Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3814 June 21- July 5 2019 | Page 9

June 21 - July 5, 2019
VOL.38 • ISS. 14
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Catch & Release
Fishing Reports
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FLY FISHING REPORTS
to inclement
weather. There
should be some
good Baetis
hatches due to
the cloudiness.
Not much in the
way any bugs
hatching.
If you do go,
look for soft
water near the
edges and strip
or dead drift
some streamers
along the edges.
A pink San Juan
Jeff Davis rounded up this awesome Sacramento River striper
Worm is always
while tossing flies this May.
Photo courtesy of EDGEWATER GUIDE SERVICE, Sacramento. good this time of
the year in the
clearer water
as are golden Stone and midge
EAST WALKER RIVER:
patterns.
Trout To 20 Inches On Tap
Flows have ramped up another
100 CFS which isn’t helping things
but there are fish to be caught and
stripping streamers along the edges
and dead drifting in the soft water
will get you some fish many that are
running in the 15 to 20-inch range.
There are lots of fish in the river
and adding a little more weight is
important and will get the fly down to
their level. The easier water to wade
is the mile section between
the dam and the bridge.
The NV side has warmer
water so that’s where you
might want to head to, and
there are fewer people too.
Ken’s has Nevada licenses
too. Ken’s Sporting
Goods has had reports of
Stoneflies crawling about
down there.
TRUCKEE RIVER:
Rains Keeps
Anglers Away
Not much new info as
few are on the water due
HAT CREEK:
Fish Gobble Nymphs
Good reports are coming in from
Hat Creek. No Salmon Flies yet so
fishing a black Rubberlegs can be
very productive. Baetis are hatching
and so are Green Drakes.
Best flies are black rubberlegs and
small red nymphs. A
size #18 Flashback
PT with a red hot spot
can get grabs. Fish
aren’t smart yet so
you should do real
good.
FALL RIVER:
Rainbows Bite
Lots of smaller
Gary caught this husky largemouth during a recent Delta fly
fishing adventure.
fish 12” to 16” are
Photo courtesy of EDGEWATER GUIDE SERVICE, Sacramento.
spread out through
the system with the
larger ones still in the
upper river finishing up their spawning.
inclement weather might be the
Not much in the way of bug hatches
culprit.
are happening yet so now is the time
Next week it’s supposed to warm
to strip or swing #10 & #12 olive leach
up and that should get things going
patterns, such as the venerable Hale
again. There have also been some
Bop for the Fall River’s largest fish.
good reports on springer rainbow/
Try suspending an olive balance leach
steelhead in the upper river. At the
under an indicator, you may be in for a
current flows you pretty much need
surprise.
to be fishing from a boat but in places
The Fall River is only accessible by
where there is a wide flood-plane,
watercraft and requires that you use
such as Ancil Hoffman Park you
some specialized techniques, so it is
probably can wade. More and more
recommended that you fish it with a
stripers are being reported too.
guide the first time out.
AMERICAN
RIVER:
Shad,
Stripers,
Trout &
Steelhead
Cooperate
Flows have
dropped 1000
CFS since
yesterday. There
have been
some good shad
reports recently
but overall the
bite has slowed a
Max, Hector and Aimee had their hands full of trout during a recent
bit. Cooler water
fly fishing trip to Lake Crowley.
Photo courtesy of SIERRA DRIFTERS GUIDE SERVICE, Bishop. due to our current
Steve visited the East Walker River on May 28 and
successfully brought this big brown trout to the
net. The fish was released after the photo.
Photo courtesy of SIERRA DRIFTERS GUIDE
SERVICE, Bishop.
Fly Fishing Destinations In Focus:
The Truckee River
T
he Truckee consists of just about every
water category there is. Much of it is
freestone, with long runs of pocket water,
punctuated by long wide flats. Once the
Truckee drops into the canyon section it turns
into a necklace of very deep pools and runs
separated by roily pocket water. It’s not a big
river so most of the time it is very wadeable.
Springtime means run off and that can occur
during various interval lengths beginning in
the month of April and continue into June.
There is an old saying that when the water
is high and roily, go big heavy and ugly so
big and heavy. The spring transcending into
summer season brings the beginning
of significant hatches with one of the
first most anticipated hatches being
the Green Drakes. March Browns
also appear and Baetis continue
during the early part of spring.
With the arrival of summer the
flows settle down and all of the bugs
that we know and love show their
faces. Caddis, Golden Stones, Little
Yellow Stones and Pale Morning
Duns are the most common. Also
of mention are terrestrials such as
hoppers and very importantly the huge Carpenter Ants that blow up slope from the valleys below.