Local Waters
Paulina Creek (McKay Crossing)
La Pine, OR · about 45 min from Bend (typical, off-peak)
The Newberry outflow creek between the caldera lakes and the Little Deschutes.
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 McKay Crossing Campground on Paulina Creek / FR 9736 below Paulina Falls. Vault toilet. Paulina Falls Day Use is the upper lot (Forest Pass).
- Walk in
- Short from camp to the creek; falls lot is a viewpoint walk.
- Wading
- Small Cascade creek. Slick rock at the falls.
- Usual window
- After the Paulina road opens. Confirm ODFW.
- Tuesday conditions
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SW 6 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 80° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:20 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:55
- Wind at dawn
- SW 6 mph · Sunny · 62°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 6 mph
- 10am: W 8 mph
- 2pm: W 10 mph
- dusk: W 9 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 3- or 4-wt.
- Notes
- Named USFS. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
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.