This week saw some colder overnight temps, allowing fishing all day in the canyon and extended mornings elsewhere. Unfortunately, this will be short lived as we’re seeing a warming trend heading into this week. Please continue to be on and off the water early in the day here on the Truckee River and carry a thermometer with you. Other trout fishing alternatives would be tailwaters, spring fed creeks and rivers or high elevation bodies of water. Otherwise the warm water fishing for bass and carp creates unique challenges and opportunities, and keeps the rod bent!
July 31st Fly Fishing Report for the Truckee River, Little Truckee River
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Truckee River Fishing Report
With the warmer days earlier this week, we were seeing temps at Glenshire reach 68 degrees right around 11:00am and while that subsided for a short while, expect it to be much the same heading into this week with temps in Truckee forecasted in the high 80’s. The euro nymph game remains the most productive with dry droppers being another great option. We have seen bugs get smaller over the last few weeks and the fish have noticed, try to focus on smaller mayfly patterns down to a size 20 if the bite gets tough on you. It never ceases to amaze us how the trout can still effectively find a size 20 fly in fast water, but they do! As we head into August, expect to see baetis begin their return to the river, the crawdad fishing to get really good, and the nocturnal stones begin their yearly nighttime emergence.
Recommended Flies for the Truckee River
Little Truckee Fishing Report
After a slight drop last week, the LT is still holding at +/- 100 CFS as of today. These are good flows for this river heading into August and the fact that this is a tailwater means that we will be sure to see some of the best fishing out here right now. Dry fly, nymphs, dry dropper and even streamers for the persistent angler can all put fishing in the net this week. The trick is the where and when. While the main emergence of PMDs usually happens mid-day, they do tend to stick around through most of the day and can still provide fair fishing on top. This is where having a good assortment of flies imitating these bugs will really come into play depending if the fish are keyed in on the nymph, emerger, dun or spinner. There have also been a lot of midges and BWOs around as well, so it’s wise to keep them handy just the same. As this is a tailwater, you can expect good fishing sunup to sundown, but the odd hours are best suited for nymphing.
Recommended Flies for the Little Truckee River
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