Nymphing is the preferred technique but dries also work on occasion on the East Walker

East Walker River (CA) - Bridgeport, CA


by Jim Reid
4-8-2012
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Happy Easter!! The flows are still fluctuating a little bit this past week which is normal for this time of year. Fortunately it hasn't hindered the fishing at all! Today the flow is at 95 cfs.

Nymphing has still been the main technique but there has been some good reports on dries as well. On the topic of dries, some days there have been stretches that lasted several hours when the surface action was good, then other days it will only last for small stretches of time like 15 or 20 minutes. You just need to watch the water and see how the fish are behaving and if they stay on top for a while go after them. Some patterns that have been working include: drowned trico, blue dun, blue wing olive, para adams, wd-40, zebra midge flashback emerger, rainbow warrior, silver streak, ice nymph.

I have had a couple reports from the Rosachi this week and unfortunately they were not very good. Things seem to be much better on the California side as opposed to the Rosachi right now.




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