Middle Rogue Steelhead

[Langenbeck]

This AM caught & rleased my first winter Rogue steelhead. A 22" hatchery fish on a Size 8 bead head nymph. So far a very poor winter run.

[medfly]

well done, that is a nice fish

[Hairstacker]

Very nice Gordon! Sorry to hear it's been such a poor run this year.

[slim]

Hey gordon
Do you fish your trusty nymph on the swing?, high stick it?, indicator nymph it?, combo of all of the above?
Thanks for any info. I know that whatever you do is effective by the nice pics. you post-thanks for those.
slim

[Langenbeck]

Slim: Do about 90% of both my summer & winter steelhead fishing using an indicator but I also at the end of the cast let it swing around to directly below me. Use a two fly set up where the top fly is a weighted egg pattern and the bottom fly is the bead head ice chenille nymph.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Great Gordon,

Do you catch any Sea-run Cutthroats up there?

[Adam Grace]

Nice fish! Sorry to hear about your poor fishing conditions.

[Langenbeck]

Bill: In a typical year will catch 2-4 cutthroat from about 13"-17"s. None to hand in the 2008/2009 season.