Crowley Lake: Very Good
This week looks to be a good week on Crowley as the midge emergence has been very strong with the fish keying in on the abundant midge larva and pupa that are hatching in the flats of Crowley at the present time. The annual "Double Haul in the Fall" float tube tournament went down on Saturday and it was a great showing of competitive fly anglers. There were some very nice fish measured on this day and fun was had by one and all. The areas that I would concentrate on for this week are the Green Banks area in 7-13 feet, North Landing area in 7-14 feet, McGee Bay in 7-14 feet, and West Shore in 6-13 feet. I would suggest larva patterns in black/silver, grey/black, black/red, and gray/silver. Also, don't forget to hang those blood midge patterns in the mornings as the fish are becoming somewhat sluggish from the cool fall temperatures. For those of you stripping streamers out there I would suggest #10-14 hale bopp leaches in black, brown, and olive, hornbergs, matuka's, zonker's, and purple krystal buggers will have your rod bendo in no time! 3x and hold on !
Upper Owens: 89 c.f.s.
The Upper Owens has been fishing very, very, well again this week as the hatches have been great with lot's of caddis flies, trico's, and a smorgasborg of midges this has made for some epic days on the water. This is a great time of the year to be on the water as the fall temperatures make their way into the high country. 5x will definetly be in order on all of our rigs from here on out and this will surely improve your catch rate for this fall. The areas that I would suggest for the Upper Owens would be any any public access gate that doesn't have a car parked there. I swear, it is that good! Get out there and have some fun as the fall has arrived and the fish are seeing minimal amounts of pressure at the present time. Good luck and happy hunting!
East Walker: 82 c.f.s.
The East has improved greatly this week as the cool night time temperatures have really cooled things down. The water temperature from the outflow of the tube was 61 degrees which is a very good temperature and a substantial improvment over the dog days of summer. I want to personally thank all of my fellow anglers and friends for respecting the East Walker this year and actually contributing to the improvment of an outstanding fishery by not fishing on our watery friends and giving them a chance to survive our miserable snowpack from this past winter. I would suggest fishing here this fall as there should be some photo quality fish brought to the net. Get out there and go fish!
Lower Owens: 446 c.f.s.
Air temperatures are improving on the Lower Owens and I will be doing some scouting here on this river here in the near future. Stay tuned as this fishery will be the go to river this fall and winter.
Best Fishes,
Nicholas Lawton
nlawton@3dguideservices.com
www.3dguideservices.com
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