Local Waters
Justesen Ranch Big Lake
Grass Valley, OR · about 35 min from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
Private land. Fish only if the landowner still allows it. Ask, stay where they said, leave gates as you found them. This is not a state lot.
The named ranch stillwater Fly Fisher's Place books — big rainbows, not a public BLM pin.
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
- Private Justesen Ranch lake lot near Grass Valley. Book the day with The Fly Fisher's Place in Sisters before you go — pay-to-play, one group per lake. Ask at the ranch. Not a state lot.
- Walk in
- Short from the assigned ranch pullout to the lake.
- Wading
- Tube, pram, or bank. You are the only group on the lake that day.
- Usual window
- Ice-out through early June, then again in October–November. Confirm ODFW and the ranch.
- Saturday conditions
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SW 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 90° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:11 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:01
- Wind at dawn
- SW 2 mph · Patchy Smoke · 70°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 2 mph
- 10am: W 2 mph
- 2pm: W 3 mph
- dusk: W 14 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt, stillwater.
- Notes
- Pay-to-play ranch. Book Fly Fisher's Place (541) 549-3474. Private land; ask first. Confirm ODFW.
Private ranch. Book first. This is not a state lot.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
The Fly Fisher's Place — book a day
Sisters, OR · wade / stillwater · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes
Shop desk. We do not take the money.