Local Waters

← Around Carlisle

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Fern Ridge Reservoir (Orchard Point)

Veneta / Eugene, OR · about 61 hours from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)

Lane County 65 leftover — the Willamette Valley's biggest reservoir.

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.

  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass
  • Trout Trout
  • Sunfish and crappie 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
Lane County Orchard Point Park marina, ramp, and day-use on the north shore. County day-use pass. Other public lots at Richardson and the dam.
Walk in
Short from the park lot to the ramp, docks, and dam-face bank.
Wading
Park bank and boat. Shallow south-end lagoons are a kayak.
Usual window
Bass and panfish when it warms. Confirm ODFW.
Saturday conditions

Wind 17 mph on open water. Try a sheltered bank.

Sky
☀️ 88° fair
Sun and moon
Rise 9:23 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:09
Wind at dawn
W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust · 88°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 17 mph
  • 10am: W 17 mph
  • 2pm: W 17 mph
  • dusk: W 17 mph
A setup that belongs here
6-wt bass bugs.
Notes
ODFW 65 Lane County. Named county park ramp. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

Home Waters Fly Fishing

444 W 3rd Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Tue–Sat 10am–5pm

McKenzie and Middle Fork Willamette desk. Second Eugene shop besides Caddis Fly.

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The Caddis Fly Angling Shop

168 W 6th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Call — valley hours

Willamette Valley desk. McKenzie, the Willamette, and a first Oregon trout day.

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Watershed Fly Shop

351 SW Madison Ave, Corvallis, OR 97333
Tue–Sat 10am–6pm (confirm)

Corvallis desk. Alsea, Marys, mid-Willamette. Confirm the address if they have moved.

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Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

The Caddis Fly — book a day

Eugene, OR · wade / drift · Half or full day

Good for: McKenzie and Willamette Valley public water

Shop desk. Ask who they send west of the Cascades.

Call the shop Website

If this isn’t the day