Truckee River Fishing Report & Forecast

The flows on the Truckee have dropped around 100 CFS at the Farad gauge. As of today, this section of river is sitting at 550 CFS, which is just a bit above average for this time of year. The cooler than normal days have also kept the water temps peaking at 66 degrees around 5:00pm along this same section of river, which will often be the coolest on the entire river because of the tailwater releases out of Boca.

Remember, trout are a coldwater fish and prefer cooler temps, because of this we are highly recommending to fish down in the canyon right now. If fishing upstream of the Boca confluence, continue to carry a thermometer with you and call it when temps exceed 66 degrees to give the fish a break when the water gets warm. This will also be the same for those fishing West Reno and down as water temps will warm back up once you hit Verdi.

At this point in the year, it’s safe to say that the best fishing is early in the morning anyways, so get on the water early and off by mid-day. The flies dejour are a mix of crawdads, large stonefly patterns imitating the nocturnal stone (size 4-6!), and small flies such as PMD’s, BWO’s, midges and caddis pupa.

We have also noticed an uptick in the fish’s willingness to take a streamer this week, and using most methods of presenting have been working. Stripping, swinging and dead drifting sculpin, whitefish, baby trout or crawdad patterns have been putting fish in the net. Just be sure to use heavy flies, a sink tip line or even just a bunch of split shot to present your flies on or near the bottom.

Little Truckee River Fishing Report & Forecast

The dropping of flows on the Little Truckee has begun this week. As of today, we are seeing it sit around 80 CFS, but the odds are this will continue to drop. If planning to fish out here, we advise you to take a look at the flows out of the dam before heading out. You can find them easily here on our website. When they do drop the flows down to the forecasted 45 CFS we will be recommending to fish elsewhere and give these fish a break.

As they step down flows, this will slow the fishing down a bit because the fish will need to move around and adjust to their new surroundings.

For those looking to dry fly fish, you can expect the best hatches to be at the uppermost stretch of river, with PMD’s coming off daily. As the season progresses, we have been downsizing our imitations of this mayfly to more of a size 18. This is due to both the pressure the fish have seen recently and because the naturals are getting smaller as well. BWO’s, midges and worms are continuing to fish well for those going subsurface.

The LT is a tailwater, the fishing will be good all day, and we recommend getting out during those odd hours to avoid the crowds.