Local Waters

← Around Eugene

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Hills Creek Reservoir (Packard Creek)

Oakridge, OR · about 75 min from Eugene (typical, off-peak)

Lane County 65 leftover — the Oakridge USFS reservoir.

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
USFS Packard Creek Campground ramp and day-use on Forest Rd 21, 7.4 miles southeast of Oakridge. Forest day-use fee. C.T. Beach is the other public lot.
Walk in
Short from Packard Creek to the ramp and swim area.
Wading
Ramp bank and boat.
Usual window
Trout, crappie, bass. Confirm ODFW.
Wednesday conditions

W 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 82° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:25 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:58
Wind at dawn
W 5 mph · Sunny · 62°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 5 mph
  • 10am: W 6 mph
  • 2pm: W 7 mph
  • dusk: W 6 mph
A setup that belongs here
5-wt.
Notes
ODFW 65 Lane County. Named USFS campground ramp. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

W 5 mph · Sunny

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 Caddis Fly Angling Shop

168 W 6th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Call — valley hours

Willamette Valley desk. McKenzie, the Willamette, and a first Oregon trout day.

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