River Open — summer low / warm

Salmon Creek (Oakridge)

Oakridge, OR · about 3 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

Easy Angling Willamette leftover — stocked public forest creek.

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 Salmon Creek Falls Campground and day-use on Forest Rd 24, five miles east of Oakridge.

Walk in

Short from the day-use lot to the falls water.

Wading

Wadable. Footing is wet rock.

Usual window

Stocked spring into August. Confirm ODFW.

Saturday conditions

W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky: ☀️ 83° fair
Sun and moon: Rise 9:20 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:04
Wind at dawn: W 2 mph · Patchy Smoke · 58°F
Wind later: dawn: W 2 mph

10am: W 2 mph

2pm: W 2 mph

dusk: W 13 mph
Flow: 551 cfs · 2.88 ft · 62°F water · 7:30 pm · MF WILLAMETTE RIVER ABV SALT CRK, NEAR OAKRIDGE,OR · USGS gauge

A setup that belongs here

4- or 5-wt.

Notes

Easy Angling Willamette. Named USFS campground and day-use. Confirm ODFW.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

168 W 6th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Call — valley hours

Willamette Valley desk. McKenzie, the Willamette, and a first Oregon trout day.

Call Website

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

Eugene, OR · wade / drift · Half or full day

Good for: McKenzie and Willamette Valley public water

Shop desk. Ask who they send west of the Cascades.

Call the shop Website