Matt Koles Reports 11.24.16

It’s more winter than fall on the Truckee River and Pyramid Lake Nevada.

Cold and snow and rain, hopefully it will keep coming.

Good news for both venues as the weather helps the fishing. Cold cloudy days are better than cold sunny days. Just is.

On the Truckee River we’ve been getting into some, not a lot, but some. Those some are usually big this time of year. Trouts...

Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 11.17.2016

Much colder temps this week on the Truckee River and Pyramid Lake Nevada.

No snow yet, but the forecast models look promising and all we need is the storm door to remain open and we will get it.

The Truckee River has been fishing pretty well, tougher than the last few weeks, but not bad. The water has got cold, that means trouts have migrated into slower...

Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 11.10.2016

High pressure is dominating our weather for the first week of November,  outlook is for continued sunshine until maybe a pattern change before T-giving.

So that’s good for the fishing on the river. Obviously warm days this time of year are better than cold ones. Good for the nymphing, not so good for the streamer fishing, or dry fly fishing. Flows are really...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 11.2.2016

This October set record rainfall for Truckee-Lake Tahoe today. Needless to say, The Truckee River is flowing pretty good for late fall.

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In fact as I write this, the river is having a big push. Over 1000 cfs here in the Hirsh, it was 400 this morning. Looks like up by Squaw and Alpine they...

Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 10.27.2016

Kinda the best fall fishing we’ve had in a few years on the Truckee River.

The last few we just haven’t had any water. Dismal to say the least. I was mostly at Pyramid Lake last couple falls because I just didn’t want to shoot fish in a barrel on the river. Other guides were guiding the river, folks were fishing, but I tried to stay away. The moral to this...

The Pyramid Lakeopener was this last weekend.Big winds for this years opener put a wrench in our fishing. Normally some wind is good for Pyramid Lake but not when your out on your tubes, or in a boat trying to target the fishing in the deeper water. Still fish were caught, but it wasn’t as good as the last few openers for the majority of anglers. Sure, some shore guys caught some stranglers...

Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 9.29.2016

So long summer. We had a good water year once again, and fishing was just like every other good summer before. If you made your way out to fish with me, thanks.

Flows have been steadily dropping since the first week of Sept, and now we are at about 120 cfs in the Hirsch, and 140 near stateline, on the Truckee River. Not a lot of meat on the bone in most of...

Matt “gilligan” Koles reports on 9.1.2016

Seems like fish have perked up with the cooler weather. Lots of grabs, and the occasional big fish happening on the Truckee River.

Highs are back in the 70’s, ahh, lows in the 30’s. Can’t stand that heat, and it was hot this summer. In fact, if you head out in the morning, bring a winter jacket if you are anywhere below Hirschdale on the Truckee River. In...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 8.25.2016

Little cooler temps this week than last, and finally, a few afternoon thunderstorms helping to cool things off.

August is always kinda rough with the hot weather, and smart picky trout full of crayfish in their bellies. That being said, we still have very good flows and we are almost to the end of the month. Nights will cool dramatically and before you know...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 8.18.2016

Little warm up here again. Descent fishing one day, not so good the next. Dog days of August I guess.

Best thing to do is get out in the mornings and nymph with some crayfish, or caddis and mayfly type combo. Cover some water and make sure you fish the heads of runs/ pools and the fast pocket water slots. It’s also hopper time, you may get a fish or two...