Local Waters

← Around Sisters

River Open — summer low / warm

West Fork Millicoma (Interpretive Center)

Allegany, OR · about 4 hours from Sisters (typical, off-peak)

The West Fork hatchery water and Elliott forest bank the 50-list actually 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
Millicoma Interpretive Center lot at the end of pavement on West Fork Rd, plus Elliott State Forest 1000/2000 roads from Allegany.
Walk in
Short from the center lot. Forest roads need a map.
Wading
Small coast fork. Winter is pushy.
Usual window
Winter steelhead; cutthroat in summer. Confirm ODFW.
Saturday conditions

W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
☀️ 83° fair
Sun and moon
Rise 9:27 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:10
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
A setup that belongs here
6- or 7-wt.
Notes
ODFW 50 south-coast (Elliott State Forest / West Fork Millicoma). Named interpretive-center lot. Catch-and-release steelhead on parts — confirm ODFW.

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

W 2 mph · Patchy Smoke

How did it go

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.

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