Local Waters

← Around Sisters

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Faraday Lake

Estacada, OR · about 2 hours from Sisters (typical, off-peak)

Stocked PGE lake above Estacada.

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.

  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass
  • Trout Trout
  • Sunfish and crappie Sunfish and crappie

Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass.

Season
Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
License
Oregon angling license (ODFW)
Park
PGE Faraday Hydroelectric Project lot. Footbridge to the lake. Bank only — no boats or tubes.
Walk in
Footbridge from the lot to the park.
Wading
Bank only.
Usual window
Confirm ODFW for this week.
Tuesday conditions

Wind ? mph.

Sky
⛅ 94° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:21 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:01
Wind at dawn
0 mph · Mostly Clear · 64°F
Wind later
  • dawn: 0 mph
  • 10am: 0 mph
  • 2pm: 0 mph
  • dusk: NE 1 mph
A setup that belongs here
5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
Notes
ODFW 50-in-60 Portland. Named PGE park. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

? mph · Mostly Clear

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

The Fly Fishing Shop

67296 E Highway 26, Welches, OR 97067
Call

Sandy River / Mt. Hood desk. Confirm hours.

Call Website

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.

Call Website

Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters

10910 NE Halsey St, Portland, OR 97220
Call

NE Portland fly shop. Classes and guided steelhead/trout.

Call Website

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.

Call Website

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