Local Waters

← Around Sisters

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Clear Lake (McKenzie)

McKenzie Highway, OR · about 45 min from Sisters (typical, off-peak)

Cold, clear, lava-edged lake.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season
Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
License
Oregon angling license (ODFW)
Park
Clear Lake Campground and day-use.
Walk in
Short walk from the public lot.
Wading
Confirm flow before you step in.
Usual window
Confirm ODFW for this week.
Monday conditions

Wind ? mph.

Sky
⛅ 86° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:20 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:01
Wind at dawn
0 mph · Partly Cloudy · 50°F
Wind later
  • dawn: 0 mph
  • 10am: 0 mph
  • 2pm: E 2 mph
  • dusk: NE 5 mph
A setup that belongs here
5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
Notes
Easy Angling Willamette. Confirm ODFW.

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

? mph · Partly Cloudy

How did it go

Shops

The Caddis Fly Angling Shop

168 W 6th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Call — valley hours

Willamette Valley desk. McKenzie, the Willamette, and a first Oregon trout day.

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.

If this isn’t the day