Excellent fishing on the Lower Owens

Owens River - CA

by The Trout Fitter Staff
11-16-2012
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Water Conditions: Good flows are at 205 cfs as of 11/12.

Fishing Conditions and Hatches: Excellent! Fish Midges early until the sun hits the water and warms everything up. After that there is a pretty decent Baetis hatch for a few hours until it starts to cool down again.

Recommended Flies:

NYMPH: Copper John #18-20, BH Flashback Pheasant Tail #20, Zebra Midge #18-22, Medallion Midge #20, Tungsten Psycho #16-20, Barr's Emerger #18-22, Zebra Midge #20

DRIES: Stimulator #18-20, CDC Baetis DUN #18-20, #18-#18-20, Parachute Adams #18-20, Brook's CDC Baetis Emerger #18-20

STREAMERS: Pop's Bugger, Olive Doc's Twin Lake Special, Flashabou Buggers

More Reports

The Trout Fitter Reports

for Friday, November 16th, 2012

Hot Creek: Use midges in the AM, Baetis thoughout the day while fishing Hot Creek
Owens River: The flows are high on the Upper Owens so use sink tip lines

The Trout Fitter Reports

for Friday, November 9th, 2012

Mammoth Lakes : The road is closed to the Lakes Mary & George but you can still hike in and fish
Hot Creek: Look for some unreal BWO hatches when the snow falls at Hot Creek
Crowley Lake: The trout action at Lake Crowley is still good although the big fish are spread out
Owens River: With the flows this high on the Upper Owens use a sink tip line
Owens River: No recent reports from the Owens River Gorge
Rush Creek: No recent reports from Rush Creek
Owens River: With the flows on the Lower Owens at 205 cfs you can now wade
Bridgeport Reservoir: No recent reports from Bridgeport Reservoir
East Walker River: The East Wlker flows are so low it makes fishing tough