The camp water is the most revered stretch of steelhead water in the United States. Each pool has seen thousands of the world’s most determined anglers give their best over the years.
- ISLAND
- SURVEYOR This pool got its name from a surveying crew that camped on the beach here while the highway was being built. It is the pool that you see as you look upstream from the Mott Bridge.
- BRIDGE
- SAWTOOTH – This pool gets its name from the jagged ledge structures that line both sides of the pool. It is the pool that you see as you look downstream from the Mott Bridge.
- HAYDEN’S RUN – This pool is named after Umpqua legend and charter Steamboater, the late Colonel Hayden.
- SWEETHEART – This Pool is named after someone’s sweetheart.
- CONFLUENCE
- THE STATION – This pool is named for the long-ago-demolished ranger station, which was situated such that this pool was right out its back door.
- UPPER BOAT – This is the uppermost part of the Boat Pool.
- LOWER BOAT – The Boat Pool got its name back when Clarence Gordon operated the the “North Umpqua Lodge” on the south side of the river. He would boat his guests across the river here.
- KITCHEN – The Kitchen also got its name back when Clarence Gordon operated the the “North Umpqua Lodge” on the south side of the river. This pool was right outside his kitchen.
- FIGHTING HOLE – The fighting hole is a small bucket below the tailout of the kitchen. It got its name from the propensity of fish hooked in the kitchen to run into the fighting hole. The scrambling wade between the kitchen and the fighting is a notorious soaker.
- MOTT RUN – Mott run, or “the Mott” as it is affectionately known, consists of upper, middle and lower Mott. It’s a channel cut through the basalt.
- GLORY HOLE – Glory is the pool at the bottom of the Mott just above the falls. If your fish leaves the Glory hole you’d best be a strong swimmer.
- THE FALLS
