Local Waters

← Around Sisters

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Scott Lake

McKenzie Bridge, OR · about 35 min from Sisters (typical, off-peak)

The McKenzie Pass walk-to lake Caddis Fly country still names.

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 Scott Lake Campground at the end of FR 260 off Hwy 242. Vault toilet, walk-in camps, no trailers. Snow until midsummer some years.
Walk in
Short from the end-of-road lot to the lake.
Wading
Bank and non-motorized. Mosquitoes in July.
Usual window
After Hwy 242 opens. Confirm ODFW.
Monday conditions

Wind ? mph.

Sky
🌧️ 76° rain
Sun and moon
Rise 9:20 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:00
Wind at dawn
0 mph · Mostly Sunny · 58°F
Wind later
  • dawn: 0 mph
  • 10am: SW 5 mph
  • 2pm: SW 8 mph
  • dusk: SW 6 mph
A setup that belongs here
4- or 5-wt.
Notes
Named USFS campground. Confirm ODFW.

Log this trip

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

? mph · Mostly Sunny

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

The Caddis Fly Angling Shop

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

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

Fly and Field Outfitters

35 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Call

Bend shop. Stillwater and river.

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