Local Waters
Waverly Lake
Albany, OR · about 2 hours from Sisters (typical, off-peak)
Easy Angling Willamette leftover — Albany's in-town pond.
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.
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Smallmouth bass
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Trout
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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
- Waverly Park city lot on Hwy 99E just west of I-5. Dock and bank.
- Walk in
- Short from the park lot to the dock.
- Wading
- Bank and dock. Small craft OK.
- Usual window
- Stocked April–May; bass later. Confirm ODFW.
- Wednesday conditions
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W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 89° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:26 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:02
- Wind at dawn
- W 1 mph · Partly Cloudy · 63°F
- Wind later
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- 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.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Willamette. Named city park. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Two Rivers Fly Shop
204 1st Ave SW, Albany, OR 97321
Call
Albany desk between Salem and Corvallis. Confirm they are still open.
Watershed Fly Shop
351 SW Madison Ave, Corvallis, OR 97333
Tue–Sat 10am–6pm (confirm)
Corvallis desk. Alsea, Marys, mid-Willamette. Confirm the address if they have moved.
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.