The Rogue river has been fishing fair to good most of the last month or so, however water levels have been the key.  When warmth and snow melt have come our way, the Rogue has come up and fresh steelhead have come in.  This river typically fishes very good the first few days after a rise in water, but can be equally as fickle once levels drop.  Floating line with indicator rigs are the dominant technique for the fly fisher.

The Rogue river below the dam in the town of Rockford just north of Grand Rapids is a tributary to the Grand and does get a run of steelhead each spring and salmon each fall. Aside for the migratory fish, it's stocked each spring with both rainbow and brown trout and can provide a nice day of fly fishing. The hatches on the Rogue start in mid/late spring with caddis flies and will get numerous hatches throughout the summer including stones, sulphurs, efrons and even hex's above the Rockford dam in mid-late summer. Most often waded, but also floatable in drift boat from late fall through spring, water levels pending.