Local Waters

← Around Maupin

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Rock Creek Reservoir

Tygh Valley, OR · about 35 min from Maupin (typical, off-peak)

Stocked trout, small boats, a Gorge-side lake.

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.

  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass
  • Trout Trout
  • Sunfish and crappie 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 Rock Creek Campground / day-use.
Walk in
Short walk from the public lot.
Wading
Confirm flow before you step in.
Usual window
Confirm ODFW for this week.
Saturday conditions

NNW 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 73° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:22 · 🌖 Waning gibbous · Set 10:51
Wind at dawn
NNW 3 mph · Mostly Clear · 58°F
Wind later
  • dawn: NNW 3 mph
  • 10am: NNW 2 mph
  • 2pm: NNW 3 mph
  • dusk: NNW 3 mph
Next dawn (Sunday)
Weather is not in yet.
A setup that belongs here
5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
Notes
Easy Angling Central. Electric motors only. 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.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

NNW 3 mph · Mostly Clear

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

The Fly Fishing Shop

67296 E Highway 26, Welches, OR 97067
Call

Sandy River / Mt. Hood desk. Confirm hours.

Call Website

Fly Shop of The Dalles

410 1/2 E 2nd St, The Dalles, OR 97058
Call

Columbia Gorge east desk. Confirm they are still open.

Call Website

Gorge Fly Shop

201 Oak St, Hood River, OR 97031
Call

Columbia Gorge desk. Hood River and the east-side Deschutes day.

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The Fly Fisher's Place

151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours

Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.

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Fly and Field Outfitters

35 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Call

Bend shop. Stillwater and river.

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The Patient Angler

50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call

Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.

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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.

If this isn’t the day