Main Truckee River and tributaries
(between Little Truckee confluence and downtown Reno)
Flows on the Truckee River are in great shape. Fortunately this is quite opposite to what we were experiencing last summer. The fishing has been as good as the flows. Streamers, nymphs and dry flies are all working. Great numbers in town and some good sized trout have been caught above town and into the Canyon.
FLOWS ON TRUCKEE RIVER NEAR FARAD
Hatches of Caddis, PMD (Pale Morning Duns), BWO’s, and some stoneflies can be expected almost every morning and evening throughout the system. As the meadows and floodplains continue to dry out, hoppers should start showing up in abundance.
Definitely the time of year to have a few Crayfish patterns in your fly box. As Ralph suggested in the podcast it is best to fish these in the shallow/fast riffles as they dump into the deep pools.
Flies: E/C Caddis, Missing Link Caddis, CDC Comparadun PMD, Red Neck PMD, Sweet Pea, Bead Head Brown Wooly Bugger, Wool Head Sculpin, Dead Drift Crayfish
Lake Davis and Frenchman’s Reservoir
While we have had some great reports from Lake Davis this week, surface water temps have increased since our last report. Jon Baiocchi has reported some surface temps into the 70s. This will begin to turn fish away from hanging out in the water closer to the surface and will make top water action become sporadic, hatch dependent, or non-existent. It might be possible to find some fish in the shallows early in the morning when temps are more conducive to healthy conditions.
When the sun gets high in the air chance you tactics to fishing under a slip indicator or to retrieving a streamer pattern. This will still effective as the fish will continue to feed throughout the day. Vary depths regularly to focus in on where fish are holding at the specific time.
Flies: Sexy Hex, Foam Hex, Balanced Leech Canadian olive and diablo, Draggin Nymph olive, Wiggle Tail, Maribou Damsel, Sheep Creek Special, CDC Comparadun Callibaetis, SST Leech, Blood Midge, Patient Midge and the Red Eye Midge.
Hobart Reservoir and Marlette Lake
Hobart has been a ton of fun. Tiger trout, brooke trout, rainbow trout and cutthroat trout can all be caught at the same body of water with a little bit of effort. A float tube, like the Outcast Fish Cat 4, is the best way to make this happen but fishing from shore is very easy.
The fishing at Hobart can be pretty straight forward with these trout eagerly taking a fly. Dries, nymphs and streamers all work. Often the most difficult part is to choose which one to start with. If the wind stays down dries seem to work along the southern and eastern shores.
Nymphs and streamers tend to produce a bit more along the deep western shore and around the dam. Of note, as the meadows continue to dry out as summer progresses, the Hoppers will hatch and become a great food source. Have some ready!
Marlette Lake opens on July 15th. We will have a full report as soon as we make it up.
Flies: Royal Humpy red, Royal Trude lime, Para Adams, Copper John black and red, Para Ant, Mini Chernobyl, Soft Spot, Poxyback Hare’s Ear, Wiggle Tail, and Red Eye Damsel