Fish Reports

We might not see another cold front until October, gotta love the Sierras-California. High pressure will settle in bringing with it mild temps and sunshine for basically all of summer, except for the afternoon thunderstorms. The river is still up below the Hirsch, clear, but near the 1000k mark. Hasn't stopped us from catching fish though

The Ranch has been fishing well also this past week, you can go with any of the flies mentioned for the East Walker and do well. Also there has been a bit more dry/dropper action on the ranch than on the Cali side, try a chubby chernobyl or madam-x with a caddis nymph or midge dropper.

It seems like it always snows on Memorial Day weekend, you can just about count on it. It snowed yesterday and last night in Truckee. Snowed all the way down to Reno actually. At least I wasn't out camping in a tent somewhere. The waters up, near a 1000 cubes in the Hirsch and down below. The best section of river to fish would be

We've been taking a beating by the wind this week on the Truckee River. Pummeled is the word. Tommorow rains in the forecast with less wind, thank god. Bummer if you're gearing up for a weekend camping trip with the kids. The water master has got the gates open on Boca, and Stampede. Flows here in the Hirsch and below in the mornings are now

Fishing is good all over on the Truckee River. Floated on the Eastside yesterday, it was about 90 degrees, the water is a bit high and dirty, we lost some big fish and fishing was solid all day. Caddis have already popped, along with pmds mid-afternoon. Roll out the G-6 on 'em, which ripped lips yesterday. In the Hirsch, the water is up over 700,

The Ranch is still fishing very well, lots of nice fish are being caught on dry/dropper rigs, some streamers and nymphs. For streamers go with zuddlers and moal leeches, for dry/dropper and nymphs try madam x, stimulator, chubby chernobyl, dark lord, fox poopah, flashback emerger and 3 wire caddis.

Right now the river is at 700 cubes or so at Hirschdale, and about 800 in Nevada, good, for this time of year, as run-off could make it much higher on a normal water year. Releases from Boca have just begun. I imagine the river will stay up at least over the 500 range for a while. I have been spending most of my time

Make sure the doors are locked and the 870 is loaded, because when Ryan from The Fly Syndicate is in the boat, no telling what can happen. Ryan and Dad Larry came out for a float yesterday on the Eastside. Ryan did well, but Dad was asleep at the wheel most of the day. Streamers and nymphs getting the job done. It's pretty much came

The Ranch has been fishing very well this past week, and we're starting to see some good numbers of caddis down there as well. Lots of action on nymphs and dry/dropper rigs. It's been getting booked up a few days in advance, especially on the weekends so call ahead if you want to head down there. Chubby chernobyl, madam-X, dark lord, wd-40, rainbow warrior,

They're here, our big winged carpenter ants of spring. Fun stuff. All of our finned friends in rivers around Truckee-Tahoe-Western Nevada, lakes, and tribs, will have ants on their minds for the next couple weeks. You can do some prospecting with a single ant pattern, or get one a little bigger like a chernobyl, and hang some droppers off the back. Besides the chernobyl, my

Trout have spread out and are just about everywhere in the river. It's good to fish the soft spots and or secondary holding lies with the dry dropper rig, and nymph up on the deeper stuff. You'd be surprised to see how many fish are in about 2-3 feet of water. B-dubs and march browns are on the lunch menu. Attractor patterns are still working