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We have settled into our winter groove. High-noon fishing is in vogue with dries if you look for noses. Nymphing slow water will work too……. BWOs and the deadly Midge, are the main food forms.Sz 20 or so…. Down in … Continue reading →

There is a little ice hiding in the shade near the water. The spiders that fly just before winter, have flown……..The Birds are almost all gone. Just the tough ones hang all winter. Fishing is switching to winter mode a … Continue reading →

Ok, so it’s cooling off nicely…… Fish are looking up……. Been getting a surgical drifts, and getting enthusiastic feedback. Did 3 drifts for a 19″ Brown…. I love Fall….. Hoppers are the special right now…..match them closely to the ones … Continue reading →

I’ll be honest (of course), we need cooler temps, and they may be coming…. The fish are tired of us flogging them……and warmer water having less oxygen, makes fish feel lethargic and a little stressed. I often take time out … Continue reading →

Thought I would share the joy….My buddy Andy scored his Brown on a sz 18 Baetis dry. Practice does make perfect……… We have clouds today! Always nice to get a break from the sun………The fish do not like it much……..so … Continue reading →

We are hard into summer…… Had a young fisherman out this week. We stalked a nice brown, his first, and it looked like the fish was going to win! But this guy had more game than the fish. He said…NO! … Continue reading →

Last evening, as I walked back to the truck, I saw a dead tree swarming with Brewers Blackbirds…….no other trees had any activity, so I went to take a look. Termites were emerging in large numbers. Some birds ate them … Continue reading →

He isn’t that big….but he ate a dry. That means, for those who fish no other way, it’s time to fish…..   Just because I fish every way under the sun, doesn’t mean I can’t fish a dry for a change, … Continue reading →

Ok….finally it is stable and warm! I think the snow is behind us…….time to fish! The river is looking good….the upper section between Truckee and TC is flowing well and has given up a few fish, and a fish has … Continue reading →

I challenged my buddy to one-drift a fish…..(it’s how we get better) it took four drifts for the brown, and four more for a nice bow…. Day two……..another Brown! This is for those who think it has to be lower … Continue reading →