Local Waters

← Around Eugene

River Open — summer low / warm

South Santiam River

Sweet Home / Lebanon, OR · about 55 min from Eugene (typical, off-peak)

The other Santiam.

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
County parks below Foster and in Sweet Home.
Walk in
Short walk from the public lot.
Wading
Confirm flow before you step in.
Usual window
Confirm ODFW for this week.
Sunday conditions

W 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
🌧️ 78° rain
Sun and moon
Rise 9:22 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:05
Wind at dawn
W 3 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 64°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 3 mph
  • 10am: W 7 mph
  • 2pm: W 9 mph
  • dusk: W 8 mph
Flow
824 cfs · 10.09 ft · 52°F water · 8:10 am · SOUTH SANTIAM RIVER NEAR FOSTER, OR · USGS gauge
A setup that belongs here
5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
Notes
Named public parks. Confirm ODFW.

Log this trip

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

W 3 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 824 cfs

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 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.

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