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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Jan 16, 2017 - 09:38pm PT
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Beautiful work on those beetle patterns WTF. Real craftsmanship.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 17, 2017 - 07:31am PT
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Great looking flies WTF. I had planned on coming up last weekend to fish but well, you know what happened with the roads. You should think about making the trip down here. The fishing is a lot of work now but good. Kind of like alpine climbing. You have to suffer but the rewards are worth the effort.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Thanks for the updates...can't wait to get back there!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Feb 10, 2017 - 09:24am PT
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Gold in them thar lakes.....
So a question about FF now....
Does all this hi-water runoff mess with the Fly Fishing?
Like the Owens specifically, lower and upper.
I see that Bishop is starting to get into the mid sixties...
Same with Fresno.
Help a noob out
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Feb 10, 2017 - 10:15am PT
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You can check on the flow rates of the rivers and creeks on the eastside here.
https://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/faces/wcnav_externalId/a-w-laa-cond-rprt?_adf.ctrl-state=3ece3piea_4&_afrLoop=269643703205811
Currently the fishing on the upper Owens looks good but you need a snowmobile to get to it. The gorge is fishing well but the lower Owens has a lot of water but almost no fish. Expect the DFG and the town of Bishop to plant fish here to try to help the population recover from the drought. Hot Creek is also slated to get about 12,000 sub catchables again this summer to help it recover. It will take a couple years to get the fish populations in these waters back to where they belong.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Feb 10, 2017 - 10:32am PT
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^^^^
Does it make me an expert fisherman if I can consistently catch the "sub-catchables?"
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Feb 10, 2017 - 10:55am PT
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Sub-catchable.....my specialty.
Thanks-- Jan, Tad and Limping....
Stimbo had those shots where he was walking around in the POW at the bridges.
Looked cold.
And Jan another question.... how do you know the ORG is fishing well?
I have a few FISHING REPORTS I look at and only the tourist spots seem to get reported on.... you got a "super inside beta" one you like??
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Feb 10, 2017 - 12:29pm PT
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Thanks .... Ill start checking those out.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Feb 10, 2017 - 12:39pm PT
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Guy, just realize how cold the water is this time of year and that it takes a nice warm sunny day to really get the bugs popping and the fish eating. Or you can dredge deep and dark.
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otisdog
Big Wall climber
Sierra Madre & McGee Creek, Ca.
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Feb 11, 2017 - 06:23pm PT
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Sierra Drifters report states that a client caught a "Crowley Steelhead?"
What a crock of hype...
If the guides really cared about the fish as opposed to their wallet, those fish would never leave the water.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Feb 11, 2017 - 07:37pm PT
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South Idaho is experiencing similar weather to what you folks are suffering in California.
Heidi & I managed to get her pickup out of our gravel-drive morass this morning & drove into town.
Choss Creek was pretty much overwhelming this small hydro diversion-dam, where there is normally decent winter fishing.
And the sweet hole below the dam was just a 10' deep torrent.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Feb 13, 2017 - 01:42pm PT
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My entry for the smallest trout on the thread. Nice effort Limpingcrab and Guyman. You guys are good.
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brotherbbock
climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Feb 13, 2017 - 02:14pm PT
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On a side note....where is Pate?
I miss arguing with that skinny son of a bitch.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Feb 13, 2017 - 04:41pm PT
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Those aren't even very small. I catch sub 2 inchers all the time. Sometimes you have to go hunt around the grass and bushes behind you to find the little suckers because they don't weigh enough to slow down your line when you strike. It's all good fun though!
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Feb 14, 2017 - 08:16am PT
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I read that there may be limited access to Pyramid Lake towards the end of this month. Fingers are crossed.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Feb 14, 2017 - 12:58pm PT
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WTF.... I came across something on Facebook in the Pyramid Lake group. As I understand it, the Tribe will allow partial access within the next two weeks (where? I cannot say) then the remainder of the lake is slated for April.
I will let you know when I can make it up there. I am sure it will be a zoo. Everybody has cabin fever....
I should start tying some bugs for the 'mid. It sounds like this weekend we will all be tent bound with the weather.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Feb 14, 2017 - 01:16pm PT
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I actually broke the vice out again. It's been a few years. I'm tying some no hackle split wing elk hair caddis in size 18, first in light olive then in tan. Biggest difference from years past is that I need to wear my reading glasses to see the damn thing.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Feb 14, 2017 - 02:16pm PT
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Angela with a 25 inch, 6 lb. brown I caught today in Lago General Carrera. Making gravlix with it...should be ready tomorrow.
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