Local Waters
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.
- Sunday conditions
-
W 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 78° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:18 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:00
- 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
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-90 Bend. Named USFS campground and ramp. 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.
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.