Occasionally, you just can't miss. I would rather be lucky then good someone else once said. This angler was real lucky. His first drift through the hole at Taylor Creek produced this 41 pound Chinook Salmon after a 45 minute fight on a 9 1/2 foot noodle rod built by Rogue Rods. He definitely felt the bite.

Summer run steelhead are abundant in the Fall and it isn't unusual to catch steelhead up to 12 pounds. This is a great 10 pound native run steelhead trout, fresh from the ocean and what a fight. After numerous jumps and runs in which it streaked line out at a furious speed it succumbed to Thomas Worthen and after a few quick pictures went back to the river to produce progeny for later years.

Coho salmon begin entering the Lower Rogue River Canyon in October, river levels and rain permitting. As you can see they are beautiful and what fighters they are. This one weighs about 12 pounds.

We cater to group fishing trips, corporate fishing trips, families and couples who want to experience a wilderness fishing adventure. This is a perfect trip to reward exceptional employees and clients for sales or meeting tough deadlines. Use it as a means to bond family or employees. The lodges serve as a great place for meetings. Many of our clients re book for the next year as soon as they get off their trip.

From beginner to experienced angler, we teach you the best, most successful methods of catching Chinook salmon, Coho salmon and steelhead trout. Methods we use are:

1. Backtrolling plugs like Kwikfish, Wee Warts and Rebel Crawdads.
2. Twitching flies with fly rods using the Rogue River 'twitch'.
3. Boondoggling (back dragging) spinners or casting spinners.
4. Rolling bait with noodle rods, 9 1/2 foot fly rods converted to spinning rods.

Launch date availability

Our trips in the Lower Rogue River Canyon begin on September 1st, 2008. The Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service regulates which days we can launch and how many people can launch each day. This insures that your wilderness fishing adventure is a uncrowded fishing adventure.

We are allowed to launch five boats (10+2* anglers) on:

• September 1st, 6th, 11th.

We are allowed to launch six boats (12+2* anglers) on:

• September 16th, 21st, 26th October 1st, 6th, 11th, 16th, 21st, 26th and 31st.

• November 5th, 10th and 15th.

• *Flex days can be used to add one more boat (2 anglers) to each trip listed above subject to availability.

ALL OVERNIGHT TRIPS INCLUDE:

• Three or four days of fishing.
• Two or three nights lodging.
• Transportation to the launch and pickup at the end of the trip.
• All fishing rods, fly fishing rods and terminal tackle (Rogue Rods, Shimano Reels and Gamakatzu hooks used exclusively).
• Patient, experienced, entertaining guides that are fun to fish with.
• Complete instruction in all types of fishing methods including flyfishing instruction.
• Breakfast and dinner at the lodge and gourmet riverside lunches by our crew (includes cooked fish on day two and three).
• Non-alcoholic beverages i.e. water, diet drinks, juice, sodas and gatorade.
• Dry bags provided for transporting you personal items and keeping them dry.
• Satellite cell telephones for any important or emergency calls.
• Bureau of Land Management/Forest Service user fee's of 5% per person per trip.

COST

• The fee for our 3 day trip is $1195 pp
• The fee for our 4 day trip is $1525 pp

To these prices we must include:

• A Bureau of Land Management user fee of 3% of the price of the trip.
• A United States Forest Department user fee of $10 per person.

A 50% deposit is required to hold all reservations and the balance is due 30 days in advance of the start date. Once we receive your deposit we mail you a confirmation for your scheduled trip, a trip itinerary and a questionnaire to enable us to serve your needs better on your wilderness fishing trip. The questionnaire involves dietary restrictions, medical concerns, etc.

THINGS NOT INCLUDED:

• Oregon fishing license.
• Alcoholic beverages.
• If you desire your own vehicle to be shuttled to the takeout there is an extra fee of $110 per vehicle on the four day trip and $100 on the three day trip.
• Pre-trip and post-trip lodging and meals (we can recommend lodging or schedule it for you).

TOLL FREE NUMBER TO BOOK

YOUR RESERVATION 800-227-7741

Book your airfare into Medford, Oregon through this hotlink to the Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport (MFR) by clicking on this image.