Local Waters
Frog Lake (Mt. Hood)
Government Camp, OR · about 55 min from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
The stocked Hood lake between Trillium and Timothy.
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
- USFS Frog Lake Campground off Hwy 26, 4.4 miles east of the 26/35 junction. Fees.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Campground bank. No motors to speak of.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Saturday conditions
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N 7 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 72° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:15 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:04
- Wind at dawn
- N 7 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 64°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: N 7 mph
- 10am: NE 9 mph
- 2pm: NE 9 mph
- dusk: NE 6 mph
- Next dawn (Sunday)
- NE 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · NE 2 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- Named USFS. Confirm ODFW.
Overnight plan: Saturday evening and Sunday dawn. Book two nights if you want the morning. Drive time is to the stay, then a few minutes to the water.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
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.