Bend & the Deschutes
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Bend sits on the upper Deschutes River in central Oregon, with the Crooked and Metolius rivers to the north and the lower Deschutes canyon downstream toward Maupin.
Destination hub · 7 mi away in a straight line
Tumalo Creek
- Type
- Freestone river, Oregon (West)
- Designation
- Featured sport-fishing water
- USGS gauges
- None listed
- Guides
- 5 nearby
- Shops
- 10 nearby
Today on the Tumalo Creek
No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading
Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Tumalo Creek is a freestone river in Oregon, listed as Featured sport-fishing water by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
More about the Tumalo Creek
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife lists 1 species. 5 guides and 10 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Bend & the Deschutes.
Where it is
Tumalo Creek is a freestone river in Oregon. Our destination hub Bend & the Deschutes is 7 mi away in a straight line.
No real-time gauge
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Tumalo Creek or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Tumalo Creek
Where to fish
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Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Tumalo Creek on the map
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Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Tumalo Creek: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Tumalo Creek, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms near Tumalo Creek
Restrooms near Tumalo Creek
Restrooms within 2 miles of Tumalo Creek in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
More water near Tumalo Creek
Featured sport-fishing waterPhoto credit
Fall River near Bend, Oregon. Photo: sandyriverfisher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Devil's LakePhoto credit
Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Devil's Lake.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Sparks LakePhoto credit
Eagle Lake, Lassen County, California, with dry Horse Lake in the foreground (aerial). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sparks Lake.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Elk LakePhoto credit
Crowley Lake and the Long Valley Caldera from US 395. Photo: Clinton Steeds, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Elk Lake.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Hosmer LakePhoto credit
Ennis Lake, Montana, in March, with the Madison Range beyond. Photo: Gloria Cabada-Leman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Not Hosmer Lake.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Little Lava LakePhoto credit
Henrys Lake from Henrys Lake State Park, Idaho. Photo: James Postema, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Little Lava Lake.
Regulations
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Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
- Oregon fishing regulationsOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · checked 2026-10-14
- Oregon weekly trout stocking scheduleOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · checked 2026-10-14
Official designation: Featured sport-fishing water
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
- Featured sport-fishing water
On the ODFW '50 places to go fishing' guides (Portland, Medford, Roseburg, Bend, Lane County, South Coast) list (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, read 2026-11-05). All waters with this designation
- Bend: 50 places go fishing within 90 minutes bend
The water on the map
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Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-05) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
- Length
- 18.5 mi (17.3 in OR)
- Drains
- 58 sq mi
- Drop
- 2,337 ft · 126.5 ft/mi
- Flows into
- Deschutes River
- Watershed
- Upper Deschutes
Public land along it
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Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
10.9 of 17.3 mi on public land
- Deschutes National ForestForest Service · 6.7 mi
- Shevlin ParkCity Land · 3.8 mi
- Tumalo State ParkCity Land · 0.4 mi
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Guides and shops near Tumalo Creek
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Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Guides
Buried Hook Fly Fishing Guides
Bend, OR · 6 mi
Walk-and-wade · Beginners & lessons · Metolius & Crooked
- Unclaimed
Nearby
Deep Canyon Outfitters
Bend, OR · 7 mi
Float trips · Overnight camp trips · Deschutes & Crooked
- Unclaimed
Nearby
Renton’s River Adventures
Bend, OR · 8 mi
Spey & two-handed · Multi-day trips · Deschutes & North Umpqua
- Unclaimed
Nearby
Deschutes River Anglers
Bend, OR · 9 mi
Multi-day trips · Overnight camp trips · Owyhee & Deschutes
- Unclaimed
Nearby
Legendary Outfitters LLC
Sunriver, OR · 18 mi
Drift boat · Spey & two-handed · Deschutes & Crooked
- Unclaimed
Nearby
10 shops nearby
Species and hatches
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The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Rainbow trout
Species guide
Photo credit
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), illustration by Duane Raver for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
When the bugs come off
About this chart
1 hatch charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.
- January: no charted hatch
- February: no charted hatch
- March: no charted hatch
- April: no charted hatch
- May: 1 charted hatch
- June: no charted hatch
- July: no charted hatch
- August: no charted hatch
- September: no charted hatch
- October: no charted hatch
- November: no charted hatch
- December: no charted hatch
Salmonfly (May)
Fish these abroad
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Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.
At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.
Like the Tumalo Creek? Same fish, overseas.
Flagship waterPhoto credit
The Tongariro River from the Tree Trunk Gorge track. Photo: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Flagship waterPhoto credit
The Clutha River / Mata-Au at Albert Town, near the Hāwea confluence. Photo: Photo by Lewis: Verduyn-Cassels, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverPhoto credit
The Derwent River from the Pulpit Rock lookout, Tasmania. Photo: Bill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverPhoto credit
The Credit River at Streetsville. Photo: Mustang Joe, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverPhoto credit
The Sava Bohinjka at Bodešče, below Bled, Slovenia (the reach of the ARSO gauge). Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fish it when it's winter here
Southern seasons open while ours close.
Flagship waterPhoto credit
Penstock Lagoon, Central Highlands, Tasmania. Photo: Mike Cline, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Río PetrohuéPhoto credit
The Río Puelo at Las Gualas, Cochamó. Photo: Nicolás from seno de reloncaví, Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Río Petrohué.
Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Lago LlanquihuePhoto credit
The Río Simpson passing Coyhaique, Aysén. Photo: Manxuc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lago Llanquihue.
Lake or reservoir
Flagship waterRepresentative photo · not Mataura RiverPhoto credit
The Oreti River near Lumsden, Southland. Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mataura River.
Flagship waterPhoto credit
Great Lake, Tasmania. Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gear checklist
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A wade-fishing checklist for big western trout rivers: a 9 ft 5–6 weight outfit, nymph, dry and streamer setups, waders, boots and a wading staff, with estimated prices by tier and where to buy.
Big western rivers (wade fishing)
9′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating line · Rainbow and brown trout, whitefish
Open the checklistVideos for this water (5)
Watch: reading a trout stream
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Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
Watch: nymphing basics
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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Fish Tales
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Tumalo Creek.
No stories from here yet.
Sources for this page
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
All 8 sources and dates
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Tumalo Creek”, halfway along its length in Oregon, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 5 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
- Oregon fishing regulationsOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · checked 2026-10-14
- Oregon weekly trout stocking scheduleOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · checked 2026-10-14
- Oregon fishing and trout stocking mapsOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · checked 2026-10-14
- ODFW '50 places to go fishing' guides (Portland, Medford, Roseburg, Bend, Lane County, South Coast) (official list)Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · checked 2026-11-05
- NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies)U.S. Geological Survey · checked 2026-11-05
- Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public accessU.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project · checked 2026-11-05
- USGS NHDPlus High Resolution flowlines (position)U.S. Geological Survey, public domain · checked 2026-11-05
- Overture Maps places (guide map points)Overture Maps Foundation, CDLA-Permissive 2.0 · checked 2026-09-30