rogue steelies

wolfhunter · 10-25-2003, 09:27 AM

the rogue has been on fire. everything seems to be working well, u get it near the bottom and a steely will hit it.

10/20: we hit 9 steelies all on orange glo bugs, the biggest was 28"

10/22: we got 6 steelies that were all 26-27" again on glo bugs.

10/23: fished the afternoon and picked up 5 fish, same pattern.

10/24: 4 fish day, biggest bein 30" was a pig sittin behind a red.

pics are bein developed, and will figure out how to post some of the pigs. fishing around the gold hill and grants pass area. mail me if u want to know more. feeesh on

rob allen · 10-27-2003, 06:25 PM

i'll never understand why guys go to the effort to tie glo bugs . I guess it's ok that they do but why not just take some glo bug yarn tie a gami on your leader with a bait loop and slide the yarn through the loop?

Same exact thing.. and much easier..

[ 10-27-2003, 07:27 PM: Message edited by: rob allen ]

Snapset · 10-27-2003, 07:41 PM

Glo-bugs take about 30 seconds to tie and they are easier to rig than threading yarn through an egg loop or tying a knot in yarn. I have used both and for me Glo-bugs are much more effective. More importantly, perhaps is the fact that a glo-bug is more likely to meet the Fly-only requirement in place this time of year on that section of the Rogue.

TC, try the first park about 7 miles upstream from Shady Cove. Right at the boat ramp is a great riffle if you are bank bound. A single Glo-bug wouldn't work in my opinion, because it won't get down to the fish. Use a heavily weighted Ugly-Bug, Woolly Worm or Montana stone to drag the #14 Corkie sized Glo-Bug down to the fish. If you use that with a 9 foot leader and about 1 foot between the Weighted fly and the egg pattern, you will get fish. Good luck.

TillamookChinook · 10-27-2003, 11:31 PM

Wolfhunter,
Great report!

I will be in Medford area on Wednesday. Is there good water for a bankie near there (Touvelle Park?), which would give me more fishing time before dark than driving north to Grants Pass/Gold Hill area?

What size orange glo bugs have been working? Do you just fish a single fly? What about fishing an egg-sucking leech with a glo bug below that?

TC

10-29-2003, 12:00 AM

Hey Wolf what happened to you in the last fly swap?

Rob Allen wrote:
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i'll never understand why guys go to the effort to tie glo bugs . I guess it's ok that they do but why not just take some glo bug yarn tie a gami on your leader with a bait loop and slide the yarn through the loop?

Same exact thing.. and much easier.. __________________________________________________ ___________
Even easier than that Rob is to go down to the local craft shop and buy a big bag of pom-poms. Thread them on a fly hook and glue them!

[ 10-29-2003, 01:06 AM: Message edited by: Stew ]

M BASS · 10-29-2003, 07:55 AM

i have some Fam coming in from Chicago and they want to fish for steelhead. gan any of you tell me of a guide you would go with.

THX

Grantspastor · 10-31-2003, 07:37 AM

Fly fishing guide....Steve at the native Run fly shop

Snapset · 11-02-2003, 03:56 PM

I am taking a scout troop down again next weekend, (I drifted Shady Cove to Touvelle a couple weeks ago).
Does anybody have a report? Tillamook Chinook?
Wolfhunter? M Bass?
TIA

Bubzilla · 11-02-2003, 08:47 PM

Drifted Takelma to Modoc last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Things are slowing down some. Not as many salmon on redds as even a couple weeks ago. Pressure seems to have the fish in the deeper holes and slots--mostly below Rattle Snake. Most fish were hooked on smaller bead-headed flies; a few on eggs; a few on larger dropper flies, e.g., stones, October Caddis pupae, etc.

wolfhunter · 11-10-2003, 03:43 PM

bye the time i got back from a weeks work, i read the post that the fly swap was full. so i never got the email to confirm me to tie. just a big confusion. sorry for any problems.

the rogue is still fishing hot. try smaller stone patterns. hint size 6 various color beads and light brown bodies. double digit days are still very likely. fish slow and methodically and they will come.

11-10-2003, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wolfhunter:
bye the time i got back from a weeks work, i read the post that the fly swap was full. so i never got the email to confirm me to tie. just a big confusion. sorry for any problems.

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helv">I was talking about the steelhead fly swap wolf. I kept everyone updated and even sent you a private message.

wolfhunter · 11-11-2003, 07:09 AM

ok stew,
sorry for the appology and think what u like. im over it. confusions happen, but hey im not worried and i didnt get your message. i tried to explain that and i know u were talkin about the fly swap.

Sublime · 11-13-2003, 06:32 PM

Hey Wolf...

...Caught any sizeable Ling Yetties down there in the Rogue??? I hear they snatch and eat lil steelies as morsels...especially peewee-Rogues Steelies!.... :grin:

Winters are coming in up here....get ur arse up here!

[ 11-13-2003, 07:33 PM: Message edited by: Sublime ]

steeliedestroyer · 11-14-2003, 04:00 PM

what's up sublime and wolf,

lets get a trip together to punish some steelies when wolf decides it's time to come up here to catch something other than those rogue halfpounders. Just kidding wolf but seriously lets go fishing.

steeliedestroyer

wolfhunter · 11-15-2003, 06:25 AM

ok steeliedestroyer and sublime,
you two are delusional, although a big ling snapped at a steely the other day, partially white tail, big teeth went about 35 lbs, made the steely head for the coast.......
the fco boss and dwight came down, and lost track of how many they caught, guessing around 20 hooked and 13 landed. to many fish. cant give that up.....