Local Waters
Suttle Lake
Sisters, OR · about 60 min from Bend (typical, off-peak)
The Sisters kokanee lake Easy Angling skipped and the Bend 50-list named twice.
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.
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Smallmouth bass
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Trout
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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
- USFS Suttle Lake and Cinder Beach day-use off Hwy 20 / Forest Rd 2070. Forest Pass / day-use fee. Camping nearby.
- Walk in
- Short from the lots. Trail around the lake.
- Wading
- Bank, trail, or boat. Not a wade river.
- Usual window
- Kokanee and browns early; then the lake warms. Confirm ODFW.
- Friday conditions
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S 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⚡ 80° storm
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:23 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 10:53
- Wind at dawn
- S 5 mph · Chance Rain Showers · 65°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: S 5 mph
- 10am: SE 5 mph
- 2pm: E 10 mph
- dusk: SE 5 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt, stillwater.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-90 Bend. Named USFS day-use. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
The Fly Fisher's Place
151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours
Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.
Fin & Fire
Redmond, OR
Call
Redmond desk. Crooked River country. Confirm the street address.
Fly and Field Outfitters
35 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Call
Bend shop. Stillwater and river.
The Patient Angler
50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call
Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.
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
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
Cabins and rentals (you leave Local Waters):
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
The Fly Fisher's Place — book a day
Sisters, OR · wade / stillwater · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes
Shop desk. We do not take the money.
The Patient Angler — book a day
Bend, OR · wade / stillwater · Ask the shop
Good for: Bend trout and Cascade Lakes
Shop desk. We do not take the money.