Cal
10-15-2011, 12:30 AM
A bit belated report:
Fished the upper Rogue Sept 11th and 12th. Swung flies first day and managed to pick up a few small hens 22-24” but nickel bright near TouVelle Park on the morning of the 11th. The flow was down to about 1500 cfs, I think, at the time. Fished with small conehead Silver Hiltons (and similar flies) and a midbelly floating line/15 foot mono leader.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/RoguesteelJohnfighting.jpg
My buddy John landed a nice wild 24" hen on similar flies using a Skagit with a Type 3 tip. Had some social obligations in the area so did not fish the afternoon or evening.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/RogueJohnsfish.jpg
On the 12th we floated the upper river with a guide, Steve Walser, and indicator nymphed with eggs and uglies. John hooked a huge salmon on an Otis Bug which taped out at 42” w 24” girth. We thought that at big steelhead might have rolled on the flies and got tail hooked, but when it came to the surface we saw that it was securely hooked in the upper jaw. Took a good half hour to land and bottomed out Steve's Boga-grip that had a 36 lb capacity. When we finished with a few quick hero photos that fish took off with a shot, giving us a good tail splash. He obviously had a lot left in the tank.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/monstersalmon1.jpg
We even let John hold the fish.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/JonnsBigOneedit3.jpg
Started off the morning with a nice hen that jumped several times.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/RogueSteelBrian1.jpg
We hooked a number of 22-24” hens, mostly on size 8 red Copper Johns and Hares Ears, and one on an egg pattern. Did not try Gordon Langenbeck’s killer Rogue nymph but have caught some nice fish on Gordon’s fly in the past. Fishing was fairly good and we hooked up about once an hour on nymphs.
Nice wild 24" hen caught in the afternoon.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/RogueSteelBrian2.jpg
Did not swing flies that day, although we passed a few runs that looked very enticing. I have heard that the evening fishing has been pretty good. I enjoy the Rogue, there are lots of good runs for swinging flies and if you like indicator nymphing there are many good seams for that too.
Fished the upper Rogue Sept 11th and 12th. Swung flies first day and managed to pick up a few small hens 22-24” but nickel bright near TouVelle Park on the morning of the 11th. The flow was down to about 1500 cfs, I think, at the time. Fished with small conehead Silver Hiltons (and similar flies) and a midbelly floating line/15 foot mono leader.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/RoguesteelJohnfighting.jpg
My buddy John landed a nice wild 24" hen on similar flies using a Skagit with a Type 3 tip. Had some social obligations in the area so did not fish the afternoon or evening.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/RogueJohnsfish.jpg
On the 12th we floated the upper river with a guide, Steve Walser, and indicator nymphed with eggs and uglies. John hooked a huge salmon on an Otis Bug which taped out at 42” w 24” girth. We thought that at big steelhead might have rolled on the flies and got tail hooked, but when it came to the surface we saw that it was securely hooked in the upper jaw. Took a good half hour to land and bottomed out Steve's Boga-grip that had a 36 lb capacity. When we finished with a few quick hero photos that fish took off with a shot, giving us a good tail splash. He obviously had a lot left in the tank.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/monstersalmon1.jpg
We even let John hold the fish.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/JonnsBigOneedit3.jpg
Started off the morning with a nice hen that jumped several times.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/RogueSteelBrian1.jpg
We hooked a number of 22-24” hens, mostly on size 8 red Copper Johns and Hares Ears, and one on an egg pattern. Did not try Gordon Langenbeck’s killer Rogue nymph but have caught some nice fish on Gordon’s fly in the past. Fishing was fairly good and we hooked up about once an hour on nymphs.
Nice wild 24" hen caught in the afternoon.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/brian_endlich/RogueSteelBrian2.jpg
Did not swing flies that day, although we passed a few runs that looked very enticing. I have heard that the evening fishing has been pretty good. I enjoy the Rogue, there are lots of good runs for swinging flies and if you like indicator nymphing there are many good seams for that too.