Local Waters
Tualatin River (Cook Park)
Tigard, OR · about 25 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)
Portland 50-in-60 leftover — the Tualatin park with a real ramp.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
Around now
Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.
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Smallmouth bass
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Trout
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Sunfish and crappie
Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass, Salmon.
- Season
- Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
- License
- Oregon angling license (ODFW)
- Park
- Cook Park city lot and ramp at the end of SW 92nd Ave, south of Durham Rd. City park.
- Walk in
- Short from the park lot to the ramp and bank.
- Wading
- Mostly boat, tube, or park bank. Mud.
- Usual window
- Bass and panfish in the warm months. Confirm ODFW.
- Saturday conditions
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W 17 mph.
- Sky
- ☀️ 88° fair
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:19 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:09
- Wind at dawn
- W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust · 88°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 17 mph
- 10am: W 17 mph
- 2pm: W 17 mph
- dusk: W 17 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 6-wt bass bugs.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-60 Portland. Named city park. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
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.
The Portland Fly Shop
1627 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209
Tue–Fri 10am–7pm, Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 10am–3pm (confirm)
NW Portland fly shop. Steelhead and trout. Guided trips through the shop.
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.