Local Waters

← Around Sisters

River Open — summer low / warm

Opal Springs

Culver, OR · about 40 min from Sisters (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.

Forums name Opal Springs constantly. Listed so you know it is HOA water.

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, Salmon.

Season
Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
License
Oregon angling license (ODFW)
Park
Opal Springs on the Crooked River is inside Crooked River Ranch / private community. Not a public lot. Steelhead Falls BLM is the public pin nearby. Ask / book if you have ranch access.
Walk in
Short walk from the signed access.
Wading
Confirm flow before you step in.
Usual window
Confirm the current rule for this week.
Monday conditions

Wind ? mph.

Sky
⛅ 82° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:17 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:58
Wind at dawn
0 mph · Patchy Fog · 64°F
Wind later
  • dawn: 0 mph
  • 10am: SW 5 mph
  • 2pm: S 10 mph
  • dusk: SW 5 mph
A setup that belongs here
5-wt.
Notes
HOA / private. Not a state lot. Confirm ODFW.

Private community. Use Steelhead Falls BLM unless you have ranch access.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

? mph · Patchy Fog

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

Fin & Fire

Redmond, OR
Call

Redmond desk. Crooked River country. Confirm the street address.

Call Website

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

Confluence Fly Shop

375 SW Powerhouse Dr #100, Bend, OR 97702
Mon–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 11am–6pm

Old Mill Bend shop. Deschutes in town.

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

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