Local Waters
Todd Lake
Cascade Lakes, OR · about 40 min from Sisters (typical, off-peak)
The short-hike Cascade lake Easy Angling skipped.
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 Todd Lake trailhead off Cascade Lakes Hwy. Forest Pass. 0.5-mile walk to the lake.
- Walk in
- About half a mile from the lot.
- Wading
- Bank and tube. No motors.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Saturday conditions
-
N 7 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 72° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:17 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:02
- Wind at dawn
- N 7 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 64°F
- Wind later
-
- dawn: N 7 mph
- 10am: NE 9 mph
- 2pm: NE 9 mph
- dusk: NE 6 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt, brook-trout dries.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-90 Bend. Named USFS trailhead. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
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.
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.