Local Waters

← Around Portland, OR

River Open — summer low / warm

Sandy River (Oxbow)

Troutdale / Oxbow, OR · about 40 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

The Portland tester river you can reach after work.

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, Salmon.

Season
Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
License
Oregon angling license (ODFW)
Park
Oxbow Regional Park lots. Day-use fee. Stay in the park.
Walk in
Short to moderate walks to public gravel bars.
Wading
Wadable in normal water. Spring snowmelt is no joke.
Usual window
After the late-April opener; winter steelhead is a different trip.
Sunday conditions

NE 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⚡ 74° storm
Sun and moon
Rise 9:18 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:05
Wind at dawn
NE 5 mph · Patchy Drizzle · 65°F
Wind later
  • dawn: NE 5 mph
  • 10am: E 6 mph
  • 2pm: E 7 mph
  • dusk: E 5 mph
Flow
311 cfs · in a wadable band · 7.66 ft · 65°F water · 11:45 pm · Sandy River below Bull Run · USGS gauge · wadable band is a sketch, not a safety rating
A setup that belongs here
5- or 7-wt, nymphs, swing a skunk.
Notes
West-side of Mt Hood. Public Metro park water. Steelhead and trout. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

NE 5 mph · Patchy Drizzle · 311 cfs good

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

Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters

10910 NE Halsey St, Portland, OR 97220
Call

NE Portland fly shop. Classes and guided steelhead/trout.

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Royal Treatment Fly Fishing

21570 Willamette Dr, West Linn, OR 97068
Often 10:30am–4pm — confirm

Portland metro desk. Clackamas, Sandy, and the lower Willamette.

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The Portland Fly Shop

1627 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209
Tue–Fri 10am–7pm, Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 10am–3pm (confirm)

NW Portland fly shop. Steelhead and trout. Guided trips through the shop.

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The Fly Fishing Shop

67296 E Highway 26, Welches, OR 97067
Call

Sandy River / Mt. Hood desk. Confirm hours.

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Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

Royal Treatment — book a day

West Linn, OR · wade / drift · Half or full day

Good for: Sandy, Clackamas, metro Willamette

Shop desk for Portland-side testers.

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If this isn’t the day