Local Waters
Little Lava Lake
Cascade Lakes, OR · about 55 min from Sisters (typical, off-peak)
Headwaters of the Deschutes — the small lake next to Big Lava.
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 Little Lava Lake Campground boat launch off Cascade Lakes Hwy / FR 4600-520. Fees.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Campground bank, tube, or small boat.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Thursday conditions
-
W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 82° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:23 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 10:54
- Wind at dawn
- W 1 mph · Partly Cloudy · 46°F
- Wind later
-
- dawn: W 1 mph
- 10am: 0 mph
- 2pm: N 1 mph
- dusk: NW 5 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-90 Bend. Named USFS campground. Confirm ODFW.
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.
No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.