Local Waters

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Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Little Cultus Lake

Cascade Lakes, OR · about 60 min from Bend (typical, off-peak)

The quieter Cultus.

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 Little Cultus Campground and boat access. Forest Pass. Not the big Cultus lot.
Walk in
Short walk from the public lot.
Wading
Bank, camp, or small boat.
Usual window
Confirm ODFW for this week.
Monday conditions

N 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 85° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:20 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:59
Wind at dawn
N 5 mph · Clear · 58°F
Wind later
  • dawn: N 5 mph
  • 10am: N 2 mph
  • 2pm: N 3 mph
  • dusk: NNW 6 mph
A setup that belongs here
5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
Notes
Named USFS. We already list Cultus Lake. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

N 5 mph · 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 Fisher's Place

151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours

Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.

Call Website

The Patient Angler

50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call

Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.

Call Website

Fly and Field Outfitters

35 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Call

Bend shop. Stillwater and river.

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