Local Waters
Crooked River (Smith Rock)
Terrebonne, OR · about 45 min from Bend (typical, off-peak)
The canyon Crooked below the Bowman tailwater — the park climbers share with trout.
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
- Smith Rock State Park day-use lots on NE Crooked River Dr. State-park day-use fee. Trail down to the river. Peter Skene Ogden Wayside is the canyon rim lot upstream.
- Walk in
- Switchbacks from the main lot down to the river.
- Wading
- Canyon river. Hot, rattlesnakes, slick basalt.
- Usual window
- Year-round below Bowman; this canyon fishes when the tailwater is crowded. Confirm ODFW.
- Wednesday conditions
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W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 81° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:19 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:54
- Wind at dawn
- W 2 mph · Sunny · 55°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 2 mph
- 10am: W 3 mph
- 2pm: W 6 mph
- dusk: W 3 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt, nymphs.
- Notes
- Named Oregon State Parks. Stay on park trail. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
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.
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.