tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70535640179044407222024-03-05T17:10:28.199-08:00California Fly FishingFrank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.comBlogger332125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-21449607100145947682020-08-04T21:10:00.003-07:002020-08-04T21:31:34.861-07:00A Missed Opportunity in Truckee Area<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <u>excerpt from <span style="color: red; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Sierra Fisherman</span><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b></u></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><u>magazine...Spring 2009</u>:</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"Looking dow</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">n from the high bluff I saw the bright, white mouth of an 18”-plus rainbow
inhale a bug at the surface. I then
observed several mayflies flying above the stream. I thought, “Right on time!”
I hastened my pace down the trail, crossed the stream and got into position for
my first cast to one of the rising trout. This occurred during what is now
known as the “hatch of ’96”; six weeks of a prolonged and consistent 11AM- 4PM,
Pale Morning Dun hatch…and rising trout.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This
event occurred on the Little Truckee River, below Stampede dam. The “hatch of 1996” is considered the one important
event that propelled the Little Truckee River to its status as one of
California’s premiere fly fishing venues. At that time, it was still a
“secret”; and the locals wanted to keep it that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, the word spread out of the area and a
lobbying campaign started for “catch & release” regulations.”</span></i></span></div>
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Well the 2020, late-June through July’s, high flows during
and the PMD/Green Drake may now become as legendary as the “hatch of ‘96”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the illustrious Tahoe-Truckee Fly Fishers president, Trevor Fagerskog recently
<u>hinted</u> at the end of July16 BOD meeting; "Dillon is ‘wackin’em’ on the <b><i><span style="color: red;">LT</span></i></b>”.
Yes indeed, and he’s graciously shared it with a TTFF member or two.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The images of Paul Dillon and John Marcacci occurred during
a mid-morning to mid-afternoon session on July 26. They <u>netted</u> a dozen
quality Rainbows via dry flies, indo and Euro-nymphing. The Rainbows ranged
from 16” to the 22” buck Rainbow first imaged....plus a <u>smallish </u>14” Brown. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trophy Rainbow ate a “Dillon”; an emerger pattern that Paul has been fine-tuning during the last six
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What’s unusual about this year’s fishing on the <b><i><span style="color: red;">LT</span></i></b> is that
the flows were as high as 600 cfs as of June 30, the ramp-downs commenced July
1<sup>st</sup> and are currently at 175 cfs. Not a lot of anglers were on the
water because the BT had been fishing well and the LT water was unusably “big”
for this time of year.<br />
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Unbelievably, during these unusual high flows, dry fly fishing
was by far the most productive method during the period; if one could find the
soft-water, shallow feeding-riffles and slicks during the late-morning to mid-
afternoon PMD hatch. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Head-hunting became
the game.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">So, by the time you read this, you’ve missed the event.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhXGMwRGNoX_W7S_97qoTd5gpk3aPJ9eZZn9-CaflKOZK4S751QgtB8YnVuoyAMAb6BABrIHEHWsQlxWTVSCp4vU3Xu1EB5Cv9BFHaR6XUAChgzzLwny3bbwcLbgp_ZdcitfixM07mdhZ/s2048/shadow+selfie+w+rod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhXGMwRGNoX_W7S_97qoTd5gpk3aPJ9eZZn9-CaflKOZK4S751QgtB8YnVuoyAMAb6BABrIHEHWsQlxWTVSCp4vU3Xu1EB5Cv9BFHaR6XUAChgzzLwny3bbwcLbgp_ZdcitfixM07mdhZ/w512-h384/shadow+selfie+w+rod.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><font color="#ff0000" face="times">da Shadow knows..</font></b></i><font color="#ff0000"><b><i>.</i></b></font></div>Frank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-89074538715943784992020-07-21T22:40:00.000-07:002020-07-27T10:33:37.745-07:00e-Quicky #23...Truckee Summertime<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Let'em Breathe!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is likely my shortest ever e-Quicky. The <i><b>Big Toughy</b></i> is warming and the<b><i> Little Tricky </i></b>is slippery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I believe my longest and most varied e-Quicky ever is last August 29, 2019</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://flyfishingcalifornia.blogspot.com/2019/08/e-quicky-22mid-july-late-august.html">https://flyfishingcalifornia.blogspot.com/2019/08/e-quicky-22mid-july-late-august.html</a></span></div>
Frank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-57037698468801840132020-07-09T22:20:00.002-07:002020-07-09T22:20:42.488-07:00Throw-Back Truckee River History<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Above is an image of a rare, still posted, washed-out Truckee River regulation sign; circa 1985 or 1986. It was a "second-generation" Truckee regulation sign graciously produced and posted by Ralph & Lisa Cutter; during their early, active days of their well-known <i><b> <span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">California School of FlyFishing</span>.</b></i><br />
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The first special regulations on the Truckee were instituted, I believe in 1982. A couple of years later, 1984, the first <b><i><span style="color: red;">BT</span></i></b> regulations were printed and posted by members of newly the formed <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Tahoe-Truckee Fly Fishers</span></i></b>.</span> They were printed, laminated, stapled on ply-wood, and then encased in chicken-wire. Then we heavily screwed them in, high-up via ladders, into the trunks of the local evergreens along the river. Us TTFF members attempted to make the signs as "bomb-proof" as possible since there was resistance locally for these "elitist", C & R regulations. A couple of the first-generation reg signs are still present along the river...washed-out and illegible...similar to Ralph and Lisa's signs.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">*</span><b style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">FISHING REGULATIONS</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">TRUCKEE RIVER</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;">TROUT CREEK TO GLENSHIRE BRIDGE</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;">and</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;">100 YARDS UPSTREAM OF HWY 80 AT UNION MILLS TO BOCA BRIDGE</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">1-BARLESS ARTIFICIALS ONLY</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">2-BAG LIMIT: <u>TWO</u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">3-MINIMUM SIZE 15 INCHES</span></b></div>
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<b><i>Here, I can't read it either!...If you insist, PM me and I'll go to sign and re-read it!</i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">WILD TROUT WATER</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b> practice</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"><b>CATCH & RELEASE</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">REPORT POACHERS</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><b>1-800-952-5400</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><b>CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF FLY FISHING</b></span></div>
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<b style="color: orange;">PO 8212, TRUCKEE CA 96162</b></div>
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<b style="color: orange;">916-587-2005</b></div>
Frank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-3790423647348106192020-07-02T12:32:00.000-07:002020-07-02T18:22:43.584-07:00Throw-Back Thursday Thought<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>"The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive, but attainable... A perpetual series of occasions for hope."</i></b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red;">H</span><span style="color: red;">ope'en</span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><i><b>...and Wish'en</b></i></span></div>
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The 2nd of Truckee's infamous <i><b><span style="color: magenta;">BIG BUGS OF JUNE</span> </b></i>made an appearance yesterday, June 7 in the "middle" section of the Truckee River (<b><i><span style="color: red;">BT</span></i></b>). At 3:40 PM, amidst grey skies and light snow-flurries, I viewed the first of only two Drakes appear during a multiple mayfly emergence; <span style="color: magenta;"><b><i>PMD</i></b></span>'s, <span style="color: magenta;"><i><b>BWO</b></i></span>'s and a larger, unidentified up-wing (...<u>late</u> <span style="color: magenta;"><i><b>March Brown?</b></i></span>).<br />
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The water temps were 54 degrees. A couple of upticks in the temps and it is "Game On!" for dry fly angling on the the BT; regardless of what section you fish. Do not forget an essential tool when fishing the big river; your <b>THERMOMETER</b>.<br />
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There was a pod of sporadic risers at the tail-out of a long pool.<br />
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The one beautifully-colored, 14 inch RainBow hooked/netted ate a <u>#8 down-wing pattern</u>; in the absence of an <i><u>up-wing pattern</u></i>... in a fly-box left in the SUV!` My preferred pattern for the Drakes is a <b><i><span style="color: cyan;">#8 Green Drake Quigley Cripple</span></i></b>. As always be aware of classic "making hatches" during this period of increasing aquatic bug emergences.<br />
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Looking forward for you committed dry-fly purists; do not forget about the anticipated adults of the 3rd "Big Bug"...the <b><i><span style="color: magenta;">Golden Stone Fly</span></i></b>.<br />
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<br />Frank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-10200080787077651852020-05-28T16:07:00.003-07:002020-05-29T11:17:18.105-07:00The Ants!...The Ants!...Truckee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With this warming weather the <b><i><span style="color: magenta;">Winged Black Ants</span></i></b> have made an appearance in Truckee...in substantial numbers. How long they'll be here is anyone's guess; they're unpredictable. They can make an intense 2-3 day appearance and quickly fade. Or, not as intense, but spread-out over about 10 days...then gone.<br />
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These huge ants (#10-12's) are the first of the Truckee's <b><span style="color: red;">"Big Bugs of June" </span></b>to make an appearance locally. Now we're looking for the other two Big Bugs; <span style="color: magenta;"><b><i>Western Green Drakes</i></b></span> and <b><i><span style="color: magenta;">Golden Stoneflies</span></i></b>. Both adults can be "phantoms"; most especially the Drakes.<br />
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June is an angler's first chance of "searching" the water and hooking a large trout at the surface.</div>
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All the stream occupants are aware of and on the look-out for the Big Bugs, and the opportunity to ambush such high-caloric meals. The Truckee's out-sized trout in the 18"-25" range, are known to leave the bottom and eat <i>aggressively</i> on top...<u>most of the time</u>. A client once had the rare exception of a <i>subtle take</i>; on the flat-water of the <b><i><span style="color: red;">LT</span></i></b>'s <b>Bluff Slick</b>. A perfectly dead-drifted <b><i><span style="color: magenta;">#8 Green Drake Quigley-Cripple</span></i></b><i><b><span style="color: purple;"> </span></b></i><u>simply disappeared</u>, sucked-down and absolutely no water displacement.<br />
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Historically, the Ants always proceed the Drakes and the Goldens. The Green Drakes and Golden Stonefly adults are seldom observed in great numbers; but the trout are aware of their presence in the top-water-column where they haphazardly land on the water's surface. Toss your big dries along cut-banks, under overhanging stream-side vegetation, in riffles and boulder fields. You are prospecting for an opportunistic feeder.<br />
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And since I've mentioned a "water-column", rest assured, dislodged large nymphs of both of the Golden and the Drake are <b>ALWAYS</b> eaten. Remember the Goldens have a 2-3 life cycle; making them readily available during their progressive instar-growth up to a size 4. Fishing the Drake nymphs (#'s 6-10) are most productive prior to their emergence since most of them migrate towards the shallows and quiet water in lieu of clinging to the bottom in heavy water. As for the huge Black ant (winged or wingless); fish it dry or <u>sunk</u> (<b>HINT</b>).<br />
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Attractor/impressionistic patterns of all three Big Bugs are sufficient to dupe the trout.</div>
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<br />Frank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-28737051862679141892020-05-25T20:13:00.000-07:002020-05-25T20:13:44.882-07:00Honoring the Fallen in Truckee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="color: red;"> Honoring War Dead In Old Town Truckee. </span></i></b></div>
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Less we forget, many have made the "ultimate sacrifice" with their lives; preserving the freedoms we have in the US.<br />
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I may have unintentionally ruffled some feathers today when I innocently made a comment on FaceBook to clarify who is honored on Memorial Day. Today is the day for those who literally lost their lives while in foreign combat zones. This is a very special day for them and their families. It is not a "Happy Memorial Day!" salutation that our tone-deaf chief of state intoned today. All of us military veterans, some who lost friends and served "right or wrong" are honored on Veterans Day in November... not Memorial Day in late May.Frank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-57135760769370674932020-05-07T16:19:00.002-07:002020-05-07T20:20:29.923-07:00Guiding on Tahoe National Forest<div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Verdana,Sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<b><span style="color: red;"><u>An e-note excerpt to Special Use Permit holders from the Truckee Ranger District</u>:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: small;">Regarding Governor Newsom’s press conference today: </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Governor Newsom announced that county officials can decide
the pace of moving into Stage 2 of reopening. The Truckee/Sierraville Ranger
Districts will be relying on updates from State/County Officials to determine
when guiding and recreation event permits can re-enter use status. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The expectation is that when the permits re-enter use
status, there will be operating restrictions such as social distancing measures
and the use of PPE. In the meantime you can start to develop a modified
operating plan that will describe how you will employ these operating
restrictions..."</span><br />
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I've been reviewing the flow charts as they pertain to the Truckee watershed. The peak snow-melt and corresponding run-off is subsiding. There is a downward trend-line in the peaks of the "peaks & troughs" on the water flow charts. As I mentioned in my last post <b>"...fish the drop"</b> in the smaller streams and progressively the larger rivers...AND do not dismiss the stream inflows into the local still-waters. IMO, we're still about 3 weeks plus/minus from the start of the optimum conditions at moving waters in the region.</div>
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Unquestionably until that time, the most productive method will be sub-surface fishing. So now is the time to continue probing the depths with big/little searching rigs. As of yesterday there are few consistent bug emergences and their corresponding top-water, feeding </div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;"> Wet flies displayed at last season's Devin Olsen's Euro-Nymphing clinic</span></i></b></div>
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Thus far there has <u><b>not been</b></u> a profusion of wildflowers<b>;</b> even those ubiquitou<b>s</b> ones imaged below have not yet made a noticeable appearance. I've been reminded of a small hard-bound book in my fly fishing library which is about <i>"a method of meeting and matching the super hatches of the West" </i>This 1995 book is entitled <span style="color: magenta;"><b>THE PHENOLOGICAL FLY</b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">Our state flower...sparse here but dense on the Sierra west-slope hills & valleys</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">The Mule Ear, at this elevation it is as prolific as the California Poppy found on the lower</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;"> elevations </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">Camus Lily...profuse in the "wet lands"</span></i></b></div>
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Snow is melting quickly in Truckee at the mid-6000' elevations. It is now melt-and-rising-rivers-time. I'm still "sheltering-in-place" with an occasional venture into town for mail and needed supplies...wearing my Buff and gloves. I'm waiting for a gradual lightening of Pandemics behavior from the responsible agencies.<br />
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I haven't done much angling recently; but have been reviewing/purging my image files of such. I've had nice recollections of past early seasons' fly angling within range of town.<br />
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Now is the time to explore many of the local<span style="color: red;"><b><i> Small Waters</i></b></span>. </div>
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<i><b><span style="color: red;">"...melt and rising waters"</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: red;">Small Waters are most productive on the "drop"</span></b></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">...look for low-gradient flows</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: red;">S<b><i>ome isolated Small Waters r<span style="color: red;">emain <span style="color: red;">productive into early summer</span></span></i></b></span></div>
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Stream inlets produce well during run-off conditions; regardless of water clarity. Find the biggest entry channel and then locate both "...feeding & sheltering troughs".</div>
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<i><b><span style="color: red;">Solitude</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: red;">...Social-Distancing?</span></b></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">You 'old-timers'...Remember Martis Lake during '80's?</span></i></b></div>
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One thing about sheltering in place is that you start reminiscing about past, early-spring, pre-melt, fly fishing sessions in the Truckee region. My climatic preference is sun, sparse cloud-cover and minimal wind; mid-days. Access points are still few.<br />
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When this Pandemic subsides I'm in an anxious MOOD to breathe fresh air while tramping through snow to a favored holding water, <u>with my <b>dry fly</b> rod in hand</u> (...see <b><i><span style="color: red;"><u>NOTE</u></span></i></b>); looking for snouts at the surface... sipping first-brood <span style="color: magenta;"><b><i>BWO</i></b></span><span style="color: magenta;"> </span>emergers and fully-developed duns. Well, OK, if I'm <u>really anxious for the tug</u>; I'd carry a second rod, set-up for a more consistent method that will produce <b><i>"da throb of the rod"</i></b>.<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: red;"><u>NOTE</u>: </span></i>Selected excerpt from MOODS article in <i><span style="color: red;">Sierra Fisherman</span></i>, July 2014</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>"Moods take many forms...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: orange;">We all experience fishing <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">moods; whet</span>her seasonally, day-to-day or spur of the moment. Each mood fits a current mind-set. Yes, moods can be fickle, prolonged, short-lived and will draw us to different types of water</span></i><i><span style="color: orange;">...these moods can overshadow what may be a more pragmatic approach that will produce more hook-ups, but there is no way we will be moved away from that mood...</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We fly anglers are of myriad personality types. Some of us are loners, at all-costs-crowd-avoiders; essentially anti-social (</i><span style="color: red;">editor: appropriate for these times!</span><i>). Some of us not; savoring interaction, "fish gossiping" and seeking out communal group angling (</i><span style="color: red;">...a <b>GroupFish</b>!</span><i>); camaraderie is what it is all about. Regardless of where you are "button-holed" within the two extremes; each mood fits our psyche's current 'state of mind'.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;"><b>...Trek cautiously...avoid "post-holing"</b></span></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: red;">Searching...</span></b></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">...a bit too fast</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">Looking...</span></i></b></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ah, heads!</span></b></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: red;"><b>Hook'em in the soft riffle and net them below in the pool</b></span></i><b></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">An early spring, dry-fly double...JR and Pancho</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">A Yuba Rocket....or "1/2pounder"?</span></i></b></div>
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Does the hackneyed <b><i>"back-in-the-day"</i></b> refer to pre-2000 or post 2000?</div>
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Today I read a blog post by fellow angling friend/guide; Jon Baiocchi. It was a thoroughly informative post on new-age and old-day fly rods relative to their dynamics, preferred selection and methods used. </div>
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In the intro Jon recollects his early days of fly fishing with his dad and the gear they used. It reminded me of an article I'd written for the Spring 2012 issue of the now-defunct<span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sierra Fisherman</span></i></b></span> magazine. Some of you "old-timers" will relate. Here is the article; sprinkled with attempts at humor...sans images:</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b>For those of us who have been fly fishing for a few decades,
there is a point in time when we realize we are of the “older generation”. Our
fly angling psyche has changed; influenced by the introduction of modern
methods, concepts and gear. With the mid-90’s advent of the Internet, the
learning curve for those of us very experienced or novice is now quicker and
steeper. We grizzled fly anglers accept this …maybe reluctantly…and recognize that
our passion has been and will continue to be a dynamic sport; although some
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During the ‘70’s there were few concerted attempts to tweak
or enhance what was learned when we initially entered the sport; the exception
being some classic, fly fishing books. The ‘80’s provided an up-tempo in the print
media, and the increased use of the Internet during the late-90’s and into the
first decade of the 21<sup>st</sup> century provided us with limitless, easily
accessed information and purchase opportunities. As a consequence, there has
been a decline in fly fishing specialty-shops. There are now only a few small,
“brick and mortar” fly shops, those survivors able to compete with the on-line
and huge mega-sports stores. <br />
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Below, hoping to provide a brief historical perspective on
the evolving changes that have occurred during the last few decades, are some general
comments of our mutually-shared sport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“New school” participants….and this <u>is</u> a relative moniker…may
appreciate what we “old-schoolers” or “booth-strappers” have witnessed over the
years.<br />
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My first <span style="color: magenta;"><b><i><u>waders</u></i></b></span> had attached boots and were both bulky and clumsy. “Stocking-foot” waders made
an appearance during the mid-‘70’s. They were either seamless, solid rubber or
seamed, water-proofed nylon; weighing mere ounces. With the former we
experienced sweaty walks and wades, most especially during the heat of the
summer…they did not breathe! I had a rubber pair with many repairs; I looked like a walking, worn-out and heavily patched
inner-tube. The seams separated on the
nylon ones after only 4-5 outings. There were few <b><i><span style="color: magenta;"><u>wading shoes</u></span></i></b> available. They had felt-soles and were made of
leather which became very rigid when dry; making it difficult to put-on for
your next outing. Now we can select boots made by numerous manufacturers; they
are synthetic, light-weight and durable to withstand boulder-scrabbling in
freestone rivers. Modern-day brogues have various types of tightening features
utilizing wheels, wires, zippers and speed-lacing gadgets.<br />
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Common use of bamboo <u><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">fly
rods</span></b></i></u> was a bit ahead of my time. I’ve experienced the progression of
fiberglass and the present-day graphite or graphite/boron composites. My first
fly rod was a 6-weight, “glass” 8-footer. Then I was gifted the first
production graphite rod, which hardly bent being as stiff as a broomstick. You
will notice I’ve intentionally avoided discussing two-handed rods.<br />
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Fortunately the rod designers became more sophisticated. We
then could select a “taper” that fit our casting style and preferred type of
fishing. Simply, the “action” indicated where the rod bent, as in fast (…at the
tip), medium (…at the middle, the term used was “parabolic”) , and slow ( …at
the butt). Currently, I see no need to decipher all the marketing and
engineering jargon such as “torsional stability”, “damping” with “nano-sized
silica”, all encased in an “advanced modulus positioning system” Geez, I merely want to fish and not launch a
fly to the moon. Our prime concern, simply, is how the rod flexes, loads or
bends to accurately and efficiently cast the line and fly. <br />
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It seems like fishing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><i><span style="color: magenta;">vests</span></i></u></b>
are no longer de-rigueur. At times I feel like a Neanderthal when I put on my
“guiding” vest…it easily weighs 20+ pounds! The trend is obviously towards
being a minimalist. We now can use devices such as slings, chest-packs, waist-pouches
and lanyards. They are ergonomically
designed and may include water devices, D-rings, clips, Velcro fasteners,
loops, straps, and in-built nooks and crannies.<br />
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Long-time fly anglers remember most<u><b> <i><span style="color: magenta;">fly</span></i><i><span style="color: magenta;"> reels</span></i></b></u>
being from three producers. For trout angling we either had a proletariat’s
Pheluger 1494 Medalist or Scientific Angler System One. Having the money we
could splurge for an English-made Hardy Princess or Perfect.<br />
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Currently there must be close to 100 reel makers at all
price-points. Some salt-water reels cost as much as my first VW “Bug”.<br />
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<i><b><u><span style="color: magenta;">Flies</span></u></b></i>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><i><span style="color: magenta;">hooks</span></i></u></b> and<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> <i><span style="color: magenta;">fly tying</span></i></u></b> have evolved. In the past there were few
synthetics; mostly natural feathers, hairs, furs and wool yarns. The current
plethora of non-natural ingredients used at our vises and in patterns
commercially produced are endless. There was one major hook producer, providing
a limited style of hooks. We now have the privilege of selecting from several
firms with an endless array of hook designs; weights, bends, points, thickness
and gaps…for both freshwater, saltwater flats, estuaries and deep sea.
Depending on a fly tier’s temperament, fly designs can be simple and quick to
tricky and time-consuming. <u></u><br />
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I recall two basic<b><i><u><span style="color: magenta;"> fly
line</span></u></i></b> shapes: a double-taper or a
weight-forward. They were full-length at 90’ or 30’ shooting-heads. The line
floated or sunk, the latter having 3-4 sink rates. Now there is a bewildering amount of
different fly lines that are available in a
kaleidoscope of colors…some of them blinding. They are designed for very
specific angling situations, whether used in fresh or salt environments.
Advertising, packaging and catalogue descriptions can be so esoteric that one
almost needs computer analytics before making a choice.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u></u></b><br />
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A last category of fly angling needs is an all inclusive
group that is marketed as<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><i><span style="color: magenta;"> accessories</span></i></u></b>.
It sort of sounds like high-end jewelry, but; I call them extraneous
paraphernalia or “danglies”. My first “nippers” were essentially finger-nail
clippers, which hung on my vest by a string (…flashing brightly in announcing
my presence to every trout in the immediate area) or placed-in an
often-forgotten-pocket. Attachment devices have evolved into an array of
retractable “zingers”; some of which are inconspicuously built into our outer-wear
and gear packs. Some of us carried heavy needle-nose pliers or surgical
hemostats for de-barbing hooks. We now have many choices which incorporate
multi-function features: hook-eye
clearing , cramping-on weight, and scissors for cutting hackle, hair or leader
materials.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u></u></b><br />
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The list of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><i><span style="color: magenta;">gadgets</span></i></u></b>
continues and entails paste and powdered floatants, indicators, weights,
hook-hones, thermometers, knot-tying aids, nets, tippet dispensers and fly
boxes. The common denominator is that now there are many options; most of which
were unavailable decades back.<br />
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My intent here is to not create “revisionist” history. This
very loose chronology of fly angling developments are my recollections only, I’m
sure I’ve missed some. If so, please drop me a note to refresh my memory.………..Frank R. Pisciotta<br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">AS OF MARCH 26-APRIL 30, 2020:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><u>NO GUIDING</u>*</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Report v</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">iolators (aka Scammers) to</span></span></b></div>
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<b>*</b><span style="font-size: small;"><u> E-note excerpt from the Truckee Ranger District on 3/26/2020</u>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"On the Truckee Ranger District we expect that all outfitting and guiding and rec event operations are suspended until the State shelter in place order is lifted"</span></div>
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Yes indeed we'll take it!...sort of a <u>minor</u> <b>Miracle March</b>. </div>
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The recent snow-storms have been most welcomed. Prior to, we were at 50% of historical average snow-pack to date; as of today it's been bumped-up to 63% of normal and at 67% water-content (was 43% on March 13th!). Still low but an improvement. The storm-door seems to be open until the end of the month... Maybe we'll break the 70% mark.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><i><b>front door...end of storm</b></i></span></div>
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During the first "good dump" two weeks ago I got 4' of new snow at my place at 6500'. I'm guessing there had to be a minimum of 6'-7' of new "white gold" at the higher peaks. Wonderful for the forest and fisheries...not to mention skiing. Unfortunately for the latter, whether skiing or gliding, the north Tahoe resorts <u>are all closed</u>...<b>da VIRUS thing</b>; of which I 'm not going to dwell upon here, remaining up-beat, because I'm sure we're all pretty much inundated with info with this troubling pandemic. Personally, I've been "self-isolating" and this has been my 15th straight day doing so; except for a couple of quick grocery and mail runs in town.<br />
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<i><b><span style="color: red;">the calm AFTER the first good storm</span></b></i></div>
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So, I haven't been fishing recently. Prior to the snows, local intel had <b><i><span style="color: magenta;">Skwalas</span></i></b> present on the <b><i><span style="color: red;">BT</span></i></b>; Trout Creek to CA/NV state-line. There, be prepared for increased activity of <b><i><span style="color: magenta;">March Browns</span></i></b>; sub-surface only. Because of the recent snows, access to the <b><i><span style="color: red;">LT</span></i></b> below the dam is improbable. If so, the angler will see some first-brood <span style="color: magenta;"><b><i>BWO</i></b></span> emergences during mid-day; not to mention Midges in <b><u>all life-cycle</u>s</b>. Nevertheless, I'm not predicting you'll see a lot of surface-snouts.<br />
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Wintertime angling on the aforementioned waters has been allowed only since the 2008. Hence, both jaded "regulars" and Newbie/younger Truckee fly anglers are still leaning the nuances of the previously "closed season"; mid-November to end of April. Suffice it to say, the savvy anglers appear astream mid-day when the water is warmest; assuming there is decent solar-heating...say 11AM-4PM.<br />
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The amount of existing snow determines accessibility; for parking and trekking to the water, respectively. Some of us still strap-on snow-shoes, wanting to avoid a hyper-extension of the knee via unforeseen "post-holing". I lieu of felt-bottomed wading shoes, use plastic or rubber-soled wading shoes; the latter eliminates the nuisance of "snow-clumping".<br />
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<i><b><span style="color: red;">Thy Rod & Staff...Snow-Shoes & Old-School Vest</span></b></i></div>
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Early spring trout remain in the winter's low-flow holding lies...until the snow-melt commences. Prior to, fish the slow flow runs and the deep pools. There limited times for a chance of angling a surface fly. <br />
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For this transitional winter/spring period until the melt, the most productive ploy remains probing sub-surface; methodically, "low & slow". The trout will not move much to intercept your offering. Whichever "load &amp lob" method you use; be it high-sticking, indo-nymphing or "Euro" nymphing...get it down! Our quarry are resting in bottom water-column, <u>again</u>, where you must <b>naturally</b>, drift your flies. I practice searching rigs; employing suggestive fly patterns; adjusting weight whether incorporated in the fly or on your terminal leader. If specifically targeting apex-predator trout; streamers are advised...the proverbial <b>"Size-versus-Numbers"</b> conundrum.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April, May and the start of June offer only "iffy" prime, fly fishing. Conditions are wholly dependent on what remains of the winter snow-pack, its percentage of water content, and resulting melt and runoff during this period. Be aware the melt is unpredictable; being erratic or gradual; we never know. The most productive angling methods continue to be those of the winter months; present flies at the river's bottom, where the trout are.</span><br />
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Lots of fly anglers prefer not fishing during this '"flush" period because there is limited holding water. <u><b>Flip it</b></u>...to your advantage; the trout are isolated in fewer prime lies...target those areas! With high spring flows think...<u>edges</u> as in bank-side edges, slow, deep runs and quiet pools. The trout will concentrate there. These trout are less pressured there, hence concentrated, because there are very few strategically-thinking anglers astream. </div>
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Here's another afer-thought for springtime from an October 3, 2012 blog entry. <i><b><span style="color: orange;">"Fly anglers and trout love weather & clouds"</span>. </b></i>Although the thought was written relative fall-time angling it most certainly applies to early spring-time fly angling. Another recurring theme for me when guiding/instructing (...one of my <b><i><span style="color: red;">FRANKISMS</span></i></b>) is<b><i> <span style="color: orange;">"Fall and Spring are mirror images of each other relative to best time of day to fish"</span></i></b>. <b><i> </i></b>Over my many years plying the Truckee area water, I have fond recollections of fishing over rising trout ingesting <b><i><span style="color: magenta;">BWO</span></i></b>'s or early <b><i><span style="color: magenta;">PMD</span></i></b> hatches...when it was drizzly and overcast. <b></b><i></i><br />
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My wish is a March Miracle (...not Miracle March!). It has been 3-4 weeks since we received any significant precipitation that deposited snow on the ground that didn't melt-off in a day or two.<br />
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<i><b><span style="color: red;">Back-yard forest...Normal snow amount in late February...Ain't happening!</span></b></i></div>
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Right now, my prognosis is the fishing will start in earnest 4-5 weeks ahead of normal...assuming we don't experience my above wish. I'm thinking...hoping...we're currently experiencing a "false spring".<br />
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Truckee's watershed's eight (8) monitoring sites are cumulatively measuring 60% of average snow-water content. Total seasonal precipitation is also not spectacular at 56% of historical average to date.<br />
My unscientific snow-melt calculation .60 x .56 equates to 34% of normal melt. Yikes!! Fortunately, we've had two of three "good water" years.<br />
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There's been no dramatic change in the fly angling since my last post of 1/31/20. There are less <b><span style="color: magenta;"><i>Little</i></span><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><span style="color: magenta;"><i>Black Winter Stoneflies</i></span></b> flitting about and a slight up-tick in sightings of its larger relative, the <b><i><span style="color: magenta;">Skwala Stonefly</span></i></b>. <span style="color: magenta;"><b><i>BWO</i></b></span>'s are a good choice to imitate; either on the surface; during the sparse hatch/rise activity you can encounter, or, trailing a large Stonefly nymph or Flesh Juan Worms when dead-drifting "Low & Slow"; probing the bottom on the stream...where the trout are. Sleep-in, simply fish the most pleasant time of day, 11AM-4PM when you'll find the progressively, warmest water of the day. <br />
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Don't forget streamers now, they are always a good choice in early season for out-sized river trout.<br />
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<br />Frank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-87109691610132905792020-01-31T23:42:00.000-08:002020-02-04T11:34:46.114-08:00Truckee Area...Winter BugsPersonally I like to fish dry flies in winter...if conditions and access permit. Locally, in the Truckee area, currently there three aquatic bugs to consider if you're looking for surface feeders. I'm intentionally not mentioning <b><i>midges</i></b> because they are ALWAYS present, 365 days per year. I haven't observed intense bug hatches, but the below bugs are emerging...and trout are selectively eating them at the surface or in the surface-film.<br />
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Best time-frame to be at the stream has been noon to 3PM. I prefer a bit of cloud cover because there is less solar-heating to dry the adults' wings; their wings have to be structurally sound before they alight off the water. The longer they drift, the more susceptible they are to be eaten.<br />
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When they are about, you'll see them "peppering" the snow-banks; either crawling about as winged adults or as nymphs preparing to split their thoracic wing-case to emerge. Today they were fluttering at the water's surface in slow-running runs; otherwise they are very difficult to observe in the drift. Trout, generally, ingest these diminutive insects with gentle "slurps". Thin, 6X tippets are suggested for these size 16-18 aquatics. Consider two patterns; one that sits flush on the water's surface or a high-profile pattern with splayed wings, mimicking the top-water, fluttering adult (egg-layer?)<br />
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The existing<b> </b>BWO hatch is this year's "first-brood" emergence. I believe there <u>may be three</u> broods; winter, spring and fall...heresy? These small bugs are more visible while floating because they are "up-wings" as opposed to being a "down-wing" relative to the two stoneflies mentioned in this post. I prefer "old-school" Quigley Cripples, sparsely-tied ParaDun or CDC ComParaDun patterns; attached to minimum 10'-12' leader and a wispy 6X tippet. My first 20" RainBow of the 2020 season was fooled by the latter-mentioned pattern; size 18. Using the thin tippet, the hope is there are no obstructions while playing the trout.</div>
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A bit early, but we brought one to hand today. We anticipate a more robust emergence starting about the 3rd week of February. While at rest on the water they can be difficult to see being a "down-wing". The telltale of their presence is an aggressive swirl or bulge at the surface; unlike the gentle slurp for the Little Black Winter Stones. When the trout become aware of this stonefly adult, I like doubling my chances of a hook-up by trailing off the bend of the #8-10 Skwala dry a pattern such as a #18 JuJu Baetis or Flash-Back WD-40. A 5X tippet will suffice; being sturdy enough to "turn-over" the big fly fraud.<br />
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I again returned the Missouri River in Montana for a few days of drift-fishing during late-summer/early fall of 2019. The guiding and bedding was provided by <b><i>Wolf Creek Anglers</i></b>; 2-3 miles from Holter Dam. I'll return in 2020; August 29 to September 6. </div>
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Below you'll find my journal entries...roughly <b>UNEDITED</b>. So please enjoy the gist of the fly angling we experienced and disregard the grammar, absence of sentence structure and my obsessive dots. Generally, I'm not a compulsive "fish-counter" but I include numbers in these entries to give a perspective of the tempo and "drift" of the fly angling.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;"><u>Holter Dam to Craig</u>:</span></b> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We indo-fished in the rain from 9AM-1PM; not really comfy, but we were prepared with the right clothing and stayed warm. It cleared to over-cast/drizzle in the afternoon. The productive fly pattern was a #18 or 20 Black Zebra Midge (silver bead), with a 6' drop to one BB shot. We netted good-sized RainBows in the 16"-18" range; strong, deep-bodied...some with 3-4 high aerials, others with long, first runs. There was one 12" Brown and a 15"-16" Whitey. No numbers but enough to keep us interested...guessing me at 8/5 and Bob at 12/8; approximately 20 hook-ups and more than a dozen netted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 107%;"><b></b><i></i><span style="color: #005500;"></span>We saw Tricos in the AM until 11; no trout were
slurping them <u>at all</u>. Throughout</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 107%;">the day we saw sporadic “one & done”
bulging trout chasing emerging Brachycentrus caddis ("Grannoms") at/near the
surface; Productive patterns were #16 Green Machine,
#20 Black Zebra Midge and a #6 Crawdad pattern; a short drop of 4 feet to the
upper fly, no lead under old school, stick-on Pulsa indicators…ideal for
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 107%;">The weather cleared today. It was balmy, low-70's with mostly clear skies, and occasional puffy cloud and mild breezes with...very comfortable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>9/13</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 107%;">---</span><span style="color: orange; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><i>"A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly between 3PM-5PM. Increasing clouds, with a high near 75. South, southwest wind 7-12 mph increasing to 16-21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">A non-fishing day; a grand tour of watersheds of Little Prickly Pear Creek and the Blackfoot river east of the town of Lincoln Montana. We thoroughly enjoyed the scenery and the orientation for future alternate fishing when not drifting the Big Mo.</span></span><br />
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in afternoon (minimum 3/4 of count) …sunny skies & gusty winds…RB’s
10”-“18”, Browns to 17”…one small Whitey…9 mile drift...Indo in the AM with a #16 Frenchie, at "outstretched hand to outside nipple" drop to one BB...dries in the afternoon, #14 green-bellied Elk Hair Caddis and #16 Parachute Black Ant. most ate the latter by a wide margin.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><u><b>Mi</b></u></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><u><b>d-Canyon to Pelican Point</b></u></span><i>...</i><span style="font-size: small;">30/20, missing many takes...The smallest brown and biggest Brown of the trip, a dink at 5 inches, along with two decent Browns at 17" and 20"...both ate a #12 Black Fat Albert (my favorite southern Chilean Patagonia dry fly). Otherwise most of the surface-eater trout ingested a #12 Parachute Ant. The morning's best patterns via indo-fishing was a #14 Red Copper John and #16 Green machine...on a short drop, 4' indo to one BB shot.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Several fish hooked played the "grass-release" routine mentioned in the 9/12 report. Once hooked the trout dives for the bottom, attempting to bury themselves in huge matts of both floating and rooted aquatic vegetation. eventually, the weeds slide down to the trout's mouth and unhooks the trout!</span></span><br />
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Thus far we've had a very busy, social holiday season with a bit more until the arrival of 2020. From here on it is snow-shoveling, blowing and pushing snow...my major winter cardio/muscle-toning exercise.<br />
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Generally, the snow accumulation is minimal and manageable...<br />
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then the snowfall and pack gets serious...Such is the time when I manually clear our back-patio decks in a <b>TIMELY</b> fashion; if not, ice forms making for difficult clearing. I do not do the lower deck, but make sure I clear the upper-deck section to assure our<u> windows are clear and free of snow</u>. If not, we'll live in snow-cave since all the other windows on our 1st floor, we're we do 95% of our living, around our 6500' elevation home are covered in snow from the sloping roofs' constantly "unloading".<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>After a "big dump" </b></i></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">After my shoveling/pushing...beautiful mountain snow & sunshine!</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Deep snow view of backyard Tahoe National Forest</span></i></b> </div>
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<b><i><span style="color: magenta;">Let'em Breathe!</span></i></b></div>
<b><i><span style="color: red;">9/29</span></i></b>---<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>SCOUTING</u>:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was looking for signs of early, migrating Browns...too early.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About 1330 I fished in intermittent sleet and snow....everything was damp. Regardless, for the next 1-1/2 hours I saw steadily rising, in-the-film or just below, slurping trout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I believe the heavy rain/sleet/snow prevented any emerging aquatic bug breaking through the meniscus with the heavy pelting of sleet and wet-snow....amazing that the trout could pick-out a food item.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Worked a disperse pod at Papa's.. Unbeknownst to me, during about 15" of casting to the working feeders, I realized that I been fishing...fly-less! a #18 BWO, foam-top-emerger fly I'd had attached to my 5X tippet must have popped-off on my back-cast because of my inattention to the high willows behind me....duh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was getting nasty; so I decided to make a hasty retreat from the weather. On the way-out I observed a minimum of 1/2 dozen upper-water-column feeders at both the 610 and Richard's Pool.</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">9/30</span></i></b>---<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>SCOUTING</u>:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Snowing again! Hope it melts soon and I'll have an opportunity to get my drift-boat "off the mountain"...Where? I haven't decided yet, favoring Greg's place in Auburn, so it will be in close proximity for drifting the Yuba.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm guessing the Boca dam's re-enforcement work for the season is finished or on hold for completion in 2020. LT's Boca inlet is rising-up-river; inflow recently up-ramped to 132cfs (40 is historical average) with the out-flow at Boca at 92cfs (110 average)...hence rising pool of Boca.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">10/1</span></b>---<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Retrieved net in Sparks...amazed at Sparks; reminding me of developments in the East Bay once BART increased its tracks/</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">"...Wednesday and Friday I'll be 'dialing-in" (exact times of hatches and surface-feeding) for fall fishing."</span></i><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">10/3</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">---</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fished the BT along Glenshire Drive for all of an hour. I'm getting to old scrambling up, over and through boulders in a freestone stream...no fish</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: magenta;">BT in the canyon...Water too cold.</span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> 10/4</b></span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">---</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, I'm sure I will not be lucky again...lost the net again!!! I'm looking for blame and blaming it on ORVIS for not putting a center belt loop on their light-weight wader. Hence my long-handled "de-liar" net slips out and away if goes downstream. Had to buy an expense net at ACE for my guiding in Friday.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>10/5</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">---</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>SCOUTING</u>:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><b></b><u></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">checked-out the LT inlet to access conditions today. Two fly anglers there and one hooks into a heavy fish. He didn't have his camera and I took a "grip & grin" for him before the release of a 24"-25" RB. It ate a #20 non-descript nymph under an indo, sans lead and in a shallow riffle. We're still waiting for the Browns to "stage" before going up-river.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>10/6</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">---</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>GUIDING</u>:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Guided a 1/2 day on the LT today with a first-time client from Georgia. I love guiding anglers from the east-coast or southern states because they seldom catch wild trout beyond 12". He was elated that he hooked 4 and netted three wild RB's; two at 15" and one at 16". The productive flies were a #20 silver-beaded, Black Zebra Midge while indo-fishing with two BB's and #18 copper-bead, generic BWO emerger pattern via a dry/dropper rig.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">There were few rising trout and sparse adults in flight. All four aquatic orders of adults were observed; second-brood BWO's and an unknown larger mayfly, the ubiquitous midge, three different sized caddis. the largest one is what I call the "False Fall Caddis" or Cinnamon Caddis...people mistake for the real October Caddis (<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Discomeous</span>), which in my opinion is larger and has a darker colored wing. The last bug viewed was the Olive Stonefly. Interestingly, JR stomach-pumped a brown trout that had numerous little dark stonefly nymphs.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>10/7</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><i>--</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've actually refused 4 days of guiding for this week and the next. Guess I'm getting a bit burnt-out PLUS I'm not receptive to guiding on a short-notice basis especially new clients...not to my liking; exception being long-term clients.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>10/9</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">--</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>FISHING ADVICE FOR LT/BOCA INLET FOR A TTFF MEMBER</u>:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"…generally
if no surface<b>, </b>showing fish; indo with 4’ drop to #4 lead, worm
trialing #18-20 midge pattern (silver-bead Zebra Midge) or generic small fly. </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If showing
fish “bulging” at or near the surface; a visible dry indicator fly,
trailing by 18”-24” a midge pupa an/or larva or JuJu Baetis…Fish the first riffle entering the lake, the vertex of the two converging currents OR the 'slick' water.</span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><i>10/12</i></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>---</i><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>FEEDBACK FROM TTFF MEMBER ON LT/BOCA INLET ANGLING</u>:</span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Your
advice worked wonderfully! I used a worm on top and one of those midges on the
bottom fly with 5X tippet close to 18” behind. I had an indicator on and a bit
of lead and caught a fish on my first cast! Bam indicator down and I’m
like what the heck set the hook and game on. Then I removed the lead when I
moved to the faster water near that riffle where the LT feeds into the lake. I
hooked three fish there on the midge. First two came unbuttoned but the last
one I kept a lot of pressure on and landed a nice 14” rainbow. It fought like
crazy. I kept him wet and he survived but I managed to get a quick photo of
him. </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thanks
again!" </span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>10/16</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">--</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unbelievable Sam found my net where I thought I lost it. I'll pick-up at TU office in town. Promised Sam some flies or fishing time as the reward per note on my net handle</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>10/17</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">--</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">my PP for the club went well, bigger attendance the I anticipated...No one fell asleep and It went about 35"-40". Larry sent me an e-note (he's was in Mexico) and he said "...sounds like you hit it out of the park"...Well, I was confident that I would...da Dean speaking</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><b>10/1</b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><b>9</b></span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">--</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">too windy to fish...Boca inlet filling. There was a nice cloud-cover, what I've been looking for, but not the gusts o f wind!... especially when I'm targeting surface-slurpers. Was not in a mood for sling heavy stuff.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>10/25</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">---</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>FISHING WITH A BUDDY</u>:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">W</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">orked dimpling trout at LT inlet for an hour; not a touch, down to 22's and long, wispy 6X leaders...Then Dutch and I did lower meadow; nothing...Sure a nice Fall day...lots of psuedo's, Little Olive Stones and a lone October Caddis...gentle breezes as opposed to the inlet</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>10/28</i></span></b>--<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>REPLY TO E-NOTE FROM ANGLING AQUAINTANCE SEEN IN TOWN</u>:</span></b></div>
<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Pat---Nice seeing you...As I mentioned I'll not be at
Pleasanton this year.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My booth, "Truckee Guide NetWork", will be
occupied with people I work with fly fishing-wise with in Truckee...So I'll
miss seeing Fanny in 2020; Remember when I gave a presentation to GWWF at the
Fanny's house in the mid-90's?...When Mel was in the "dog-house".</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Via a family friend, for his birthday, I got Stefan his
first, three fly fishing books when he was in high school. He now lives in
Reno.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">GGWF has always been dear to my heart...I remember the
unbelievable buffet/fundraisers they had at Fort Mason...the food was
unbelievable. I was there when you ladies started as well when the
International Women Fly Fishers was started at a dinner at the Yet Wah (sp?)
restaurant on Clement Street. I gave a talk at the IWF's 10th anniversary at
Squaw Valley (2005 or 6?).</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have any GWFF contact me anytime for an update on the
ffing conditions..."</span></i><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">11/2</span></b>----</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Had fun guiding/instructing for the TU fundraiser on the SFFCC...numerous fat trout caught by the 8 who each contributed $1500..$12000 for the trout! </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">11/3</span></b>---</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grape-vine report of a 29" Brown..<i>.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>11/4</b></span>---</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saw an image of a minimum 24" RB netted on the LT ..a very rare RB<i>.</i></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="color: red;">11/5</span></b>---</i> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Been
fishing with Al and Dom in the afternoons on the LT. Tough fishing, no
numbers and tiny 20-22 JuJu Baetis & Black Zebras. Bugs at surface &
lots of sippers; dark-side has produced Dom has landing <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a couple of 18” RB’s…Yesterday he did 7/3 (one
break-off) during the 3 hour 2-5PM session. Al hooked-up 2-3 times, lost them
after extended battles…he has to develop his skills on fighting the fish. He got
a 16”-17” RB on the BT earlier in the day. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">LATE SEASON: LATE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER & EARLY NOVEMBER</span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: orange; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">If fortunate, the autumn angler experiences a glorious Indian Summer with only an occasional, </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: orange; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">shot-lived thundershower. Crowds are gone, nights become brisk, and the aspens and alders turn golden. It is a special time of year. Stealth become a prime tactic.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: orange; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">6-10 pound Browns are encountered in Stampede, Boca, and Prosser impoundments. Fly-rodders are starting to get their share.</span></i></b></div>
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Currently there is space available for the <i><b><span style="color: red;">Native Sons Tour</span></b></i> scheduled for September 20-21. If you can't attend this tour get on the e-list and we'll send you future schedule tours. 2020 will be our 6th year conducting this unique angling event and the quality of the experience is spreading throughout the fly fishing community.</div>
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Details: <a href="http://www.cyberfly.com/native-sons-tours/">www.cyberfly.com/native-sons-tours/</a></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Friday night's <i>"meet & greet"</i> snacks prior to PowerPoint talk </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">The Big Truckee's <i>"Willow Run"</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">JB Hooked-Up at the Little Truckee's <i>"Sweeper #1"</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">2019 had <i>Green Drakes</i> present in Truckee area for 9 weeks! </span></div>
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Frank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-54969488319034087712019-08-29T19:22:00.002-07:002019-08-29T19:22:50.741-07:00E-Quicky #22...mid-July-late August...Or, a selective, 5-week peek into the e-life of <b><span style="color: red; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>CyberFly</i></span></b><br />
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<i>7/16---</i><b><u>Inquiry on Angling Conditions</u>:</b><br />
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<i>T<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">he BT in the Glenshire stretch has been fishing well via dry dropper rigs in the pocket water. Bring your thermometer because the water is warming...I leave the water at 67 degrees. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The <b>PMD</b> hatch on the LT has been really good for surface feeding trout...progressively getting fickle because of the crowds; most especially the upper area. The flows are currently at 126 cfs; decent. </span></i><br />
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7/18<i>---</i><b><u>An e-note on the passing of a longtime local fly angler, John Lim</u>:</b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thanks for the update on John...we'll all miss him. He was a fixture at the LT inlet at Boca. If you wanted to know what was happening there; he was the man. I'm planning on attending his "celebration" in Auburn.</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b></b><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">7/18<i>---</i></span><b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">An inquiry about a recent blog post</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">:</span></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">…stillwaters
other than Boca; too crowded now with the summer crowds. I’m talking Inlets
into Prosser and Stampede; best accessibility is via boats.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">For
sure, I can provide info as needed.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">7/20<i>---</i><b><u>A request for angling info:</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>...didn't do the BT on Friday; doing an early start on the LT...recently bumped-up to a nice 140cfs. At 8 AM there were 10 vehicles in the upper parking area!...walking all the way down to the Swimming Hole for the first open run. The first <b>PMD</b> was observed at 9:15 and the first <b>Green Drake</b> in flight at 11:45.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Overall two anglers during a 6 hour session hooked 12 and landed 7; RainBows 12"-14" and two taped at 18". Productive patterns on top were<b> #8 GD Cripple</b> and <b>#16 PMD Spot-Lite Emerger</b>... indo-fishing with one or two #4 lead; a <b>#18 Pearl Lighting Bug</b> or a <b>Red Rubber-Legged Copper John </b>trailing a <b>#14 Flesh Juan</b>.</i></span></span><br />
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7<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">/20-22<i>---</i><b><u>TTFF's Cliff Frazier Memorial Youth Event:</u></b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">...<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">fun "free-lancing" for two days...lot harder catching than last year...didn't make last of the three days; was a "honey-dew" time for Karen and our new pup...Pico </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>7/24---</i><b><u>Guide e-Talk</u>:</b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">“I’m
guiding on the LT with two Monday; meeting them at 10 AM at upper parking
lot…working middle or lower section if crowded.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">7//31<i>—</i><b><u>Inquiry
on Conditions:</u></b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">"…<b>PMD</b>
emerger patterns are fooling the trout, even though occasionally we’ll induce a
grab via <b>#8 Green Drake Cripples</b>…in the fast water. Carry an indo-rig
for the deeper water; a <b>PT</b> trailing a <b>midge</b> pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crowds are an issue on the LT, most
especially when the presence of <b>Green Drakes </b>in the region are mentioned
via high-profile posts on FB or Instagram …Come-on guys, don’t kill the golden
egg with self-serving posts!!!”</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">8/2---<b><u>Inquiry
on conditions</u>:</b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">"....guided
on LT Monday & Wednesday, upper parking area. Both times from 1:00-4PM <u>when
the bugs are emerging</u> and there are a few rising trout. Seems people going
in the AM and leaving noon-1PM…<u>before the hatches begin</u>. Fish to 18”
netted; mostly small 13-14 inchers. Have hooked a couple of 17”+ browns but no
“to net”.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The
flows are above normal. I can’t say if the existing flows are affecting the
hatches. Admittedly, the hatches have been sparse, although there has been some
intense emergences during the last three weeks. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The LT
is really becoming too crowded.”</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">8/7---<b><u>Inquiry
on conditions</u>:</b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">"The <b>BT</b>
is getting warmer and has been bumped-up to 325cfs. . I received a report of 65
degrees at 11AM!! along the Glenshire stretch….pick pockets and look for the
seepage springs entering the river, flowing in at 52-54 degrees. It is now
“Hoot Owl” time. So, fish below Prosser inflow now…lots of caddis at dusk”</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Unbelievably
<b>Green Drakes</b> are still emerging on the <b>LT</b>; masking the <b>PMD</b>’s
that are the preferred fodder.…noticing some <b>BWO</b>’s, although not <b>Flavs</b>
yet. Flows were recently dropped to 94cfs.Unfortunately, the trout are being
hammered by crowds of experienced and novice anglers alike. Consequently,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>trout are becoming extremely difficult to
fool. Best bet has been dry/droppering in the riffles. It befuddles me why
guides are taking their clients there, since trout are easier to dupe on the <b>BT</b>.”
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">8/10---<b><u>Personal
note to Self</u>:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"da Consigliere informs me he saw a lone <b>Green Drake</b> on the <b>LT</b> today...WOW, 6 weeks now, after 3 weeks on the <b>BT</b>...<b>PMD</b>'s are fading. Now anticipate the late-brood <b>BWO</b>, appearance of the <b>Flavs</b>, the <b>Little Olive StoneFlies</b> and <b>Watery Green Sedges</b>. Don't forget GrassHoppers as the indicator dry when fishing the riffles, deeper slots and the hydraulic cushion <u>in front</u> of obstructions. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>8/19---</i><b><u>Unsolicited Kind Words</u>:</b></span><br />
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“got a nice rainbow…I remember Frank telling me let the
fly drift down from the shallow riffles into the deeper water. That worked. It’s super fantastic to be able to put everything
together on my own, using your training, and make it work. :-)”<br />
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8/21---<b><u>e-Brainstorming a New Print Advertisement</u>:</b><u></u><br />
<u></u><u></u><br />
<b>LIZ</b> …"1/2
day barter for an ad is great...do you have a subject that you would like to
explore? Was just looking at some of our ads recently and laughin!”<br />
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<b>ME</b>: “Well….how
about me running for president, as a 3<sup>rd</sup> party candidate as ‘the
other chosen one’…a military drill instructor...the Frankie Hendrick’s
Experience…Uncle Sam demanding you vote."</div>
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8/27--- <b><u>Question about the LT</u>:</b></div>
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<i>Yes, it seems your observation is correct on the LT. Similar to the past more small fish (6"-12") this time of year...also browns are appearing in the mix.</i></div>
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<i>My only guess is that the large trout, 16 inches plus, have been /harassed/hammered/hooked several times that they are more educated and have become very selective...allowing the small fish to come-out of hiding to play and eat without being intimidated by their bigger brethren.</i></div>
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<br />Frank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-81306665265311484392019-08-13T22:01:00.000-07:002019-08-13T22:01:44.471-07:00Sage Words from the Icons #17<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="color: magenta;">Let'em Breathe!</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b></b><i></i><span style="color: magenta;"></span><br /></span>
<b><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Most fishermen use the double-haul to throw their casting mistakes further"</span></i></b></div>
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Frank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-86960980662460998012019-08-09T11:14:00.000-07:002019-08-09T11:14:17.744-07:00Massive ButterFly Hatch in Tahoe!There has been thick flights of <b>TortiseShell</b> butterflies in the Truckee & Tahoe area....the most I've personally witnessed since building my first home in Truckee in 1979. I'm not seeing them along the streams or lakes though...so not a fly angling pattern to imitate...thus far.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>California TortiseShell Butterfly</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><i>Nymphalis Californica</i> </span></div>
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<i><span style="color: orange;">Massive butterfly swarms becoming the talk of Tahoe</span></i></h1>
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<i><span style="color: orange;">There aren't enough to block out the sun, but
social media posts out of the Lake Tahoe area show enough swarming butterflies
to get just about anyone who encounters them to pull over and start taking
pictures.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: orange;">While some think the butterflies are migrating monarchs — which have been <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/monarch-butterflies-california-extinct-decline-13507308.php">declining
at an alarming rate</a> in California — the <a href="https://www.rgj.com/media/cinematic/video/1944282001/watch-huge-swarms-of-california-tortoiseshell-butterflies/" target="_blank">Reno Gazette-Journal</a> identifies them as
California tortoiseshell butterflies that are visiting the Sierra in
search of the remnant of our winter snow pack.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: orange;">The butterflies are known to frequent beaches and puddles in search of salt
from the soil, according to the newspaper.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: orange;">The bugs can be identified by their orange and red wings, and social media
posts show them swarming in a few locations around the region".</span></i></div>
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Frank R. Pisciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288167814110667964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053564017904440722.post-32437345711439969882019-08-01T18:49:00.000-07:002019-08-01T18:50:10.429-07:00Truckee Angling...Last Century ThrowBack...PART #2<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><b><span style="color: yellow;">Let'em Breathe!</span></b></i></div>
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<u><b>Circa mid-80's </b><i><span style="color: red;"><b>Thy Rod & Staff</b> </span></i><b> 8-panel brochure, Panel 2, Inside:</b></u></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;">MID-SEASON: JULY, AUGUST & EARLY SEPTEMBER</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="color: orange;">"The water warms and the runoff subsides. Up to the end of July, an angler can spend pleasant mornings at Martis Lake<span style="color: red;"><b>* </b></span>casting to sighted "cruisers" along the wees edges. These "gulpers" leisurely inhale Callibaetis duns and spinners. Timing their rises and tracking their movement pattern is a challenging and contemplative game.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: orange;">Mid-day angling on the Truckee Rivers is relaxing. Access is easy and the wading is non-threatening on the upper "Wild Trout" section. About six miles<b><span style="color: red;">**</span></b> of it have special regulations of interest to the fly rodder: 2-limit,; single, barbless artificials only; minimum 15". A freestoner, the Truckee has a balanced mix of riffles, runs, pools and pocket-water. Large fish are in residence. Keeping things in perspective, the median trout size in the Truckee River is within the 10"-12" range. They are all well-finned and stream born.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: orange;">During the evening sessions, entailing late-afternoon to dusk. the Truckee becomes intriguing. During the period, the river confirms its well earned reputation as a "night-stream". There are opportunities for double-digit hook-up during the even rise."</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>* </b></i></span>The lake's fishery and angling experience declined in the mid-90's. Nowadays it is seldom fished by knowledable, local anglers. There is an occassional report of decent fishing in early spring. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>**</b></span> </i>as of 2008 there is 20 miles of special reg waters to the CA/NV state line...open all year. General season is articicals only, 2-take, minimum 14". Winter regs (November 15 to lst Friday in April) same excepy, no take!</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><i>Truckee's Toilet Bowl along Legacy Trail</i></b></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: yellow;">daDean casting to risers at the "Willows"</span></i></b></div>
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