Rogue River, Upper

GAGE LOCATION

DAY/YEAR
GRAPHS

CURRENT
STAGE/FLOW

WHAT TIME

Elk Ck near Trial

7 30 year

2.54 / 38

2 pm

Rogue/Dodge Bridge

7 30 year

3.27 / 2140

2 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

Green drake

March brown

Salmonfly

Midge

Leech

The Rogue gets a nice caddis hatch in May, both in the mainstem and in the fly-only Holy Water below Lost Creek Dam. Use size 12 patterns. Trout fishing is closed in the mainstem of the Rogue, but you can fish for half-pounders (immature steelhead); just release your catch.

At the very end of May or in early June, the salmonflies should start hatching in the Rogue "Holy Water," the short fly-fishing-only section below Lost Creek Dam. Look for female stoneflies to drop to the surface in the evening to lay their eggs; that's the best time to fish here. Good flies are MacSalmons and Clarks Stoneflies.

There will be some early-arriving summer steelhead this month, as well as spring chinook. Some winter steelhead are available until mid-month, but they should be left alone to spawn and return to the ocean. So big, fresh anadromous fish are around, but realize that it's low-percentage fishing until August.