Fishing Season to be open March 1

Lower Owens River: Flow (110 c.f.s) Welcome to the first Eastern Sierrra fishing report of the Lower Owens River by yours truly 3D Fly Guide! This week has been an interesting one for fishing on the Lower Owens. We have had several high pressure storms move through the Sierra's this week putting a little bit of a damper on the epic fishing we were having last week with the Blue Wing Olive hatch in full swing and plenty of fish rising to the mayfly duns it was a great time to be on the water! The caddis have also been pretty active in the drift during the mid-day emergence! Also lots of small midges everywhere but the fish are really not keying in on the diptera as much as the other insects in the river at this time. Mid-day temps this week look to be a little chilly on the Lower Owens and plenty of layers will be the ticket to staying warm out on the river this week. Look for the following week to be partly cloudy with highs in the mid 40's. Remember: It doesn't have to be sunny for the B.W.O hatch to come off in full force Hint: They actually prefer overcast days to sunny days

Owens River Gorge: Flow (60 c.f.s) This small tailwater fishery has been fishing well during mid-day mayfly and midge emergence this week. A combination of a general attractor pattern in size #18 (Parachute Adams, Humpies, Trudes) and a 20" inch dropper of 6x tippett and a small pheasant tail or black beauty in 20-22 will get you into plenty of fish in these pocket pools of the gorge. Bring plenty of water for this trip. This is not an easy walk in the park. If you have trouble walking this hike is not recommended.


Fishing Season to open Year Round on the Upper Owens, Hot Creek, and the East Walker

Upper Owens River: Flow (80 c.f.s) This spring creek is scheduled to open on March 1, 2007 as declared by the D.F.G. The spring spawn has not gotten into full swing just yet on the Upper O but this should begin here in the next few weeks. These fish will set up on the gravel beds and are very vulnerable during this time period. Please do not fish on these reds. This is how the river sustains a great reputation as a blue ribbon trout fishery for the fact that the natural spawning reproduction is very high in the stream. Also the water temps are at around 44-46 degrees so this temp tells me if it raises just a few more degrees this will trigger the spring run of rainbows into the stream and include some pretty epic fishing. Stay posted.

East Walker River: (20 c.f.s.) This tailwater fishery is also scheduled to open on March 1, 2007 to year round angling. At the current flow these fish are under alot of stress amongst themselves in the river. Lack of oxygen and food can provide a lot of stress on a fishery when the water temps are also in the high 30's to low 40's. Please fish with care on this classic Eastern Sierra tailwater. Use proper catch and release techniques and keep those fish in the water!!!!!!!!!!! One pic and release! Thanks. If this fishery is properly manged it will be a great year round fishery and will provide great angling for big fish year round but if our fellow fly anglers do not practice these techniques this fishery will fail miserably so please take into consideration this oppurtunity we have to fish year round on one of the best tailwaters in the state of California.