I had a couple of hours tonight to be able to swing one of my favorite runs--a real breath of fresh air because most of my clients pick indicators and nymphs, over swinging. Although nymphing is probably the most efficient way to catch a fish, it lacks the grab of the swung fly, and
Rogue Steelhead have slammed a well swung fly for close to a hundred
years. If clients would give it a try they might never go back.
I
started with a floating Skagit tipped with a clear intermediate poly
leader swinging a Silver Hilton. Within a couple cast I got a bump,
then another, but it was one of those Rogue Steelhead short strikes you
have to get use to if your going to fish this river. I continued to hit
the water until I was sure the fish wasn't going show agian, then I
switched rigs. I took off the floater and changed it with a intermediate
Skagit. I tipped it with a 10 foot section of T10 and finished it off
with a cone head bugger. It only took a couple of passes and SLAM, the
rod about came out of my hands. The fish ran, jumped twice then was
gone. It was a good size Summer Steelhead. A little disgusted, I
halfheartedly swam the fly through the same slot. Just after the second
mend my rod doubled again. This fish was smaller but you would have had a
hard time convincing him of that. The little guy ripped into the
current and made several aerial attacks, but within a few minutes he
came to bay.
It was a great couple hours, If you have
never swung a fly for Rogue River Steelhead you really should, ask the
Legends, they never used a indicator and they caught a ton of fish. Best
Fishes
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Great Water |
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Do you see the Slot |
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Nice Rogue River Summer Run |
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He Slammed the Rogue Wooly Bugger |
The beauty of fishing sports is the type of people you hang around with. We all love fishing sports recreation and in keeping with the theme I have heard so many good fishing jokes that I thought I would share some of these with you.
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