Local Waters
Faraday Lake
Estacada, OR · about 59 hours from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)
Stocked PGE lake above Estacada.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
Around now
Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.
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Smallmouth bass
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Trout
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Sunfish and crappie
Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass.
- Season
- Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
- License
- Oregon angling license (ODFW)
- Park
- PGE Faraday Hydroelectric Project lot. Footbridge to the lake. Bank only — no boats or tubes.
- Walk in
- Footbridge from the lot to the park.
- Wading
- Bank only.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Thursday conditions
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SW 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 84° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:23 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 10:58
- Wind at dawn
- SW 3 mph · Mostly Clear · 58°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 3 mph
- 10am: SW 2 mph
- 2pm: W 2 mph
- dusk: NW 5 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-60 Portland. Named PGE park. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
The Fly Fishing Shop
67296 E Highway 26, Welches, OR 97067
Call
Sandy River / Mt. Hood desk. Confirm hours.
Royal Treatment Fly Fishing
21570 Willamette Dr, West Linn, OR 97068
Often 10:30am–4pm — confirm
Portland metro desk. Clackamas, Sandy, and the lower Willamette.
Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters
10910 NE Halsey St, Portland, OR 97220
Call
NE Portland fly shop. Classes and guided steelhead/trout.
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.