Local Waters

← Around Sisters

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Suttle Lake

Sisters, OR · about 30 min from Sisters (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

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.
Sunday conditions

W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 82° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:18 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:01
Wind at dawn
W 2 mph · Mostly Clear · 48°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 2 mph
  • 10am: W 1 mph
  • 2pm: NE 1 mph
  • dusk: N 5 mph
A setup that belongs here
5- or 6-wt, stillwater.
Notes
ODFW 50-in-90 Bend. Named USFS day-use. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

W 2 mph · Mostly Clear

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.

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.

Call the shop Website

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.

Call the shop Website

If this isn’t the day