Local Waters

← Around Maupin

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Small Fry Lake

Estacada, OR · about 1½ hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)

Named PGE kids pond. Testers with kids type it.

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
PGE Promontory Park on North Fork Reservoir / Hwy 224. Park lot. The kids pond is youth 17 and under only. The reservoir is the bigger water next to it.
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

NW 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 79° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:26 · 🌖 Waning gibbous · Set 10:54
Wind at dawn
NW 1 mph · Mostly Clear · 54°F
Wind later
  • dawn: NW 1 mph
  • 10am: N 1 mph
  • 2pm: N 5 mph
  • dusk: NNW 7 mph
Next dawn (Sunday)
Weather is not in yet.
A setup that belongs here
3-wt stillwater.
Notes
Youth 17 and under (disabled-permit where posted). 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.

Small Fry Lake is youth 17 and under only. Promontory / North Fork Reservoir is the general water.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

NW 1 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

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.

Call Website

Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters

10910 NE Halsey St, Portland, OR 97220
Call

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

Call Website

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.

Call Website

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