Sorry to be a 'wet blanket' for you Washingtonians: but the Lower/Middle Rogue is ALIVE with the buggers.

And my wife-type says I've got to continue empting moving boxes. ... beathead

Ah well, it will be a couple of weeks at least before they hit the top 30ísh miles of river (Medford to the Hatchery). On the 'top end' of the Rogue our 'winter run' fishing really only kicks into gear in LATE January-March.

The good news is the past several years (nothing suggesting a change for 2002-2003) the runs have been very large. Even us 'fly guys' have been hitting fish, after fish, after fish. Just have to run the flys deep and slow to get results.
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