Hot Creek Fishing Is Excellent

Hot Creek - Mammoth Lakes, CA (Mono County)

by The Trout Fitter Staff
8-25-2011
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Water Conditions:
Great, flows at 48 cfs as of 8/25

Fishing Conditions and Hatches:
Great, tricos early in the morning, til about 10am. Caddis Emergers til noon. Hoppers and Baetis in the afternoon.

Recommended Flies:

DRIES:
Parachute Caddis Grey #18, CDC Caddis Emerger #18, Brook's Hot Creek Caddis #20, Goddard Caddis #18, Kyle's Superflash PT #22, #18 Elk Hair Caddis Tan CDC Emerger Baetis, RS2 Emerger #18,Tan Grasshoppers, Small Chernobyl Ants, Taylor's Fat Albert #14

NYMPHS:
Yankee Buzzer #22, Micracle Nymph #22, Nori's Caddis Pupa Olive #20, Micromayfly Brown #20, Silverman's Epoxy Wingcase Trico #22 Drowned Trico Spinner #20 Olive WD 40 #20-22, #20 Gould's Drowned Spinner, Furimsky's Epoxy Midge #22

STREAMERS:
#12 Bead Head Doc's Twin Lake Special Black/Brown/Olive

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The Trout Fitter Reports

for Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Lake George: Lake Mary & Lake George fishing is very good
Hot Creek: Hot Creek is Excellent
San Joaquin River: Serious dry action at dusk on the San Joaquin
Crowley Lake: The Algae is gone at Crowley and the big fish are on the prowl
Owens River: Fishing is great on the Upper Owens
Owens River: The fishing is still good at the Owens River Gorge
Owens River: Fishing is good on the Lower Owens
Bridgeport Reservoir: Fish the Inlet and the Outlet at Bridgeport
East Walker River: The East Walker Is Coming into its Own