Local Waters
Rock Creek Reservoir
Tygh Valley, OR · about 35 min from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
Stocked trout, small boats, a Gorge-side lake.
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 Rock Creek Campground / day-use.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Friday conditions
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Weather is not in yet.
- Sky
- ☀️ fair
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:13 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:05
- Next dawn (Saturday)
- S 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · S 3 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Central. Electric motors only. Confirm ODFW.
Overnight plan: Friday evening and Saturday dawn. Book two nights if you want the morning. Drive time is to the stay, then a few minutes to the water.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
Shops
Gorge Fly Shop
201 Oak St, Hood River, OR 97031
Call
Columbia Gorge desk. Hood River and the east-side Deschutes day.
The Fly Fisher's Place
151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours
Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.
The Patient Angler
50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call
Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.
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.