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Fly Fishing the Sierra Nevada, 2010 It's only January and it's COLD. Most of my favorite places to fish are frozen solid. Bummer. The last few years have been pretty weak as far as any serious fishing is concerned, but 2010 is going to be different. In addition to getting some real fishing in, this year, I am finally going to make JoeAngler.com the resource that I had in mind when I started it. So, Happy New Year everybody. Shoot me an email and let me know what you're interested in, and I'll do my best to create a fly fishing resource you can rely on. 
Back to Lamoille Creek, Elko (Aug. 26, 2006) I am really starting to love it here. Lamoille Canyon is truly one of the most spectacular places I have been lucky enough to fish. Once again, I fished the meadow near the end of the road into the canyon and, once again I landed a bunch of little brookies. They were quite a bit more selective this time around though. I landed 5 or 6 on a Parachute BWO an hour or so before sunset and things dried up. Eventually, I tied on a bushy muddler and fished it like a hopper. POW!! The biggest fish yet, a whopper of about 8 inches, maybe 9, slammed the fly from under a ledge. If you don't enjoy fishing light gear for little fish, this is not the place for you. I really don't care that much. I LOVE fishing my light rod and, for me, it's the thrill of fooling them that keeps in the game. When I get a chance, I will spend a few days up there and really learn the stream. Little Truckee River, Ca. (Aug. 20, 2006) I hadn't been out to the Little Truckee since opening day, which was pretty much a blowout. I've been staying away from the Little Truckee because, being the only river that has had decent water, it has been pretty crowded. Now that the spring run off is finally waning, fishermen seem to have dispersed. I'm glad I went. I got there at around 5:30pm and by 6:15 had hooked up with a FAT 17 inch rainbow. I took him on my intentionally mistied Copper John in the standard color under a ball of that floating indicator putty about two feet up. I have a favorite riffle that I have watched other fly fishermen wade right past for years. You'd swear it would hold nothing yet I have pulled out 24, 22, 20 and 18 inch browns, and now a 17 inch rainbow! That rainbow had been the smallest fish I ever caught in the Little Truckee, but I later caught a fingerling brown below the grasy undercut on a Parachute BWO. Lamoille Creek, Elko (Aug. 11-12, 2006) This is the place to go for spectacular scenery and what, in my view, is classic small stream fly fishing. Just the drive is worth the trip, but don't expect to snag any giants. Small brookies appear to be the norm so bring the lightest rod you have. The bonus is that the fish, though small, are not particularly bright and will hammer your dry flies with reckless abandon. Barney's Fly Fishing Ranch It's late November, temperature topping out around 37 degrees today. A buddy of mine, a local radio personality, was invited to do a little fishing at a new private fly fishing club called Barney's Fly Fishing Ranch. According to their website, Barney's is "a member only sportsman's facility located within the heart of Nevada's picturesque Carson Valley." I'll buy that. I don't know what the actual opening day was, but it may just have been today. Read on... Fly Patterns Over time, every one who fishes with flies develops a few favorites, flies that are believed to somehow tantilize with just the right sparkle, wiggle or hue to render fish defenseless to resist thier allure. Click here to view a few of mine. Click here for my retrospective look at an interesting 365 days. |
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