Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3808 Mar 29- Apr 12 2019 | Page 11

Mar 29 - Apr 12, 2019 VOL.38 • ISS. 8 9 Catch & Release Fishing Reports Sponsored by Kiene’s Fly Shop 916-483-1222 • www.Kienesflyshop.com 9550 Micron Ave. Suite B • Sacramento, CA FLY FISHING REPORTS TRUCKEE RIVER: Access Improves With Melting Snow Miles at Mountain Hardware reports that access to the water has improved due to the fact that much of the snow along the shoreline has been washed away by the rain. He says that even though the flows have increased you can get fish along the edges by drifting rubberlegs or other big and ugly patterns. Stripping a muddler streamer along the edges might get you a big brown. Elijah Roth landed and released this huge winter rainbow while fishing the Owens River with the team at Sierra Drifters Guide Service. Photo courtesy of SIERRA DRIFTERS GUIDE SERVICE, Bishop. EAST CARSON: Fair To Good HOT CREEK: Access Difficult, Fish Likely Good Access is difficult in the gorge due to unplowed roads though the access to the interpretive center is pretty easy. If you can get into the gorge, you will have some good fishing as the trout haven’t seen many fishermen in a while. The Troutfitter in Mammoth Lakes reports that it’s all about midges and blue wing olives right now. Mid-day is best and very few fishermen are on the water. Check road conditions either The special regulations section downstream from Hangman’s Bridge but the river is very fishable at these flows. Being that the section downstream of the bridge is somewhat void of riparian vegetation, the water tends to warm up a little which wakes up the fish. If you can find a way to get down there, you might have some decent fishing on warmer days throwing blue wing olive and midge Master fly fishing guide Jason Thatcher holds up an impressive patterns. Sacramento River rainbow that jumped all over a rubber legs nymph. at the Troutfitter or at Rick’s before you go into the gorge. Don’t attempt it without a 4x4 and deep treads. LEWISTON LAKE: Rainbows Bite Despite Stained Water Photo courtesy of EDGEWATER OUTFITTERS, Lewiston Lake is colored Sacramento. up, but still fishing. Don’t let the reduced visibility keep you off the lake. Midges, BAUM LAKE: dragonflies and callibaetis. These are the staples on the menu on this lake. Good Action On Clear Watch for the roving bands of rainbows Days chasing down callibaetis coming off The weather has been a problem near the drop offs on the old river at times, but sunny days on the channel and get ready for a take down lake have triggered hatches and the when they get close. An olive or brown result has been some great dry fly balanced leech under an indicator fishing. Midge, BYO and Griffiths is deadly here. Otherwise, fish a red Gnats dries will get fish. Small zebra in #16-18 near the channel drop nymphs stripped very slowly around offs. Slow stripping a pheasant tail is weed beds works well. Lots of fish probably the most fun until you can are schooled around the hatchery target fish with a parachute adams. outlet and also the Crystal Spring Lake inlet. LOWER YUBA RIVER: At 13,000 CFS Only The Hardcore Need Try For you die hards, fish the edges and you may be surprised at how many fish are there. Worm patterns and big and uglies are good patterns when the water is high on this river. Fish the edges. Now is the time to start tying up those Trevor Herring caught and released this massive Skwala patterns so you are ready as soon as the flows come Pyramid Lake cutthroat while tossing flies this March. Kiene’s has all the flies, gear and advice back down. Photo courtesy of JASON THATCHER, Redding. I Top Streamers And Wet Flies For Early Season Trout! n the early part of the trout season, whether I’m armed with traditional fly gear or a spinning rod armed with a fly, the woolly bugger has emerged as my favorite streamer pattern. If you only carry one fly pattern with you, this should be it. The woolly bugger, an updated version of the woolly worm, sports a chenille body that is covered with hackle and a marabou tail. Both the hackle and the marabou look extremely lifelike under the water, pulsing and writhing continually with the slightest movement. I carry both black and olive colored buggers with black being my favorite in sizes 6 and 10. When using woolly buggers I like to use These happy anglers doubled down on Delta stripers this December while fly fishing with guide Toby Uppinghouse. a drift and swing approach. To accomplish this, the rig is cast directly across the current or a bit upstream. Allow the rig to sink on a semi-tight line. When the line tightens below your position allow the fly to swing across the current and back to your side of the flow. At this point don’t be in a hurry to retrieve the rig. Instead allow it to hang in the current for several seconds as you slowly pump the rod tip. It always amazes me how many trout I pick up by jigging or pumping a fly right next to the bank on a tight line. - Cal Kellogg you need for successfully fishing Pyramid Lake. Photo courtesy of KIENE’S FLY SHOP, Sacramento.