How to Fish Central Oregon

Local fly-fishing guides to our favorite rivers and lakes — pick a water below.

Central Oregon’s blue-ribbon river for wild redband trout and summer steelhead.

Accessible water for wild redbands, brook & brown trout, close to Sunriver.

A desert tailwater with redband trout a year-round, beginner-friendly favor…

A gin clear creek near La Pine that rewards stealth & delicate presentation.

Home of the famous ‘Cranebows’ — one of Oregon’s premier trout fisheries.

Central Oregon’s big-brown-trout factory, plus strong kokanee fishing.

Big-fish stillwater fishing inside the Newberry Caldera at over 6,300 feet.

A scenic Cascade Lakes stillwater near the Deschutes headwaters