The search has moved from the valley floor up into the Cascades overlooking the Rogue Valley. A couple weeks ago there were none. The past weekend the first of the black morels were up and popping.
Cascade Mountain Morels
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April Morels
Got a few April morel mushrooms along the Rogue Valley floor. The first one was a lunker!
Rogue River Rowing Into June 2018
From morel mushroom hunting to cutthroat trout on salmon flies, we are rowing the driftboat into June 2018. I’m still trying for spring salmon when I can however most of the time I’ll try angling for the dry fly cutthroat trout and the first early summer steelhead of the season. We caught no summer steelhead yet, but
have tallied a few nice cutthroat trout.
Even have a new dry golden stonefly creation. It is crafted along the lines of the Norm Wood Special.
First Morel Mushrooms of 2018 in the Rogue Valley
I found them today March 21st. The first day of Spring I believe. The report is featured in the Morels 2018 tab. Good hunting! By the way fly fished a few runs today. The river flow is still low. No winter steelhead hooked. Just one nice Rogue River cutthroat trout who couldn’t resist a Beadhead G.R. Hare’s Ear Nymph. The March Brown hatch was on.
Happy to find this first morel after checking another spot, fly fishing two holes and no results. Then this!
Hot Mid Afternoon Bite on the Rogue River 7-19-2017
For some reason the steelhead bite really came on in the afternoon on July 19, 2017. The fish sure kept me busy with the hookups coming fast and furious. I managed to catch some of the action on video. The fish were hitting small stuff like G.R. Hare’s Ear, Prince and Pheasant Tail Nymphs. The small nymphs were fished as the dropper fly off of larger, heavier Carpetbagger Stonefly Nymphs. Oh, and I did manage to land a humdinger of a hatchery steelhead. Fillets for the table!
High Cascade’s Black & Yellow Morels
A good haul of the mountain black morels and a few yellow jumbo morels.
97°F on the Rogue Valley floor. Much cooler in the Cascades. Time to go morel hunting before they disappear for another year.
High Mountain Black Morels 5/17/2017
Another good foray! Tuesday found me trekking the step slopes of the southern Cascade mountains in search of the black morel mushroom of the Rogue Valley area. Wintery weather of cold rain and high winds persisted throughout the hunt.
Rogue Guiden with largest black morel find of the day.
First of the Mountain Black Morels
Yes, they are starting to pop in the high Cascade Mountains. Here’s the first four black morels that I found along an old logging road.
The first of the mountain black morels are found on May 11, 2017. Let the treks into the high Cascades begin. To see more see the Morels 2017 page:
Late Valley Floor Morels 5/2/2017
Latest morel foray updated on the Morels 2017 tab.
Time to visit the Cascade Mountains for black morels!
Week Later Morel Foray Along the Valley Floor
April 23, 2017
Rogue River Salmon Steelhead Board 