Local Waters
Scott Lake
McKenzie Bridge, OR · about 2 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
The McKenzie Pass walk-to lake Caddis Fly country still names.
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 Scott Lake Campground at the end of FR 260 off Hwy 242. Vault toilet, walk-in camps, no trailers. Snow until midsummer some years.
- Walk in
- Short from the end-of-road lot to the lake.
- Wading
- Bank and non-motorized. Mosquitoes in July.
- Usual window
- After Hwy 242 opens. Confirm ODFW.
- Wednesday conditions
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W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 83° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:22 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:56
- Wind at dawn
- W 2 mph · Partly Cloudy · 52°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 2 mph
- 10am: W 1 mph
- 2pm: N 2 mph
- dusk: W 7 mph
- Next dawn (Thursday)
- W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · W 1 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt.
- Notes
- Named USFS campground. Confirm ODFW.
Overnight plan: Wednesday evening and Thursday 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 Caddis Fly Angling Shop
168 W 6th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Call — valley hours
Willamette Valley desk. McKenzie, the Willamette, and a first Oregon trout day.
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.