Local Waters

← Around Portland, OR

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Shevlin Pond

Bend, OR · about 3 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

Named Bend pond. Youth water next to the Deschutes park.

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
Bend Park & Rec Shevlin Park lot at 18920 Shevlin Park Road. City/park district. Youth 17 and under and disabled only.
Walk in
Short walk from the signed access.
Wading
Confirm flow before you step in.
Usual window
Confirm the current rule for this week.
Saturday conditions

Wind 17 mph on open water. Try a sheltered bank.

Sky
☀️ 88° fair
Sun and moon
Rise 9:16 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:01
Wind at dawn
W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust · 88°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 17 mph
  • 10am: W 17 mph
  • 2pm: W 17 mph
  • dusk: W 17 mph
A setup that belongs here
3-wt stillwater.
Notes
Youth 17 and under (disabled-permit where posted). Confirm ODFW.

Youth 17 and under and disabled-permit only.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust

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 Patient Angler

50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call

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

Call Website

Confluence Fly Shop

375 SW Powerhouse Dr #100, Bend, OR 97702
Mon–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 11am–6pm

Old Mill Bend shop. Deschutes in town.

Call Website

Fly and Field Outfitters (Sunriver)

56805 Venture Ln, Sunriver, OR 97707
Call — Sunriver hours differ from Bend

Sunriver location of Fly and Field. Cascade Lakes and Fall River.

Call Website

Fin & Fire

Redmond, OR
Call

Redmond desk. Crooked River country. Confirm the street address.

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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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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