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| Rogue River - Upper - March 8th, 2005 |
FISHING: Great
March 8th: As of the 5th of March the fish count is 3,870 winter steelhead over Gold Ray dam. This represents the first big push and tells us that the Steelhead will come up river regardless of current water level. The Upper thirty miles should see at least 6,000 more winter steelhead in the next 21 days. Now is the time to get after’em, the winter fish don’t hang out in the river for an extended period like our summer fish.
Scroll down for equipment, and fly recommendations. Photos of last weeks fishing are also below.
Good Luck on the Water……………….
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March 4th:
More reports of Winter Steelhead being caught in the Tou Velle area are streaming in. The rain seems to be helping the cause.
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Here are some photos from the last day of February. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
The Red Copper Swan and the Winter Steelhead Egg were effective patterns.
Winter steelhead are around in respectable numbers in the Upper Rogue River, the Applegate River, and the Illinois River. Water conditions are clearer than the air we are breathing. Stick with summer time presentation, and summer time tippet size. Hit the pools where the sun cannot reach the bottom, and be very, very qu-why-it….
March Browns will be hatching in good numbers for the next few weeks for some good trout fishing on the main river below the hatchery on down. Over cast, and drizzly days are certainly best for hatch activity. Look for hatches around mid day below areas of fast riffle water. March brown nymphs are “clingers” and love fast riffles.
We are now getting consistent fishing reports from the Upper Rogue River
Good Luck on the water……………………
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| Rogue River - Upper - March 5th, 2005 |
FISHING: Great
March 5th: Nice and cloudy today. Should make the March Brown hatch come out in full force, and the trout will follow. Mid day to late afternoon. The dark skies won’t hurt your chances of catching winter steelhead either. About 200 fish a day are coming over the dam. Quit skiing the ice age and fish until the powder comes!!
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March 4th:
More reports of Winter Steelhead being caught in the Tou Velle area are streaming in. The rain seems to be helping the cause.
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Here are some photos from the last day of February. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
The Red Copper Swan and the Winter Steelhead Egg were effective patterns.
Winter steelhead are around in respectable numbers in the Upper Rogue River, the Applegate River, and the Illinois River. Water conditions are clearer than the air we are breathing. Stick with summer time presentation, and summer time tippet size. Hit the pools where the sun cannot reach the bottom, and be very, very qu-why-it….
March Browns will be hatching in good numbers for the next few weeks for some good trout fishing on the main river below the hatchery on down. Over cast, and drizzly days are certainly best for hatch activity. Look for hatches around mid day below areas of fast riffle water. March brown nymphs are “clingers” and love fast riffles.
We are now getting consistent fishing reports from the Upper Rogue River
Good Luck on the water……………………
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| Rogue River - Upper - March 4th, 2005 |
FISHING: Great
March 4th:
More reports of Winter Steelhead being caught in the Tou Velle area are streaming in. The rain seems to be helping the cause.
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Here are some photos from the last day of February. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
The Red Copper Swan and the Winter Steelhead Egg were effective patterns.
Winter steelhead are around in respectable numbers in the Upper Rogue River, the Applegate River, and the Illinois River. Water conditions are clearer than the air we are breathing. Stick with summer time presentation, and summer time tippet size. Hit the pools where the sun cannot reach the bottom, and be very, very qu-why-it….
March Browns will be hatching in good numbers for the next few weeks for some good trout fishing on the main river below the hatchery on down. Over cast, and drizzly days are certainly best for hatch activity. Look for hatches around mid day below areas of fast riffle water. March brown nymphs are “clingers” and love fast riffles.
We are now getting consistent fishing reports from the Upper Rogue River
Good Luck on the water……………………
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| Rogue River - Upper - March 2nd, 2005 |
FISHING: Great
Here are some photos from the last day of February. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
The Red Copper Swan and the Winter Steelhead Egg were effective patterns.
Winter steelhead are around in respectable numbers in the Upper Rogue River, the Applegate River, and the Illinois River. Water conditions are clearer than the air we are breathing. Stick with summer time presentation, and summer time tippet size. Hit the pools where the sun cannot reach the bottom, and be very, very qu-why-it….
March Browns will be hatching in good numbers for the next few weeks for some good trout fishing on the main river below the hatchery on down. Over cast, and drizzly days are certainly best for hatch activity. Look for hatches around mid day below areas of fast riffle water. March brown nymphs are “clingers” and love fast riffles.
We are now getting consistent fishing reports from the Upper Rogue River
Good Luck on the water……………………
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| Rogue River - Upper - February 23rd, 2005 |
FISHING: Good
Winter steelhead are around in respectable numbers in the Upper Rogue River, the Applegate River, and the Illinois River. Water conditions are clearer than the air we are breathing. Stick with summer time presentation, and summer time tippet size. Hit the pools where the sun cannot reach the bottom, and be very, very qu-why-it….
March Browns will be hatching in good numbers for the next few weeks for some good trout fishing on the main river below the hatchery on down. Over cast, and drizzly days are certainly best for hatch activity. Look for hatches around mid day below areas of fast riffle water. March brown nymphs are “clingers” and love fast riffles.
We are getting great fishing reports and long days of zero. “No soup for you” Seems like people are either getting into’em or getting blanked. So, not great consistency.
Good Luck on the water…………
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| Rogue River - Upper - January 19th, 2005 |
FISHING: Great
The “Holy Water” above the hatchery on the Upper Rogue River may have some of the best opportunities for trout in the whole state right now. Blue Winged Olives have been consistent around 1:30 pm, big ones #12 and#14. Buggers or the nymph thing can yield some dividends too. This piece of water is fly only catch and release, barbless.
This flat below the dam is where some great hatches have been going, early afternoon. Fish of all sizes have been rising to dries. 6x and 7x tippet are a must for the surface.
Try to find a comfortable rising rainbow and get position on it. Treat your first cast like a field goal kicker in sudden death. It is often your best chance to get connected to a selective fish. If your great cast goes unnoticed, consider waiting for the fish to rise again to another natural before your next attempt. I often see people “overcastting” while pursuing selective rising trout.
There have been midge hatches and little “winter” stones (black) hatching as well. However, the fish have been most faithful to the Blue Winged Olives.
The “Holy Water” is not a gimmie pond. The fish can be selective both sub-surface and of course when rising. It is a great chance to catch big rainbows year around, and in January when most trophy trout fisheries are closed, it may be one of the best around.
Dry flies to bring. Ext. Body B.W.O. #12, #14, Parachute Adams #20.
Sub-Surface flies to bring. Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear #18, #20, Krystal Buggers #6, #8, #18 bead head nymphs like pt’s copper john, or prince.
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| Rogue River - Upper - November 19th, 2004 |
FISHING: Excellent
Head guide Matt York continues to have excellent fishing on the Upper Rogue River for steelhead. River Ace Ron Villa is part of the reason for the good fishing. Ron had two productive days of guided floats that also included landing two Coho salmon on his fly rod. Nice work Ron!!
Get Buggy with it……na, na, na, na, nah, na, naaa, na. Gettin’ buggie with it……..
That’s right, egg dependant fishers beware. November steelhead can sure be insect addicts. Bring your egg patterns every day, to any steelhead river for that matter; just don’t use them as your crutch. Copper Swan in plain, red, and chartreuse are great choices for a small nymph. You can “cheat” your egg inclination by fishing an Agent or Sept’Ober Softhackle for the half egg/half bug look. Great way to mask the urge.
Brace yourself for this one. With poaching, illegal bait fishing, and slaughtering fish on the Rogue at all time highs…..The Medford Mail Tribune reports that the return of steelhead to the hatchery, this season, being in massive decline is because of cooler water temperatures than normal. Even though this falls river temperatures are the same, again, as they have been for the last FIFTEEN YEARS!!!! Oh my god……..that is a leg slapper. The professionals at the hatchery should hire their own drummer.
“The movement of summer steelhead into the hatchery has been slow this fall, most likely because of low and cool water conditions.
So far, the hatchery has received just 1,346 summer steelhead, hatchery manager Randy Robart says.
That’s a far cry from the 4,362 collected at the same time in 2002, he says.” - The Mail Tribune
Good Luck on the Water………………………..
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| Rogue River - Upper - November 14th, 2004 |
FISHING: Excellent
Guides and bank fisherman continue to have consistent fishing for Rogue River Steelhead of all sizes. Crowds aren't to bad( by Rogue standards. Empty by Deschutes standards). Any hatchery fish caught receiving a granite shampoo with the opening of bait/gear fishing: the gear crowd has thinned with the declining availability of killable fish. More native steelhead, less fisherman......................Giddy-UP!! Welcome to mid November on the Upper Rogue river. Tight lines..........but...........not toooooo tight...........
Good Luck on the Water
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No fishing report since October 5th, what the hell happened? Long periods of absent reports mean:
A) the fishing has been horrible
B) the fishing has been off the hook (pun)
C) Todd claims to have been guiding to much
Or
D) I just recovered from double thumb surgery, because the front pocket on my Simms G3 waders grabs my thumbs when I’m rowing my A$$ off. Incidentally, they named them G3 because it cost three grand for the double thumb surgery.
Okay enough crap, if you picked B and C and a little bit of A you’re a good customer that knows us well. Thanks.
The flow has jumped from 930 cfs to 1,215 cfs. The river has remained clear and the temp is about 43 degrees. Fish count as of October 28th is 9,935 steelhead over Gold Ray, and 3,662 Coho.
The hordes of pontoon traffic have cleared, and the gear fisherman are now legal. If the only way you know to catch steelhead is to wade through the spawing salmon with an egg pattern, your season is over. If you can locate boulder studded runs and shelf rock to fish, game on. The river is fishing very well right now. Do bring your egg patterns to the river, don’t live and die by them. The steelhead can become very insect oriented in November.
Enough verbage, here are the photos from October and early November. They are all dated the same because of when they were entered into the computer, but span back three weeks.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Don’t for get to stop buy the store for the hottest flies, and a great selection of late fall gloves, hats, and jackets to fish in total comfort.
Good Luck on the water…………
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| Rogue River - Upper - November 4th, 2004 |
FISHING: Excellent
No fishing report since October 5th, what the hell happened? Long periods of absent reports mean:
A) the fishing has been horrible
B) the fishing has been off the hook (pun)
C) Todd claims to have been guiding to much
Or
D) I just recovered from double thumb surgery, because the front pocket on my Simms G3 waders grabs my thumbs when I’m rowing my A$$ off. Incidentally, they named them G3 because it cost three grand for the double thumb surgery.
Okay enough crap, if you picked B and C and a little bit of A you’re a good customer that knows us well. Thanks.
The flow has jumped from 930 cfs to 1,215 cfs. The river has remained clear and the temp is about 43 degrees. Fish count as of October 28th is 9,935 steelhead over Gold Ray, and 3,662 Coho.
The hordes of pontoon traffic have cleared, and the gear fisherman are now legal. If the only way you know to catch steelhead is to wade through the spawing salmon with an egg pattern, your season is over. If you can locate boulder studded runs and shelf rock to fish, game on. The river is fishing very well right now. Do bring your egg patterns to the river, don’t live and die by them. The steelhead can become very insect oriented in November.
Enough verbage, here are the photos from October and early November. They are all dated the same because of when they were entered into the computer, but span back three weeks.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Don’t for get to stop buy the store for the hottest flies, and a great selection of late fall gloves, hats, and jackets to fish in total comfort.
Good Luck on the water…………
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| Rogue River - Upper - September 16th, 2004 |
FISHING: Excellent
September 16th: The River has been bumped down a hundred cfs the last two days. It is at 1,794 cfs today and may drop another 100 cfs tomorrow. Not sure what this does to the fishing, some angler’s report horrible fishing and some don't. Dave Erikson reported "great" fishing yesterday after the first drop. Matt York had a slow day of fishing farther up stream on the same day. Maybe the farther you can get from the dam on the ramping phases the better. Only one way to tell…………………get out there and form you own opinion. Swinging flies will hold out until the water temperatures drop, nymphing will continue to produce consistent results for adult steelhead. Get ready for egg thirty. Salmon are starting to move onto the spawing redds and the fish will have their egg-goggles on any day now.
September14th: On the water report................floated down to Tou Velle today with one angler. The fish were very active in the morning to wet flies. We hooked adult steelhead swinging the Tou Velle Twinkie and the Steelhead Addiction. Nymphing was good. Agent Orange was the nymph of choice, and fish are hitting the fly as the dead drift ends and the fly is swinging to the surface. Don’t count on this everyday, but look for it as of current. Good luck on the water..................
September 13th: River flows have been steady at 2,000 for a couple of weeks now. The river temp has been holding steady around the low 50’s and as of today it is 52.8 degrees. The fish count as of September 4th is 6,446 steelhead over Gold Ray Dam. So, if you are not familiar with the Rogue River, this means that in the upper 30 miles of the river we have about 215 steelhead per mile. Also one, yes 1, as in UNO Coho has cleared the dam. If you have caught a Coho already above Gold Ray, PLEASE show me your fly. Thank you.
No surprises on current hot flies. One day of guided fishing yielded every fish hooked on an Agent Orange, the copper nymphs have been great in plain copper and red or olive as well. We use a #12 for the steelhead. The Rogue is continuing to fish very well. Low fishing pressure on weekdays, and the weekends are definitely bringing out the boat traffic
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**Remember as a courtesy to everyone using the boat ramps to do all preparations before occupying the ramp so a quick launch can be accomplished. Putting on waders or inflating a boat with a vehicle monopolizing the ramp is a poor reflection of character and is punishable for up to seven years bad fishing luck by the fishing gods.**
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