Local Waters
Haystack Reservoir
Culver, OR · about 58 hours from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)
The Madras-side reservoir the Bend 50-list names.
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
- USFS Crooked River National Grassland Haystack Reservoir Campground and day-use, plus West Shore Day Use. Day-use fee.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Good bank. Also a small boat.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Saturday conditions
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W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 76° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:22 · 🌖 Waning gibbous · Set 10:49
- Wind at dawn
- W 1 mph · Mostly Clear · 45°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 1 mph
- 10am: 0 mph
- 2pm: N 1 mph
- dusk: N 1 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-90 Bend. Named USFS grassland lots. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Fin & Fire
Redmond, OR
Call
Redmond desk. Crooked River country. Confirm the street address.
The Fly Fisher's Place
151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours
Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.
Fly and Field Outfitters
35 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Call
Bend shop. Stillwater and river.
Confluence Fly Shop
375 SW Powerhouse Dr #100, Bend, OR 97702
Mon–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 11am–6pm
Old Mill Bend shop. Deschutes in town.
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.