Oregon Fly Fishing Trips

Oregon FlyFishing - Lower Rogue River

Rogue River Summer Steelhead is an anomaly among steelhead runs. Rogue River Steelhead return from sea at 2 distinct level or age groups the first referred to as the Half Pounder is very numerous over 300,000 per year driven by the need to feed. Making these steelhead very aggressive and great Flyfishing subjects. Rogue River Steelhead have been to sea and returned to the river with as little as 6 months at sea. Sizes run from 13 inches to 20 inches or 1 to 3 pounds. It is not uncommon to hook 50 1/2 pounders a day with a high percentage of these lost, as they are extremely acrobatic when hooked. 4 to 6 wt. Rods in 8.5 to 9.5ft in length are used. We use our 22ft. Jetcraft powerboat to access lower rogue river fishing areas. We can set fishermen out to wade and cast beautiful Steelhead holding water or fish from the boat if uncomfortable wading.
Best time late Sept. to first 10 days of November.

Oregon FlyFishing - Upper Rogue River

Adult Rogue River Summer Steelhead are found in the Upper Rogue River in best numbers in October. Upper Rogue Summer Steelhead run 4 to 10 pounds and require a bit more skill than the half-pounders. In 2001 35,000 Rogue River Summer Steelhead adults were estimated in the steelhead run. Over 12,000 Summer Steelhead arrived above Gold Rey Dam near Medford. Upper Rogue River Fly Fishing trips must be booked in advance and timed with our other bookings, success is great and time frame limited. We provide rods, lines and flies or you may bring your own flyfishing gear.

Time Frame for Summer Steelhead FlyFishing:
Sept. 15th to Nov. 15
Cost: $225.00 per person per day.
$400.00 minimum for Oregon Flyfishing Trips

Oregon FlyFishing - Lower Rogue River

The Rogue River could make a case for having the largest native run of Coho or Silver Salmon in the lower 48 states. In 2001 the Rogue River received a return of over 80,000 Silvers. 65,000 of these were wild stocks. We had so many Silvers the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife increased the limit to 4 Silvers per angler per day. We caught Large Silvers trolling, casting lures and Flyfishing. Many days we hooked over 20 Silvers for the boat. Silvers were large running 12 to 19 pounds. These are mint bright Silvers very aggressive to bite and active fighters.

The best Oregon Flyfishing time for Silvers is October.