The shore bite has started up this week with somewhat consistent action off the southern beaches and a select few northern beaches as well. This multi day storm pushing through the area will almost certainly kick things into gear out here and we will go out on a limb and say if you’ve been waiting to get out here, this is looking like a great week to do so!
The early season fly selection at the lake will be either balanced leeches and balanced baitfish on the indicator, or stripping streamers such as woolly buggers and popcorn beetles.
As the fish first start to transition in towards the shore they are still looking at the larger meals after eating tui chub all summer. Midge fishing usually starts up closer to January.
Look for beaches with a very significant drop off, as this provides quick access for the fish in deep water to come into the drop offs in search of a quick meal, and allows you to work a variety of depths as fish currently remain spread out throughout the water column.
For flies this time of year, we recommend using olive or brown Balanced Baitfish, Balanced $ Money Minnows, olive or midnight cowboy Mini Jig Leeches, or Solitude Balanced Leeches in olive or phantom when indicator fishing.
For stripping it will be hard to beat the classic combo of a midnight cowboy woolly bugger or woolly worm paired with a chartreuse and white popcorn beetle, but we certainly have plenty of colors here in the shop to play around with to suit the fish’s preference for the day.
If you’re heading to the lake but can’t make it by our store to shop our flies in person, don’t forget to take a look at our online store, where we have our entire fly selection listed and broken up into easy to shop categories, including a dedicated
Pyramid Lake fly category .
As we’ve mentioned before, we are working hard to provide our customers with the most complete gear selection for our favorite lake, so please be sure to check us out in person or online, and any feedback is always welcome as we are always looking to improve!
