Jarrett Coons of Sierra Mountain Trout Guide Reports on September 19th, 2025 The bite is still great on Crowley Lake. The days are comfortable and the mornings aregetting chilly. Most of the fish a...
Jarett Coons of Sierra Mountain Trout Guides reports on August 22nd, 2025 Crowley lake Lake Elev.- 6766.8 Surface Temp. 66+- It’s a great time to be on Crowley! We’ve made it through the heat of su...
Jarret Coons of Sierra Mountain Trout Guide Service Reports on June 25th, 2025 Eastern Sierra Backcountry Summer is here and that means backcountry fly fishing!! Many places are ice free andaccessi...
Dave Neal of Reel Adventures Guide Service reports on May 27th, 2025 The Lower Sac is back! Fishing has much improved these past few weeks on the Big River. We are finally seeing some good b...
Jarrett Coons of Sierra Mountain Trout Guide Service reports on March 28th, 2025 Upper Owens Flow- 90cfs We’ve had a few days of warming which be great for the roads. Be extremely careful drivin...
Jarett Coons reports on January 18th, 2025 SMTGS Report for Owens River: After an unusually warm December, the nights havefinally gotten cold. Water temps on most our streamsare hovering around 40F...
J. Coons reports on November 16th, 2024 Eastern Sierra Fishing Report The regular fishing season has closed and we are at my favoritetime of year… the off season!! The crowds are gone, the air t...
Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Guide Service reports on Nov. 8th, 2024 The first week of November came in cold. The highest of peaks have a fresh layer of snow. Been wearing a jacket more than I wan...
Jarrett Coons Reports on 5.08.2024 Eastern Sierra: So, the main season is open and temps are a little cooler than usual. We had a few late storms and still have a good snowpack in the mountains th...
Jim Stimson Reports on 10.7.20 Get it while it lasts, the autumn colors that is. October is a magical time of year in the Eastern Sierra; the shadows are long, the mornings are crisp, and the mount...
Jim Stimson Reports on 9.30.20 Thank you firefighters! The Inyo National Forest remains closed until a revaluation of conditions occurs on October 8th, hence, any fishing on USFS land is prohibite...
Jim Stimson Reports on 9.17.20 I feel I am about to write a new Cormac McCarthy style novel; something dark, hopeless, with endless amounts of despair. If COVID were not enough, we now have thick, ...
Jim Stimson Reports on 9.2.2020 Wow, Labor Day weekend….. the mornings are starting to cool off and with the lower sun angle, the mountains are beginning to get that autumn hue. We are expecting re...
Jim Stimson Reports on 8.27.20 Ughh! California is an inferno. Other than smokey air quality that you could cut with a knife, the Eastern Sierra is one of the few places in the State not on fire. B...
Jim Stimson Reports on 8.13.20 Fishing is solid for the most part, depending on where you visit. The smaller creeks are low and boney but if you fish on the Owens River system, Hot Creek, or the hi...
Jim Stimson Reports On 7.10.2020 One of the most important tools in your summer fly fishing arsenal should be a thermometer. In these hot days of summer, I LOVE putting on a pair of shorts and a t-...
Jim Stimson Reports on 7.1.20 One of the most important tools in your summer fly fishing arsenal should be a thermometer. In these hot days of summer, I LOVE putting on a pair of shorts and a t-sh...
Jim Stimson Reports on 6.19.2020 Hoppers, hoppers, and more hoppers….. If you are planning on fishing the Upper Owens, stock up on those large, grotesque, and gaudy terrestrial patterns. Yellow...
Jim Stimson Reports on 5/30/2020 After months of social isolation I would like to welcome everybody back to the world of trout fishing. As I write this report, the CDFW has reopened Mono County fo...
Jim Stimson Reports on 3.19.20 It is remarkable how that in over a course of a week our world as we know it has plunged into dark times. There is no way to sugar coat this: the Mammoth Lakes Tour...
Jim Stimson Reports on 2.27.20 The Upper Owens is still kicking out some nice fish but the “bite” does not happen until close to lunch time. So relax, enjoy that extra cup of coffee and doughnut an...
Jim Stimson Reports on 2.20.20 We continue to live under a dome of high pressure which is nice if you like endless days of blue skies and mild temperatures. The remainder of February looks to cont...
Jim Stimson Reports on 2.13.2020 Brrr…… 17º on the thermometer this morning! This will make driving out to the Upper Owens considerably easier with the frozen ground BUT, beware of the afternoons. ...
Jim Stimson Reports on 1.30.2020 It looks like the Northern California coastal rivers are coming back into shape for steelhead fishing. What does this have to do with Eastern Sierra fishing? Well…....
We have some welcome, hopefully wet weather rolling in Thursday. The forecasters are hoping for 1-2 feet on the Mountain. It has been weeks since we have had any significant precipitation. We ha...
Jim Stimson Reports on 1.7.2020 We have some welcome, hopefully wet weather rolling in this morning. It has been weeks since we have had any significant precipitation. We can use some new snow for ...
Jim Stimson Reports on 1.2.2020 Happy New Year! Not much has changed since we turned over the page on the calendar. What snow we have received in the valley has settled and has been packed in with...
Jim Stimson Reports on 12.12.2019 Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report Winter keeps pushing with regularity into the Sierra with more snow expected this weekend. I am glad to have the precipitation an...
Jim Stimson Reports on 12.5.2019 I made a quick overnight trip to Pyramid Lake which was a fun change of pace. And, the fish Gods were kind…. Winter has arrived in the Sierra with more snow expect...
Jim Stimson Reports on 11.13.2019 The general trout season will be closing soon, November 15th, to be exact. Make sure you are aware of the local regulations, as some streams stay open year around...
Jim Stimson Reports on 10.7.2019 The general trout season will be closing soon, November 15th, to be exact. Make sure you are aware of the local regulations, as some streams stay open year around ...
Jim Stimson Reports on 10.23.2019 Yikes! November is barking at the door…. say it isn’t so! I saw the first hint of Christmas decorations at the local supermarket. The autumn colors are slipping pa...
Jim Stimson Reports on 10.17.18 Mid-October! The autumn colors are in their prime. Once we get a hard frost and some wind, fall will be over. The temperatures are cold now with morning lows in the...
Jim Stimson reports on 9.12.19 September…… the sun is getting lower in the sky, the nights are chilling down, and the grasses are starting to pick up that autumn hue. With the blink of an eye, th...
Jim Stimson reports on 8.29.2019 Here it is, the Dog Days of Summer…… September is just around the corner. Most of the families | tourists visiting the area have gone home for the summer. Normally...
Jim Stimson Reports on 8.23.19 it is that time of year to carry an important and often overlooked piece of equipment to the river, a thermometer. The tailwater fisheries, in particular the East Wa...
Jim Stimson reports on 7.11.19 Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report All of the passes are open now with no restrictions; Tioga, Sonora, and Monitor, as well as the road down to Devil’s Postpile. ...
Sonora and Monitor Passes are open, however, Tioga (120) is closed again. I would expect another “opening” perhaps this weekend?
Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report Jim Stimson reports on 6.20.19 The big news is that Tioga Pass will have a “soft” opening on Friday the 21st. The hours of passage will be between 10-11 am, then...
Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report Jim Stimson reports on 6.14.19 Summer has arrived. Overnight the daytime temperatures have risen into the 80’s in the Long Valley area. The creeks are swollen ...
Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report Runoff…… spring weather……….. and lots of water coming out of the mountains. The weather has finally turned warm. We’ve had some great afternoon buildup and th...
Jim Stimson reports on 5.30.19 Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report Could there be a break in the weather? In other words, is Spring just around the corner? I fished the East Walker yesterday in chil...
Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report Jim Stimson reports on 5.23.19 Arrrggggh! I will not sugar this up, what gives with this weather?!? As I write this weeks report, not only is it snowing outside...
Jim Stimson reports on 5.9.19Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing ReportThe weather is still on the cool side with morning temps often in the low 30’s. Once the sun climbs higher in the sky, things start hap...
Jim Stimson reports on 4.25.19Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing ReportWell? Hordes of anglers will start making their way into the Eastern Sierra over the next couple of days for the big opener for the tr...
