FISHING REPORT – MAY 20, 2016
Main Truckee River -(between Little Truckee confluence and downtown Reno)
The fly fishing on the Big T has been up and down. The storms, warmer temps then cooler temps have had the water flows and clarity bouncing around. This is all great for the biology of the river but can make things a bit challenging for us anglers.
High water is not a time to find other things to do around the house. Fish need to eat and the larger trout will eat every day. Bright flies and often large offerings will be taken with enthusiasm during high water and off color conditions.
CURRENT TRUCKEE RIVER FLOWS AT FARAD GAGE
(NEAR FLORISTON)
As flows stabilize top water action should pick up. We are coming into a special time on the Truckee and there are very predictable hatches that will pop when the conditions are right. Looks for Ants, Mahagoney Duns, Green Drakes and Caddis to make their appearance shortly.
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Flies: Power Ant, Flying Ant, G-String Worm, Floss Worm, Pheasant Tail #12 and #14, GTI Caddis, Elk Hair, Missing Link #12 and #14
Lake Davis and Frenchman’s Reservoir
Both of these reservoirs are a approximately 50% capacity and fishing well. Conditions should continue to improve as summer finally settles in and the bugs can come out with confidence another storm isn’t going to ruin the party. Good tube fishing in both spots with best action kicking a short ways offshore and casting small leech patterns back towards the bank. Also it is worth trying a breakaway indicator with a long leader with a Blood Midge and or an Ice Cream Cone.
Jay Fair’s Wiggle Tail
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Flies: Balanced Leech canadian olive and diablo, Wiggle Tail, Jan’s Draggin Nymph, CDC Comparadun, SST Leech, Blood Midge, Patient Midge and the Red Eye Midge.
Pyramid Lake
Things have picked back up at Pyramid as the Summit Lake spawn has ended. The fish have moved back out into the Lake to do what they do best which is eat things. The fly fishing has been lights out. With several double digit days reported. The low light conditions seem to be the best with early and late in the day providing the most cover for the fish. Their appetites also seem to have switched back to larger flies. Some will be caught with midge and nymphs but the strip bit and Balanced Leeched under an indicator are the top producers.
Flies: Pyramid Minnow, Wooly Bugger chartreuse/black, Clouser Minnow and the Balanced Leech
Summer Class Schedule
Introduction to Fly Fishing | May 21, June 4, June 18 | $100
Introduction to Fly Fishing is designed to learn and improve upon the basics. It is our opinion this is a great place for beginners to start and is where even experienced anglers should spend some time. This one day class is designed to cover all of the topics to get you on the water and ready for a great trout season on the Truckee River and beyond.
The class schedule follows the following topics, gear/equipment, casting, knots and rigging, stream side approach and casting in moving water. This class will begin in the Reno Fly Shopor a local park and then finish with some time on the water.
Casting – We will cover the basics of casting a fly rod to show beginners and seasoned anglers the best way to get the most out of each cast. We will show you all of the casts we use on our area waters. We will cover overhead casts, roll casts, single and double hauls, etc.
Knots and Rigging– We will cover the knots needed to keep you fishing and the best ways to rig your rod for the different styles of fly fishing our area waters. We will show you how to tie knots like; the improved clinch, triple surgeons, blood knot and the perfection loop. Some of the rigging you will improve on is the dry/dropper, indo nymphing and high sticking.
Stream Side Approach – One of the most fun classes of the summer series. Stream side approach is where we begin to put it all together. We will put on our waders, head down to the river and discuss fish habitat, fish behavior, bug behavior and will sample what bugs are in the water that evening. We will also cover the best way to stalk fish in the river, safety in and around the river as well as some basics on etiquette when there are other river users out there with us.
These classes are taught by our staff and guides and we are available before and after the class to answer any questions or provide detailed information.
This class is limited to 4-6 students. If you have your own gear bring it. If not, we will provide everything.
The cost of the class is $100.
Please reserve your spot today this class fills up fast.
Advanced Nymphing and Dry Fly Fishing Class
May 28th | $150
The Advanced Nymphing and Dry Fly Fishing is designed to take your intermediate skills to the next level. The class, taught by Mike Curtis (head guide at the Reno Fly Shop), will show you how to fly fish with nymphs and dry flies. Mike will walk you through advanced techniques for using an indicator, high sticking with an indicator, dry/dropper and then fishing strictly with dry flies.
This one day class schedule, which will be about 4.5 hours) follows the following topics, leader setup, casting, streamside approaches from different directions (downstream, 45 degree and upstream) and fly line mending (distance, close, stack, etc.). This class will begin at a local park and then finish with some time on the water.
This class is limited to 4-6 students that have taken the Introduction to Fly Fishing class from us or have basic of knowledge of fly fishing independently.
If you have your own gear bring it. If not, we will provide everything.
The cost of the class is $150. Please reserve your spot today this class will fill up fast.