Fishing in the Mammoth area was one of my goals this summer and I had lots of fun on this trip. GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Mono County got buried and there were a few avalanches across HWY 395. I use midges and pheasant tail nymphs on the creek in winter time. This is the spawning channel at the intersection of Pleasant Valley Dam Road and Chalk Bluff Road. This general appearance tricks quite a few hungry trout. Nothing like a fat, 20 inch plus 'bow catching some air, then sounding like a 2x4 slapping the water when it falls out of the sky! Historically it is arguably the finest moving water trout fishery we have in the Eastern Sierra. Fishing the meadow sections can be as challenging as any spring creek. For nymphing the deep pools bead head Pheasant Tail Nymphs, Prince Nymphs, and Birds Nest Nymphs in sizes #14, #16 & #18 are good here. Seth got Ted into some chunky fish like this brown trout. There is room for six vehicles to park off the road at the entrance to the dirt road going upstream on the upper Owens River. Read more. Bishop Creek in the Owens Valley is a great alternative spot to fly fish when the lower Owens River flows are unfishable.. I would give Mono County plow drivers at least three or four days to clean up. The lower end of the wild trout section is accessible at Five Bridges. I saw a number of tourist walking out the trail without snowshoes. Its going to take a few more days for the canal to stabilize. All fly fishing highlights are from the first half of the day ranging from about 10AM to Noo. Fly fishers have to walk into the canyon section through soft snow. This one is available on Orvis.com for $1.59 on sale. Pleasant Valley Reservoir is closed for repair work to the access road along the reservoir. Doug called me within 10 minutes and was able to juggle his guides to accommodate a My husband, cousin, and I hired Doug (guide) to take us out on Crawley and we were Killin it!!! The Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report is brought to you by Fred Rowe owner of Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Guide Service Fred has been guiding the Eastern Sierra since 1982. We offer great fly fishing in the eastern sierra year-around out of Mammoth Lakes, Bishop, Crowley Lake, June Lake, and Bridgeport, California with diverse types of water and programs designed to get novices into fish with minimal instruction while challenging the most experienced anglers. Im using size 20 blue wing olive parachutes and olive sparkle duns. Working nymphs on the substrate in the riffle hole transition will produce a fish or two for the fly fisher that diligently covers the water. The Owens has two personalities here in that upstream from the campground pattern selection and techniques are straight forward in that basic attractor patterns are all you need to catch fish.
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