Truckee River - The Last of the Good Flows

Good is relative to the severity of the drought, but fishable flows may be gone for a while.  This update was from a week or so ago when we had water and temps between 64-66F, but they cut off the flows coming out of Boca, the primary source of cold water for the river, so its getting pretty rough for the trout in and around town.  

 If you get above the diversions and/or into CA you can find some higher flows, deeper runs and cooler temps, but that too will be short lived and is close to running its course.

 Spotted Sedges are out in good numbers getting attention on and below the surface, but the real question is, what are carp keying in on.  Its about that time to head east, put away the rainbow rod and break out the 8wt.

A glimmer of hope, just about all the bows and blue cheeks I've seen have put on good weight this spring, maybe some of them can hold out through one more really bad drought.  The bad news is most of trout fry and bait fish were gorged on when the river puddled up last summer, so its going to be leaner this go around.

Truckee River - The Living Stick

The fishing was great in the lower canyon...but the catching was only fair. We tried swinging big stones and crayfish trailed by caddis pupae and mayfly nymphs...caddis took the day. We ended up digging around looking for bugs. Check out this caddis covered stick which Jackpot snagged up from the bottom of a riffle. Trying to ID these guys: they were free-living, were case-free, and were all anchored by sliken threads which they seamed to repel with downstream. My guess is some sort of Rhyacophila, a variety of sedge.Dangling by silk threads.The whole stick was moving. They didn't coat the rocks so much, just this stick.