Local Waters
Sandy River (Oxbow)
Troutdale / Oxbow, OR · about 40 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)
The Portland tester river you can reach after work.
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
- Oxbow Regional Park lots. Day-use fee. Stay in the park.
- Walk in
- Short to moderate walks to public gravel bars.
- Wading
- Wadable in normal water. Spring snowmelt is no joke.
- Usual window
- After the late-April opener; winter steelhead is a different trip.
- Friday conditions
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NW 6 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ☁️ 90° cloud
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:16 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:09
- Wind at dawn
- NW 6 mph · Cloudy · 90°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: NW 6 mph
- 10am: NW 6 mph
- 2pm: NW 6 mph
- dusk: NW 6 mph
- Flow
- 329 cfs · in a wadable band · 7.7 ft · 66°F water · 6:45 pm · Sandy River below Bull Run · USGS gauge · wadable band is a sketch, not a safety rating
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 7-wt, nymphs, swing a skunk.
- Notes
- West-side of Mt Hood. Public Metro park water. Steelhead and trout. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
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Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
Royal Treatment — book a day
West Linn, OR · wade / drift · Half or full day
Good for: Sandy, Clackamas, metro Willamette
Shop desk for Portland-side testers.