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September 30th – November 10th | Madison River Fishing Report

We experienced some winter weather this fall which made it tough to get to the water some days and as the water temperature dropped like a rock the fishing got less and less consistent. If you were lucky enough to get out on the warmer days you probably had to cycle through flies catching a fish here and there.

Nymphs are your best bet these days and I wouldn’t expect that to change for a while. Egg patterns and Pat’s Rubberlegs have been the most consistent but you can also expect to pick up some fish on Delektable Mega Princes, Delektable Lil’ Spankers, Bloom’s Tung Darts, Copper Johns, Princes and Zebra midges.

On some of the warmer days the upper river has had some great midge hatches. They’ll be your best shot at dry fly fishing through the winter. Flies like the Goober Midge, Griffith’s Gnats, CDC Midges and Sipper Midges will all be good choices.

Streamer fishing had both it’s ups and it’s downs as well. If you’re into fishing streamers you know you must work for it sometimes. Well, that’s been the case throughout this fall. One day they like the big white, next it’s small naturals and some days it seems like they’re not going to open their mouths for anything but those darn egg patterns. With that being said, we’ve caught some nice fish on Dungeons, Silk Kitty’s, Delektable Screamers, Zonkers and Bow River Buggers.

Late October-Early November | Rogue River Fishing Report

Another spectacular time on Dan and Nancy’s fall trip to the Rogue River that started on their honeymoon 17 years ago. Special thanks to Jeff and Jules for our stay at grandpa and grandma’s property on the Rogue River. The weather was just great, and the temperature ranged from the 60’s into the 70’s. Dan was grateful to join Tim Miller for 5 days of guided fishing with the first 3 days with Steve Walser and 2 days with Steve’s son Kameron. They enjoyed catching steelhead on the usual nymphing bugs: Delektable bug in egghead midnight fire, deep purple in size #4 and #6 and smaller Delektable nymphs in Delektable Egghead Twisted Wire Green/Chartreuse size #10 and #12, Delektable CDC Baby sizes #8 and #10, Delektable Lime Juice #8 and #10, Delektable Red Headed Big Spanker Sizes #8 and #10, and Delektable Sure Strike Peacock Sizes #8 and #10. Of special note was the DRY dropper combo Delektable Mega Chubbyness UV Salmon Fly in a size #8 with two Delektable size #10 bead head nymphs below the DRY. They fished that and caught steelhead, cutthroat, and rainbow trout, what a treat! Steve and Kameron Walser had this dialed in, thank you boys for showing us the Rogue through your eyes. Mrs. Delektable flew in for a short trip and had 5 days on the river. Princess Nancy had 2 days with Dan and of course scored all the biggest steelhead of the trip. Again, we want to thank our great friends for making this fall trip so memorable, Jeff and Jules, Steve and Kameron, Tim and Andy, Jack and Angie at the Fishin’ Hole, Tall Dave and Jed, Heather, Kathy, and Linda.