Western Montana, great fly fishing! I have fished a lot of stream/creeks, and rivers, also lakes with the bug rod out there west of Missoula. Ashley, and Little Bitteroot, also McGregor Lakes have been pretty fun to say the least. Clark Fork is really nice too for flinging artificial bugs around. The Yaak River, where it comes into the Kootenai I think??? was a total trip last summer...
Fishing in southern Oregon huh? I do know that the Rogue will be no more than a 15 minute drive from White City. Also bring the kickboat if you can...Modoc Pond, and Agate Reservoir are some decent sized still waters for stocker trout, and bass. I'm not sure if Modoc gets trout, but just about every fish species in those two lakes will nab flies. Also for river fishing bring an 9 or 10 wt. fly rod if you want to target the salmon species in the Rogue River. You could get by with an 8/9 wt, but definitely will get bent over if you hook up to a big one...All the more reason for me to fish lighter gear... As far as places to fish go, I would hit the upper river, namely from the hatchery hole at McGregor Park, all the way down to Shady Cove will be full of Chinook, and maybe a bunch of Steelhead too by mid-Sept. Driving may not be of interest to you, but these place are only about 30-45 minutes North of Withe City. So place to fish from the Hatchery hole down to W.C. are... The Hatchery hole, then Casey Park has a nice steelhead tailout, that traditionally produces, after Casey, heading back, there are a lot of place to park off of HWY 62. Look for good holding water, and pull over and get a line in. Then comes Rouge Elk Park, it has a creek that meets the river on the west end, and it has some decent drifts for pig fish. Next on the way down is a turn off near Busch Rd. The river turns left as you are heading down stream, and also a nice steelhead flat section in there, as well as deeper chinook lazy out. Then comes the HWY 62 bridge that crosses the Rogue. Find any place near the river to park, parking lot, side of the road, anywhere. Lots of drift boats here, as the fishing can be epic, especially from the bank. Takelma Park is next, has a nice steelhead tailout above the park, and a long Chinook drift below the riffles. On down the line is the 234 bridge, I have parked on Dodge Bridge rd, and hiked down before. Deeper drift should be productive givin the right conditions, just not for me. And back down to White City, off of Table Rock Rd. there is Tou Velle Park. Only hooked one chinook from the bank there, but lots of drifters get overwhelmed with bites I guess...It is a lot of places to consider, but I thought I'd list every place I have had luck banking the Rogue River. Check out GoogleMaps, and decide where you can feasibly fish. If you have an opportunity, get to the Hatchery Hole, below the Dam. It will be jam packed by mid-September...Hope you can decipher all of that info easliy, and hope you do well on you trip down to the South of Oregon! Also if you feel so compelled to, get a hold of the gents at Oregon Fishing...They are out of Central Point, not far from White City, and they slay the Rogue. Could probably clue you in to some hot spots.
