Fish Reports

What a crazy last three days it's been. Friday, I had one of my worst guide days all year, if we were having fish for dinner, we would have have gone to bed hungry. Saturday, Hector and Jim from Fresno came up, greeted by a 12 pack of their local IPA, some clouds and cooler weather, I knew we would hook some fish. Walking down

Many of the same patterns as listed for the East Walker have been working on the ranch. Good dry/dropper action as well as nymphing and streamers. The weather is changing in the Sierra daily so sometimes patterns will change often as well.

I used to have an old Suburu Justy, it was a three banger, and that damn thing always overheated. I'm running on three cylinders myself, overheating every afternoon in the sun, on a vitamin D overload, and waiting for some fall weather. In a month, or two, I'll be wishing it was 80 again. Near record temps this week combined with a long summer of

Sometimes, all it takes is some overcast skies to get big fish to turn on. Susan got this big brown (look at the smile on her face) yesterday across the border on the Truckee River. He ate my #16 baetis emerger, or soft hackle. Todd, her husband, lost one as big, just couldn't chase it downstream. He then went back to the same spot

Dry/dropper rigs, streamers and nymphs have all been doing well. There's a lot of dates booked up for the ranch the next few weeks so if you want to get on there give us a call to check availability.

Fishing is pretty damn good here on the Truckee River, and with some fall weather expected this weekend, it will only get better. I've been spending most of my time on the California side of the river, and the fishing is solid, in fact the best it's been all year. I've had some good reports of October Caddis on the upper river, but haven't seen

Thanks to consecutive high water years we have had an explosion of young fish, especially fish in the 8-14″ class, here, on the California side of the Truckee River. Job security for me, and a healthy trout river for all. We've been hooking tons of these guys lately, one can keep their rod bent all day right now. Of course, there are big fish too,

The Sceirine is fishing well, some nice fish hanging out on the ranch these days. Crayfish, dry/dropper and nymphing have all been doing well. Pretty much the same patterns as on the cali side with the addition of some big dries like madam-x and chubby chernobyls.

Fall is for sure here, especially on the CA side of the river. The morning fog blanket has got the water cooled, and most fish are moving back into some softer holding lye's. Down in Nevada, on the Truckee River, it's still a bit warm, and fish are still stuffed down a bit in the faster stuff, but the fishing is great. Pick a state,

We've had some good afternoon soakings around here the last few days. All the moisture has got the fall Hirschdale fog bank starting a bit earlier than usual. You can count on fog in Hirschdale every morning, usually through November. We sit in a bit of a bowl here. It's a bit early for it, but the fish like it, and it can dramatically alter

There's some really nice fish hanging out on the ranch right now and they don't tend to be quite as wary as the fish on the California side. Successful patterns include 3-wire caddis, fox's poopah, birds nest, san juan worm, flashback emergers. Also there's been some good reports from the ranch on dry/dropper rigs as well.

In both states, California and Nevada, September is starting out nicely, and the Truckee River is producing some nice fish. Most of the summer bugs are waning down, such as the yellow stones, and the caddis. There are big golden stones on the menu though, something that's been happening late in the year for the last few. When I mean big, they are about

Fall is creeping in fast. With it come cooler days and nights. The hatches get going again and the fishing gets really good. Kids are back in school, the rafters go away and the fishermen get to take the river back over. The water conditions remain in fantastic shape and the fly fishing on the Truckee should remain good for months to come. California Some of