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

3.57 / 2790

12 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

Caddis

Salmonfly

Midge

Leech

Ant

The salmonflies (and crowds of anglers) have departed from the Holy Water by the end of June. Trout fishing in the main river is decent, although the fish are not large. You may find the tail end of the golden stonefly hatch in early July. In the Holy Water, you can still take trout, even though the easy-pickin' days of the salmonfly hatch are over. Try a sinking line with a leech or Zonker pattern. You may have hatches of pale morning duns and caddis.

There should be a few steelhead in the upper Rogue by mid-July; it's a low-percentage game, you there's still the chance of a connection.

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