation device). It's amazing how many people who take the Do-It-Yourself Approach to rafting, or do not use the right kind of raft, or do not wear a PFD. Going on a commercial rafting trip, wearing a PFD is not an option, it is a requirement. If you unbuckle your PFD, the rafting guide will gently remind you that putting yourself at risk simply "is not acceptable."

Please come and join us on the river you will love the experiance.

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Oregon Fishing Trip or fishing vacation opportunities are best for Winter Steelhead in Southern Oregon. Mild weather and good fishing conditions blend with large healthy runs of winter steelhead. Populations of wild winter steelhead far out number hatchery returns. Running 6 to over 20 pounds these steelhead are real tackle testers. Mostly fished with drifted roe from Drift Boats and back-trolled plugs. Action can be intense as multiple hook-ups per day trip are the norm. Your Oregon Fishing Trip or fishing vacation is best planned for January through March.

Rogue River Winter Steelhead Oregon Fishing Trip

Winter Steelhead runs show on the Lower Rogue at Gold Beach first in December with possibly the nations largest run of over 100,000 winter steelhead. Most of these fish are Wild Stocks and will disperse through out the 5000 sq mile drainage of the Rogue Basin. Oregon Steelhead fishing continues to mid March with low pressure and great success. Drift Boats work the area of Foster Bar to Agness drifting roe while below Agness to Gold Beach Power Boats or Jet Sleds anchor with plugs or back-troll. Bank angling is primarily plunking with Spinning Glows or plugs. In the Area below Grants Pass to Graves Creek on the Rogue drift boats work plugs or side drift roe for great catches with best success in February and March. On the Upper Rogue stretches at Medford and Shady Cove late February and March are best fishing trip times with April being a good bet also. This is a great Oregon Fishing Trip or Fishing Vacation destination.

The Trask River is a river, approximately 12 mi (19 km) long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains a mountainous timber-producing area of the Coastal Range west of Portland into the Pacific Ocean .

It rises in two forks. The North Fork (30 mi/48 km long), rises in several forks itself in the Tillamook State Forest in western Washington County west of Forest. It flows generally west into eastern Tillamook County. The South Fork (10 mi/16 km long) rises in southern Tillamook County and flows north. The two forks join in central Tillamook County and the combined stream flows west, past Tillamook, entering the south end of Tillamook Bay on the Pacific northwest of the Tillamook. For its last 1 mi (1.6 km) it forms a common channel with the Tillamook River.

Fishing Seasons on the Trask River:

• Spring Chinook: April - June

• Fall Chinook: October - November

• Coho Salmon: September - November

• Winter steelhead: January - March

• Sea-run Cutthroat: Trout July - October

Trask Salmon

Trask River

One of the better salmon and steelhead rivers in the area and is very shore angler friendly.  However, drift boaters should be aware as this river is for experienced rowers only!  The Trask has a lot of fish friendly environment with lots of boulders and gravel stretches which makes the Trask very fly-fishing friendly. Depending on the river conditions you may want to utilize any of the following methods: drift fish bait or artificials, bobber fish bait jigs or plastic worms, throw spinners, and back troll plugs.  Typical gear for pursuing steelhead in the river is medium fast (8-17lb) rated casting or spinning rods with 12lb mainline and 24" - 48" 8-10lb fluorocarbon leaders.  For salmon a medium heavy (10-20lb) rated casting or spinning rods with 12-50lb mainline and 24" - 48" 20-40lb fluorocarbon leaders.

One of the few [legally declared] navigable rivers in Oregon, the Sandy River is a 56-mile tributary of the Columbia River.  It was originally named Quicksand River in 1805 by Lewis and Clark because of "immense quantities of sand" at the mouth; but was shortened to the Sandy River by the new locals by about the mid 1840's. Icy Reid Glacier gives birth to this wild and scenic river and some of the finest fishing experiences and wild life sightings within minutes from the heart of a major metropolitan center.  The Sandy River flows generally west and then north for 56 miles through basalt and ash canyons to the Columbia River at Troutdale  about 14 miles east of Portland. This river is also unique in that it is a free flowing stream as the only dam actually on the Sandy River, Marmot Dam, was dismantled in October of 2007. We can expect this river to have increased runs of all anadromous fish within the next couple of years.

The Sandy supports runs of Spring Chinook, Fall Chinook, Coho, Winter Steelhead, and Summer Steelhead and we are happy to help you target any of the runs you wish. Winter Steelhead are fished December through April. Summer Steelhead are fished May through September. Hatchery Steelhead weigh 8 to 10 pounds with some reaching 15 pounds. Wild Steelhead weigh up to 21 pounds and are not unusual in the Sandy, of course, all non fin-clipped Steelhead must be released unharmed. Returns of adipose fin-clipped wild broodstock fish are showing from a successful spawning programs now in place.  These beauties weigh 12 to 15 pounds each and some are even larger. Chinook (Springers) Salmon are fished March thru June and Fall Chinook are targeted August through November.

We launch from either Dodge or Oxbow Park, two very different and unique drifts:

• From Dodge Park we float in an oared raft, (either a Cat-a-Raft or standard round boat) through one class III and several class II rapids. We sill stop and fish in some of the finest Steelhead and Salmon water on the river, and we will take the time to thoroughly work each hole and drift (fishing is limited to the bank as fishing from a boat is not permitted ). For those who enjoy it, the white water is an added bonus to the great fishing on this wild and scenic river. This run is appreciated by the fisherman who enjoy scrambling along the river bank to get to just the right spot to cast, or wade to better advantage.  
• Launching at Oxbow you will be able to fish from the drift boat as we employ fishing techniques like pulling plugs, bober fishing and drift fishing.  Many of our guests enjoy side drifting as we float downstream to the next hole while others use the opportunity to grab a snack or fresh cup of hot coffee.
  

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