Monthly Archives: August 2013

Things are really nice right now. T-shirt weather at dawn…. The grasses are turning golden. Mornings have very little smoke effect. Seems worst in the afternoon. Flows are nice with 62-63 deg early. Temps come up slowly, until just before … Continue reading →

We, as humans, want our regularity. To us, planning/predictabilty is good, chaos bad. Well let me burst your bubble. It ain’t so……..nature doesn’t run by a clock. Today, I found an October Caddis in it’s case, happily pupating…. It is … Continue reading →

Going to be a little cloudy/smokey/rainy…. Get some time in, fish always like atmospherics. Water temps are holding around 62 at dawn, and around 6-8 degrees warmer near dusk. Truckee is flowing well…with the recreational release from Tahoe. Green/clear and … Continue reading →

On tough water, and game fish…. It’s best to get that first drift in there. Twenty more good drifts, might not help. Crack of dawn is best…… Think outside the box. And, don’t tell them you are coming.

Fairly big fire around Forest Hills, has caused the air to turn gray. Otherwise things are much the same. Spooky, savvy fish. Temps are nice, both air and water. We are still finding fish, just extremely fast takes. They don’t … Continue reading →