Justesen Ranch Big Lake

Private land. Fish only if the landowner still allows it. Ask, stay where they said, leave gates as you found them. This is not a state lot.

The named ranch stillwater Fly Fisher's Place books — big rainbows, not a public BLM pin.

Season

Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule

License

Oregon angling license (ODFW)

Park

Private Justesen Ranch lake lot near Grass Valley. Book the day with The Fly Fisher's Place in Sisters before you go — pay-to-play, one group per lake. Ask at the ranch. Not a state lot.

Walk in

Short from the assigned ranch pullout to the lake.

Wading

Tube, pram, or bank. You are the only group on the lake that day.

Usual window

Ice-out through early June, then again in October–November. Confirm ODFW and the ranch.

Saturday conditions

N 7 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky

🌧️ 72° rain

Sun and moon

Rise 9:11 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:01

Wind at dawn

N 7 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 64°F

Wind later

• 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, stillwater.

Notes

Pay-to-play ranch. Book Fly Fisher's Place (541) 549-3474. Private land; ask first. 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.

Private ranch. Book first. This is not a state lot.