Local Waters

← Around Sisters

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Three Creek Lake

Sisters, OR · about 30 min from Sisters (typical, off-peak)

The alpine Sisters lake the Bend 50-list names.

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 Driftwood Campground primitive ramp on the east shore, plus Three Creek Lake Campground. Forest Rd 16. Road opens mid-June or later.
Walk in
Short walk from the public lot.
Wading
Bank or non-motorized. Snow into June.
Usual window
After the road opens. Confirm ODFW.
Thursday conditions

W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 82° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:22 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 10:53
Wind at dawn
W 1 mph · Partly Cloudy · 46°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 1 mph
  • 10am: 0 mph
  • 2pm: N 1 mph
  • dusk: NW 5 mph
A setup that belongs here
4- or 5-wt.
Notes
ODFW 50-in-90 Bend. Named USFS campground and ramp. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

W 1 mph · Partly 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.

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