Local Waters
Crooked River (below Bowman Dam)
Prineville, OR · about 70 min from Sisters (typical, off-peak)
The canyon you can wade when the Deschutes is a freight train.
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
- BLM Chimney Rock and Big Bend lots off Hwy 27. Stay on BLM.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Saturday conditions
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N 7 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 72° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:13 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:59
- Wind at dawn
- N 7 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 64°F
- Wind later
-
- dawn: N 7 mph
- 10am: NE 9 mph
- 2pm: NE 9 mph
- dusk: NE 6 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Central. Public BLM. Tailwater trout. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
Shops
The Fly Fisher's Place
151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours
Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.
The Patient Angler
50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call
Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.
Stay
Hand-checked, not a hotel scrape. Check dates on their site. Default two nights.
Tumalo State Park
Campground · 12 min to the water · Year-round — confirm Oregon State Parks
On the in-town Deschutes. Legal camp if you want dawn without a motel.
Dogs: Yes, on leash — confirm park rules
Riverhouse on the Deschutes
Hotel · 8 min to the water · Year-round
Indoor bed on the river through town. Book two nights if you want the morning.
Dogs: Ask
Cabins and rentals (you leave Local Waters):
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
The Fly Fisher's Place — book a day
Sisters, OR · wade / stillwater · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes
Shop desk. We do not take the money.
The Patient Angler — book a day
Bend, OR · wade / stillwater · Ask the shop
Good for: Bend trout and Cascade Lakes
Shop desk. We do not take the money.