Fly fishing near Portland, Oregon

The Columbia River running between dry hills in Washington
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The Columbia River in Washington. Photo: Belle Unruh, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

11 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Portland, Oregon, in a straight line; the nearest are Johnson Creek (5 mi), Columbia River (7 mi) and Clackamas River (11 mi).

More about Portland

6 fly shops are in Portland or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Bend & the Deschutes, 121 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

11 waters near Portland

About this

Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Johnson CreekFreestone river · 5 mi · Steelhead / salmon water · live USGS flow
  2. Columbia RiverTailwater · 7 mi · live USGS flow
  3. Clackamas RiverFreestone river · 11 mi · Featured sport-fishing water · live USGS flow
  4. Tualatin RiverFreestone river · 12 mi · Steelhead / salmon water · live USGS flow
  5. Haldeman PondLake or reservoir · 14 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  6. Molalla RiverFreestone river · 19 mi · Steelhead / salmon water · live USGS flow
  7. Sandy RiverFreestone river · 22 mi · Featured sport-fishing water · live USGS flow
  8. Estacada LakeLake or reservoir · 23 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  9. East Fork Lewis RiverFreestone river · 24 mi · Special-regulation trout water · live USGS flow
  10. Bull Run RiverTailwater · 25 mi · Steelhead / salmon water · live USGS flow
  11. Washougal RiverFreestone river · 25 mi · Catch and release

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Portland as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

Bend & the Deschutes · 121 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1136645, Multnomah County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.