River Open — summer low / warm

Gales Creek (Campground)

Forest Grove, OR · about 60 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

The Hwy 6 creek west of Hagg Lake that the forums still ask about.

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

ODF Tillamook State Forest Gales Creek Campground on Hwy 6 west of Forest Grove. State forest camp / day-use on Gales Creek.

Walk in

Short from camp to Gales Creek.

Wading

Small Coast Range creek.

Usual window

Late spring through fall. Confirm ODFW.

Saturday conditions

NE 12 mph.

Sky: 🌧️ 71° rain
Sun and moon: Rise 9:21 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:12
Wind at dawn: NE 12 mph · Patchy Drizzle · 71°F
Wind later: dawn: NE 12 mph

10am: NE 12 mph

2pm: NE 12 mph

dusk: NE 9 mph

A setup that belongs here

3- or 4-wt.

Notes

Named Tillamook State Forest campground. Confirm ODFW.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

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

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

Call Website

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.