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Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Square Lake (Santiam Pass)

Sisters, OR · about 65 min from Bend (typical, off-peak)

The 50-in-90 hike-in brook-trout lake under Three Fingered Jack.

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 Santiam Sno-Park / Pacific Crest Trailhead on Hwy 20 at Santiam Pass. Forest Pass / sno-park permit in winter. About 2 miles on trail to the lake. Wilderness permit in season.
Walk in
About 2 miles from the pass lot to Square Lake.
Wading
Wilderness lake bank. Snow into July some years.
Usual window
After the pass melts. Confirm ODFW and wilderness permit.
Friday conditions

NW 6 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
☁️ 90° cloud
Sun and moon
Rise 9:16 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:05
Wind at dawn
NW 6 mph · Cloudy · 90°F
Wind later
  • dawn: NW 6 mph
  • 10am: NW 6 mph
  • 2pm: NW 6 mph
  • dusk: NW 6 mph
A setup that belongs here
4-wt, attractor dries.
Notes
ODFW 50-in-90 Bend hike-in list. Named USFS trailhead. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

NW 6 mph · Cloudy

How did it go

Shops

The Fly Fisher's Place

151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours

Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.

Call Website

The Patient Angler

50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call

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

Call Website

Fly and Field Outfitters

35 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Call

Bend shop. Stillwater and river.

Call Website

Stay

Hand-checked, not a hotel scrape. Check dates on their site. Default two nights.

Riverside Campground (Camp Sherman)

Campground · 2 min to the water · Summer — Recreation.gov

On the Metolius. Northwest Forest Pass / reservation in season.

Dogs: Yes, on leash — confirm USFS

Check dates

Best Western Ponderosa Lodge

Motel · 20 min to the water · Year-round

Indoor bed in Sisters. Camp Sherman is a short dawn drive.

Dogs: Ask

Check dates Call

Cabins and rentals (you leave Local Waters):

Cabins on Airbnb Cabins on Vrbo

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