Local Waters
Black Butte Ranch lakes
Black Butte Ranch, OR · about 20 min from Sisters (typical, off-peak)
Private land. Fish only if the landowner still allows it. Ask, stay where they said, leave gates as you found them. This is not a state lot.
Named resort lakes. Listed so testers know they are members-only.
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
- Member / guest lakes at Black Butte Ranch. Private. Not a public lot. Metolius public lots at Camp Sherman are the walk-in pin.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the signed access.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm the current rule for this week.
- Friday conditions
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NNW 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 81° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:23 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 10:52
- Wind at dawn
- NNW 1 mph · Mostly Clear · 54°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: NNW 1 mph
- 10am: N 1 mph
- 2pm: NNW 5 mph
- dusk: NNW 6 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4-wt stillwater.
- Notes
- Private resort. Book / member. Confirm ODFW.
Member / guest water. Not a public lot.
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.
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.