Local Waters
Lake Billy Chinook
Culver, OR · about 80 min from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
The canyon reservoir. Oregon's legal bull-trout keep, if you want that fight.
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
- Cove Palisades State Park Crooked River, Upper Deschutes, and Lower Deschutes day-use ramps. Day-use fee. Perry South is tribal-permit water — use the state-park lots.
- Walk in
- Short from the state-park ramps.
- Wading
- Boat fishery. Bank at the day-use coves.
- Usual window
- Year-round on many arms. Bull trout rules are strict — read them. Confirm ODFW.
- Friday conditions
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NW 6 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ☁️ 90° cloud
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:13 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:03
- Wind at dawn
- NW 6 mph · Cloudy · 90°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: NW 6 mph
- 10am: NW 6 mph
- 2pm: NW 6 mph
- dusk: NW 6 mph
- Next dawn (Saturday)
- W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · W 2 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 6- or 7-wt streamers; kokanee is a boat.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-90 Bend. Named OSP day-use. Stay off reservation water unless you have a tribal permit. Confirm ODFW.
Overnight plan: Friday evening and Saturday 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
The Fly Fisher's Place
151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours
Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.
The Patient Angler
50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call
Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
The Fly Fisher's Place — book a day
Sisters, OR · wade / stillwater · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes
Shop desk. We do not take the money.
The Patient Angler — book a day
Bend, OR · wade / stillwater · Ask the shop
Good for: Bend trout and Cascade Lakes
Shop desk. We do not take the money.