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OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK Solid South Coast chinook season begins May 1 Comment By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune MailTribune.com By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Posted Apr. 22, 2015 at 4:07 PM By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Posted Apr. 22, 2015 at 4:07 PM » Social News Only the weather will get in the way of a bountiful summer of salmon fishing off the Southern Oregon Coast, where anglers are poised to begin another full season of trolling on the briny. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission is set today to pass a series of summer salmon-fishing seasons that again should help Brookings lead the way as the top chinook-fishing port on the Oregon Coast. The proposed chinook season for waters from Humbug Mountain near Port Orford south to the California border is set to open May 1 and run through Sept. 7, with a two-chinook daily limit and no mid-season quota that could trigger a shutdown. So only water conditions and weather will limit anglers' ability to chase chinook, either wild or fin-clipped hatchery ones. The solid season comes thanks to strong returns of 4-year-old chinook to California's Klamath and Sacramento rivers. Fish managers, however, have warned anglers that this year might be the good old days because poorer showings of younger fish in population estimates could mean tighter restrictions next year. Water from Cape Falcon south to the Oregon border also will have a fin-clipped coho season, which will run from June 27 through Aug. 9, unless anglers catch the full 55,000-fish quota before the deadline. If so, the season will close. Both the chinook and fin-clipped coho seasons will carry two-fish daily limits, but only two legal salmon can be kept daily per angler. Free fly-fishing class offered The Medford-based Rogue FlyFishers Association will hold a free one-day class for beginners to learn what they need to start plying the Rogue River for summer steelhead and rainbow trout. The class is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. May 9 at Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park, 8401 Old Stage Road, not far from Gold Hill. John MacDiarmid an International FlyFishing Federation certified casting instructor, and his class will cover everything from wading equipment, rods, reels, lines, leaders and flies. Basic knots will be taught, and there will be a section on aquatic insects and the flies that imitate them. The final lesson of the day will be on presenting the fly and casting. The class is designed to give new fly-fishers the tools to try steelhead fishing later this summer and fall on the mainstem Rogue, as well as rainbow trout fishing in the flies-only section between Cole Rivers Hatchery and the base of Lost Creek dam. In the so-called "Holy Water" impoundment, anglers fish each late May through June for trout using large, dry imitations of stoneflies. Participants in the class actually will pick an evening to fish together in the Holy Water with stoneflies. Participants who have their own rod, reel and line should bring them to the session, but MacDiarmid suggests that participants don't buy new gear just for the class. Those who don't have rods can borrow loaners for the instruction. The class will be limited to a dozen students, and current RFF members are preferred in registration. All participants must preregister. There is an optional $10 fee to buy the book "The Curtis Creek Manifesto." For more information and registration, email MacDiarmid at [email protected] or call 541-840-0183. Reach reporter Mark Freeman at 541-776-4470 or [email protected] . Follow him at www.twitter.com/MTwriterFreeman . By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune MailTribune.com By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Posted Apr. 22, 2015 at 4:07 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... 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