Local Waters

← Around Sisters

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Todd Lake

Cascade Lakes, OR · about 40 min from Sisters (typical, off-peak)

The short-hike Cascade lake Easy Angling skipped.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Around now

Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.

  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass
  • Trout Trout
  • Sunfish and crappie Sunfish and crappie

Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass.

Season
Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
License
Oregon angling license (ODFW)
Park
USFS Todd Lake trailhead off Cascade Lakes Hwy. Forest Pass. 0.5-mile walk to the lake.
Walk in
About half a mile from the lot.
Wading
Bank and tube. No motors.
Usual window
Confirm ODFW for this week.
Wednesday conditions

W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 89° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:22 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:55
Wind at dawn
W 1 mph · Partly Cloudy · 63°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 1 mph
  • 10am: SW 1 mph
  • 2pm: W 2 mph
  • dusk: NW 7 mph
A setup that belongs here
4- or 5-wt, brook-trout dries.
Notes
ODFW 50-in-90 Bend. Named USFS trailhead. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

W 1 mph · Partly Cloudy

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

Fly and Field Outfitters (Sunriver)

56805 Venture Ln, Sunriver, OR 97707
Call — Sunriver hours differ from Bend

Sunriver location of Fly and Field. Cascade Lakes and Fall River.

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The Patient Angler

50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call

Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.

Call Website

Confluence Fly Shop

375 SW Powerhouse Dr #100, Bend, OR 97702
Mon–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 11am–6pm

Old Mill Bend shop. Deschutes in town.

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Fly and Field Outfitters

35 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Call

Bend shop. Stillwater and river.

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The Fly Fisher's Place

151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours

Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.

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Fin & Fire

Redmond, OR
Call

Redmond desk. Crooked River country. Confirm the street address.

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Guides

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

The Fly Fisher's Place — book a day

Sisters, OR · wade / stillwater · Half or full day — ask the shop

Good for: Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes

Shop desk. We do not take the money.

Call the shop Website

The Patient Angler — book a day

Bend, OR · wade / stillwater · Ask the shop

Good for: Bend trout and Cascade Lakes

Shop desk. We do not take the money.

Call the shop Website

If this isn’t the day