Local Waters
Timothy Lake
Government Camp / Ripplebrook, OR · about 65 min from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
Big Hood lake, stocked and wild.
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
- Gone Creek, Hood View, and Oak Fork campgrounds. PGE / Forest Pass.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Wednesday conditions
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W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 83° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:20 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:57
- Wind at dawn
- W 2 mph · Partly Cloudy · 52°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 2 mph
- 10am: W 1 mph
- 2pm: N 2 mph
- dusk: W 7 mph
- Next dawn (Thursday)
- W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · W 1 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Willamette. Confirm ODFW.
Overnight plan: Wednesday evening and Thursday dawn. Book two nights if you want the morning. Drive time is to the stay, then a few minutes to the water.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
Shops
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.