Rogue River, Upper

GAGE LOCATION

DAY/YEAR
GRAPHS

CURRENT
STAGE/FLOW

WHAT TIME

Elk Ck near Trial

7 30 year

/

N/A

Rogue/Dodge Bridge

7 30 year

2.49 / 1240

4 pm

CITY

Medford

NOAA

Accuweather

TWC

Grants Pass

NOAA

Accuweather

TWC

Shady Cove

NOAA

Accuweather

TWC

HATCH

NYMPH/
LARVA

PUPA/
EMERGER

DUN/
ADULT

EGG-
LAYER

Blue-winged olive

Salmonfly

Midge

Leech

There's still a few spawning chinook around, although most are now dead. You can use Egg Flies can catch steelhead all month when dead-drifted behind a spawning pair of chinook, but you might want to switch to nymphs when the salmon are all dead or if they are sparse in numbers. Small stonefly patterns, such as a size 10 Kaufmanns Stonefly or Rubber Legs, and a red or regular Copper John in size 12 are excellent flies to carry right now. Other options include flashback Pheasant Tails, Soft Hackles, Big Birds, and Hares Ears.

Keep an eye on the river gage at Dodge Bridge. If flows spike upwards, stay home until they start to drop.

For more on November tactics and flies, see the Rivers in General report.