The fishing on the Truckee over the last week has been pretty slow. We speculate that this is because of the cold days we’ve been having lately. The water is also very clear, and this doesn’t typically help the angler much either as it makes the fish even more wary and more likely to key in on the small bugs. 

 

With this said, focus on fishing mid-day right now, use light tippet and fish small flies down to a size 22. Blue wing olives and midges are really going to be the main food item this time of year. While this won’t really change until spring, if there were a bit more precipitation causing a decrease in visibility, we may find better luck on bigger meals such as worms, stones and eggs as well, but right now that is not the case.

 

The streamer bite has been hit or miss too, but we’re still finding a fish here and there willing to take the larger meal. We hope that the weather coming through the area this week will mix things up a bit and get the fish back on the chew a bit more.