Local Waters
Prineville Youth Pond
Prineville, OR · about 3 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)
Named city youth pond. Testers with kids in Crook County.
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
- Ochoco Creek Park / city lots at 1151 S Main Street, Prineville. City park. Youth 17 and under only.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the signed access.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm the current rule for this week.
- Wednesday conditions
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W 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 82° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:18 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:52
- Wind at dawn
- W 5 mph · Sunny · 62°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 5 mph
- 10am: W 6 mph
- 2pm: W 7 mph
- dusk: W 6 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 3-wt stillwater.
- Notes
- Youth 17 and under (disabled-permit where posted). Confirm ODFW.
Youth 17 and under only.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
The Fly Fisher's Place
151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours
Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.
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.