If you’ve ever traveled to a boat ramp in Oregon, chances are good that you’ve laid eyes on a style of boat used the world over to fish and run whitewater rivers. It might be made of aluminum, ...

Rich Batcheller describes the inception of his experimental fishing boat as a “classic pandemic story.” Like many Americans, Batcheller watched all his business suddenly evaporate when Covid-19 shut ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks with Randy Dersham, director of the new documentary film "Oregon's Boat." Dersham describes the evolution of one of the world's ...

If you fish big trout rivers, chances are you either have a drift boat or are wildly jealous of anglers that do. They’re good-looking, practical boats that let you cover miles of water in a single day ...

When exploring various types of watercraft, you may have come across the terms “drift boat” and “raft.” There are three primary commonalities of drift boats and rafts. The first is that they are both ...