March 28th, Fly Fishing Report for the Truckee River, Little Truckee River and Pyramid Lake
This week’s weather has shifted quite a bit to say the least. Just when we started to see spring start to show the forecast calls for another significant, albeit wet storm system on its way. If you’ve been reading our reports for a while, you can likely guess the two things that this system will do. One, make Pyramid Lake fish really well and two, slow fishing down on the river. Take a wild guess where we would recommend fishing this week? Happy spring, y’all!
Guided Spring Fly Fishing
March is one of the best months of the year to fish the Truckee River. The days are getting longer, and the water temperature is on the rise. With spring, we start to see our first big hatches of the year and the fish begin to come out of their winter doldrums. The Skwala stonefly emerges and the BWO are hatching in mass. The fish are hungry, and we see one of the best opportunities of the year to find good numbers of quality fish.
Book a trip this spring and see what the Truckee has to offer!
Truckee River Fishing Report & Forecast
The past week of fishing on the Truckee was excellent. We were fishing in sun hoodies and casting all the way until dark comfortably. Needless to say, this really made us look forward to the coming months. The water stayed mostly clear even though Truckee hit the mid-60’s and Reno in the low-70’s. As expected, we saw a good smattering of skwalas along the entire river. Tossing the adults out there under a nymph dropper right now is a fun way to fish the big river. Indicator fishing or tight line nymphing have both been almost equally effective as the fish have begun to spread out a bit more, with some still holding in the slow stuff and others found in faster water. The other typical late winter bugs such as baetis, midges, winter stones, worms and eggs are all fishing great as well. We expect a bit of a slowdown in the action this week as the weather gets cold and wet once again, but it’s hard to complain about the prospect of more snow on the hill during a year like this.
Recommended Flies for the Truckee River
Umpqua Tungsten Two-Tone Zebra Midge
Umpqua Micro-May
Umpqua Tungsten Juju Baetis
Little Truckee River Fishing Report & Forecast
The access on the Little Truckee will be a bit spotty this week depending on how much snow falls here in town. As of today, it is accessible and fishing well. While the main hatch has been BWO’s this entire winter. Over the last few weeks we have been getting good reports on dry fly fishing using winter stones. This week we are also looking at skwalas, providing a nice change in pace from their normal finicky feeding habit when it comes to mayflies. Using skwala nymphs is certainly another great option and works particularly well for the angler who likes to cover a lot of water.
Recommended Flies for the Little Truckee
Umpqua Tungsten Two-Tone Zebra Midge
Umpqua Film Critic
Umpqua Micro-May
Pyramid Lake Fishing Report & Forecast
The bite at Pyramid has been pretty hot and cold recently. The overcast and windy days are still providing some steady action for both the indicator or when stripping. On sunny days there is a lot of time spent between bites, which can still be a lot of fun as long as you’ve surrounded yourself with good company! We are seeing a good number of fish cruising the shallows now, with some large schools of fish passing by on a regular basis. These fish are not typically going to take your fly, especially if you’re indicator fishing. We recommend looking past those fish and focusing on putting the bobber out into the deeper water. Fishing from 6-10 feet deep. These are the fish that are actively feeding and looking for those size 12-14 midges.
Recommended Flies for Pyramid Lake
Solitude Exasperator Sculpin
Solitude Bellyache Minnow
Solitude Double Dipper Chironomid
Spring Euro Nymphing Clinic
Sign up for our Euro Nymphing Clinic with TCO Guides Nate Cutler and Mike Doubek this May. This will be a two-day intensive workshop on the fundamentals of Euro Nymphing on the Truckee River. The clinic will include both on-the-water and off-the-water instruction.
Participants will receive a selection of flies, leader building materials and a swag pack in addition to quality instruction from our guides.
Anglers are asked to provide their own Euro Nymphing rod & reel for this clinic. A small number of rental rods are available through the shop. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions regarding what kind of rod is best suited towards Euro Nymphing.
$700.00 per person for two days of instruction and guiding.
Dates - May 31st & June 1st
Reserve your spot now - limited spaces available!
