Western Nevada Fish Reports

Still no excessive heat on the Truckee River. It's gonna get a bit hot next weekend and beyond, but still no 90's for Truckee. Hot in Reno, but it could be way hotter.  Nice and cool in the mornings, (that's when you want to be out anyway) Warm in the afternoons.  Flows have dropped to about 525 cfs, here in Hirschdale- 400 cfs at Mogul on the

The cooling weather and thunderstorms over the last two weeks couldn’t have come at a better time as we were just reaching 68 degrees along most of the Truckee River. As things heat back up, expect to be back into these same trends, which are likely to persist through August.  During these Hoot Owl conditions, be sure to fish early morning on the Truckee, being off

Washoe Lake, located in Washoe Lake State Park, has been placed under a HAB Watch Advisory due to a possible Harmful Algae Bloom. Visual assessments have indicated a possible bloom. Water tests are currently being conducted by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). These toxic algae can cause serious health issues for humans and animals. If you see water that looks discolored or smells bad, stay

Solid fly fishing on the Truckee River.  Nice cool weather and healthy flows. We're having a great Summer. No insane heat, fires and smoke. A stark difference from some past Summers.  So get up and enjoy the Summer fishing on the Truckee River. Soon it will be snowing.. Fow now, think all things crayfish. Our trout gorge on them most of the Summer. We have some nocturnal stones

While the water temps have dropped along the entire Truckee, we are still seeing warm water along Glenshire Drive in the late evenings. Down in the canyon, anglers can fish all day right now, with water temps peaking around 65 degrees by 5:00pm. We have noticed a decline in activity towards that late afternoon window, however, and the best fishing will still be in that morning

The river is looking great! After a few hot days we have now passed the day (July 22) that is typically the seasonal peak air temperature. If historic trends continue, we should begin cooling into Fall.  The fish have been sitting in fast water and are eating happily. Fly selection has varied somewhat unusually day to day. Some days you can’t keep the fish off of

Back to having some nice cool weather on the Truckee River. High's not getting out of the 70's is pretty nice for July. Of course, the fishing has been pretty good.  Flows have been great all up and down the river. 625 cfs here in Hirschdale. If you could pick a perfect flow, that would probably be it. Pretty nice flows down in through Reno as

The flows along the Truckee have remained nice and consistent over the last few weeks, with the Glenshire area at around 350 CFS and below the Boca confluence at 650 CFS. It’s exciting to see such excellent flows for this time of year and it really leaves the whole river open to good fishing conditions. In general, due to the warmer water upstream, we recommend fishing

Hot on the Truckee River.  Fishing is good in this heat if you get out in the mornings and fish the very fast water.  Fast oxygen saturated water. Look for slots, seams, and divits in that fast water. Most anglers have no idea what to look for right now. That's ok, I know a guy. The euro rig is king this time of year. There's almost no reason

While the change in releases out of Tahoe and Boca has kept us on our toes over the last few weeks, overall, the conditions along most stretches of the Truckee are pretty darn good. We would say it’s safe to assume fishing along the 89 stretch will be limited, but through town and down into the canyon remains really good. Due to the good flows out

Lake Tahoe’s surface temps are still in the high 50s°F, warming slightly in protected coves early and late in the day. Mackinaw are now holding deep—most are being caught around 350 feet via trolling or jigging. Kokanee have started schooling deeper in South Lake Tahoe; try running bright spoons or hoochies at about 50 feet. Rainbows and browns are cruising closer to shore near creek

The flows have dropped to summer levels and the fly fishing has been good to very good. We have been focussing on early morning time slots to beat the heat and the innertube hatch that usually starts around 11. We have found trout feeding on caddis and crayfish in the fast riffles or plunges into pools. By mid day fish have moved back to deeper