Local Waters

← Around Portland, OR

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Faraday Lake

Estacada, OR · about 50 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

Stocked PGE lake above Estacada.

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
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.
Friday conditions

Weather is not in yet.

Sky
☀️ fair
Sun and moon
Rise 9:16 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:08
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

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

Wind not in yet

How did it go

Shops

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.

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