Fishing Report

Rivers & Streams		Updated Weekly	Updated 08/27/08 Need a report for another area? Just drop a line: info@theanglersedge.com Going to hit the Waters of the Rocky Mountains for the next 2 weeks, if you need an updated report call the shop they'll be happy to give you one!	Now Booking Private water (see below)
Water	Flows	Conditions	Recommended Flies / Techniques	Comments
E. Carson / Hangman's & Above	50 cfs	Some snakes have been showing	PUT & TAKE: Dries: Hoppers, Stimi's, Yellow Sally, Cahill, EHC. Streamers: Black, Olive, and Brown buggers. Nymphs: Hare's Ear, Copper Johns, PT, Princes. It's fishing very well. If you fish this water, do yourself a favor for next year, stop by Woodford's station and make a donation into the fisheries box. Doing this, you can always know that there will be fish there for next year. CATCH & RELEASE: Below Hangman's: A report from Brian: Morning temp of water was 62 and then rose to 68 by 11;30. Nice time for the dries. Hoppers, Tent wing Caddis, any dry that is in a 14 - 18 in a tan. Hoppers, sulfur, yellow Sally and a drop. It's certainly coming on with Caddis imitations, if you want to nymph or dry fly. Working well just below the bridge (orange or Royal stim's) Yellow Sally's showing early and Hoppers are showing up. Early morning bite does okay though with the heat, the fish look for those cool holes and the olive bugger has been taking them.	Special Regs C & R only below bridge: No bait, single barbless hooks
E. Carson / Gardnerville	67 cfs	Clear	Back water above dam is still great, though warm, we have a significant amount of water being pulled off just above the bridge. So below the bridge is thin. Dry flies EHC, Stimulators, Adams and Madam X's, Royal Wulff and Coachman, yellow Sallies. Nymphs are PT's, Hare's Ear and Copper Johns. Olive bugger for a beginner will make the little wilds chase.
W. Carson / Canyon	18 cfs	Water is warming through Hope Valley	Fish are being taken at each bridge. Stocked by Alpine County (Again, go give them a few bucks at Woodford's station or here at the shop) Yellow crystal buggers doing well, Royal Wulff, Adams, EHC and Cahill in the pocket water. A nice big Stimulator with a drop of a PT or caddis pupa doing well also.
E. Walker / Rosaschi	85 cfs	Very warm water	PLEASE SEE NEWS PAGE FOR RESTORATION PLAN AND MEETING INFORMATION. IF YOU FISH THIS WATER, YOU NEED TO SEE WHAT THE PLANS ARE. Hopefully by mid September we'll have had a few freezing nights. and it will bring temps back down. Watch the temperatures in the water, if they start getting above 70, please stop fishing. Though fish would take, the amount of nitrogen in the water that they take in during the fight will kill them in a few hours even if your release was done well. Rumors and hearsay are that temps are rising steadily on the river to about 76 degrees.	Special Regs C & R only No bait single barbless hooks
E. Walker Below Dam	84 cfs	Warm	PLEASE SEE NEWS PAGE FOR RESTORATION PLAN AND MEETING INFORMATION. IF YOU FISH THIS WATER< YOU NEED TO SEE WHAT THE PLANS ARE. With the water coming directly off of Bridgeport Res., the water is cooler than the ranch. Water is cooling a bit with the cooler nights, Though still, at 7:00 a.m. it was already 67 degrees. Give the fish a chance, don't fight them too long, get them in and get them off. Zebra midges, baetis emergers, Copper johns small PT's and small Hare's ear are working for nymphs. Tent wing Caddis early in the morning PMD's about 10 am starting to come off.	Check Regs, after April 26th - November 15th 1 fish over 18" No Bait. Single barbless
W. Walker / Canyon	33 cfs	Clear	Should be stocked for the Holiday Weekend. PT, Hare's Ear, Copper John for a nymph rig. Yellow Crystal buggers, Olive buggers, black red butts, Zuddlers produced fish. Chartreuse or yellow Para Madame X's and small stims all produced, though they did best as sub-surface. With the large fish that were stocked by Walker, they took salmon egg patterns best. CDF&G will stock again this week. With the lower flows it's time to start with a "meat & potato" set up. Come in and ask if you have questions on this BONUS: Desert Creek report was that small browns were hitting on EHC's. Nice to see them show up! Thanks for the report Kurt
Little Walker River	12 cfs	Running cool	Still very nice flows, You can certainly throw a dry like an EHC, Hopper, Adams, Royal Wulff, but the streamers with a drop of a PT or Hare's Ear did well also. The lower section below the bridge was doing better on dries for the small wilds, though they are small they sure are a blast!
Truckee River	578 cfs		It's fishing very well. It's been stocked by NDOW a few weeks in a row now, so there are plenty of fish in the park areas. If you want to get away from the crowds, do. Lower Mustang area doing very well. Hitting on Hoppers, EHC, and Adams and PMD. dredging some of the larger holes will do well too with a zuddler
PRIVATE WATER Pleasant Valley Preserve		Here a Fish, There a Fish, Everywhere - Fish! Fish!	Water is a bit thinner, getting technical, but hey, it's FISHING not CATCHING! clients have gotten fish on the Adams in 18, EHC, It's so nice to be able to fish a good technical water for this area. Even the beginners that have never fly fished have gotten fish, with the help of their guide. With the price of gas, you can fish a quality water without traveling too far! Reserve your slot now!	Call the shop to reserve your date. Guides available
Lakes & Reservoirs
Mason Valley - North Pond/ Hinkson Slough			Bass pond was still doing very well, a few trout, and they were big but certainly not plentiful. Bass on the other hand were so plentiful that people are having a great time!.
Indian Creek Res.			Ahh Windiancreek. Water level is still low. Were getting a trickle of water coming in, but after the new aerator installation, this summers fishing should improve drastically with more oxygen in the water. Early morning rise and late evening on black midge clusters. Red/Black, Red or Black buggers were still doing well. We had a few customers try a new pattern out there that is radical and it worked very well, so we'll try and start getting those tied up in production for the lakes. Dries are Mosquitoes, Gnats, Sierra bright dots, and 18 adams. Olive buggers, purple buggers (you have to wonder why) olive or tan damsels, blood midges, princes are the still the fair.
Blue Lakes			Dave up at Woodford's said that the lower lake was doing well. For right now, it's a bait fishermen's honey hole... Ants, EHC, mosquito, Adams, damsels nymphs, PT's
Red Lake			Not much going on there, pretty slow. Did you know that Kinney got a plethora of fish??
Caples Lake			UPDATE: Please see our NEWS page for the CDF&G Restoration Plan. Some peopel say that it will fish fantastically after the fish are drawn out... we'll see... big fish are there, lets just see what theya re going to be taking! They are looking to have the water down to "0" "ZERO" on the gauge by mid September. The fish stocking has been stopped and will then be stocked next year. Wonder just how big a big mac from Caples is? You might get to see that this year. The fish will most likely get a full winter kill this Winter. Fingers are crossed that CDF&G doesn't try and make it into a cutthroat only fishery. Mosquitoes late in the afternoon. Adams in the morning or a large Stim with a zebra drop. Black or dark olive buggers on an intermediate clear sink.
Spooner			Check the NDOW site. Boats with electric motors are now allowed on the lake. Now I just wonder if they're going to allow you to get that boat down there. Damsels and leaches still working well. Prince zebra and zug bugs getting hits. with this warming weather, an intermediate clear sink will be the tickets with a brown or root beer bugger on a slow crawl.
Heenan		Opens August 29th	Open only on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Sunrise to Sunset the Friday before Labor Day and closes the last Sunday in October Will get a report as soon as we start fishing!	Special Regs C & R only No bait single barbless hooks
Hobart			Road is open Dries of mosquitoes and adams. Pete's cased caddis has been working well enough that I'm scrambling to tie them up! PT's and zug bugs for sub-surface.
Twin Lakes			Jan down at the boat house told me that everything is normal... It's going very well for the fishermen! Buggers, thin bodied with orange tail working well, and thin bodied damsels.
Topaz			Stocked by NDOW, about 9,000 bows stocked. Small worms and Salmon eggs. If a tuber would like to fish the south end with a purple bugger and a PT, it could produce, I'd be using a sinking line. The boats are having to go a bit deeper now about 34'. The Canal was not affected by the Parks buy-out. It is running a bit high, (172) but wow is it clear.