Local Waters
Deschutes River (Steelhead Falls)
Terrebonne, OR · about 35 min from Sisters (typical, off-peak)
The middle-Deschutes gorge walk Fly and Field still names below Lower Bridge.
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 Steelhead Falls Trailhead and campground at the end of River Rd through Crooked River Ranch. No fee. Stay on BLM; ranch streets are the drive in, not the fishery.
- Walk in
- About half a mile from the BLM lot to the falls water.
- Wading
- Canyon river. Rattlesnakes. Do not hop ranch lots.
- Usual window
- Year-round trout. Confirm ODFW.
- Tuesday conditions
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SW 6 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 80° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:18 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:56
- Wind at dawn
- SW 6 mph · Sunny · 62°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 6 mph
- 10am: W 8 mph
- 2pm: W 10 mph
- dusk: W 9 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt, stones and nymphs.
- Notes
- Named BLM trailhead. 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.