Local Waters

← Around Portland, OR

River Open — summer low / warm

Butte Creek (Scotts Mills)

Scotts Mills, OR · about 60 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

The Silverton-side creek forums still name, with a county park.

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
Clackamas/Marion county Scotts Mills Park at the covered bridge on Butte Creek. County park lot.
Walk in
Short from the park to Butte Creek.
Wading
Small valley creek.
Usual window
Spring. Confirm ODFW.
Sunday conditions

NE 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⚡ 69° storm
Sun and moon
Rise 9:20 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:06
Wind at dawn
NE 5 mph · Chance Rain Showers · 63°F
Wind later
  • dawn: NE 5 mph
  • 10am: E 5 mph
  • 2pm: E 5 mph
  • dusk: E 5 mph
A setup that belongs here
3- or 4-wt.
Notes
Named county park. Confirm ODFW.

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

NE 5 mph · Chance Rain Showers

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

Royal Treatment Fly Fishing

21570 Willamette Dr, West Linn, OR 97068
Often 10:30am–4pm — confirm

Portland metro desk. Clackamas, Sandy, and the lower Willamette.

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.

If this isn’t the day