Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 11.12.2015

Pyramid Lake:

It finally feels like the old Pyramid Lake I remember in November, you know, freezing your ass off and catching big cutts. It is winter now in the high desert.

This weeks storm left a good coating of the white stuff on all the peaks in and around the lake. We had a good chop, (wind) and pretty raw/ gnarly conditions to fly fish in this week....

Matt Koles reports on 11.4.2015:

It’s looking like November will be nothing like October at least temperature wise. This month was not warm, but more like hot in the Truckee-Tahoe-Reno area. We had a dusting of snow on the higher peaks yesterday, and it’s looking like a cold storm is on it’s way Sunday.

The Truckee River is still somewhat low, but a few good storms can turn things around...

Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 10.15.15

The Truckee River

The Truckee is holding pretty steady at about 100 cfs here in the Hirsch, and a bit higher down towards Nevada. Not bad. I thought it would be much worse come October. Cool nights, warm days right now. The best fishing is happening mid-morning and again in the evening. Blue wing olives are the main deal. Some other bugs in the mix, but...

Matt Heron Reports on 10.8.2015

Although it’s been a while, we’ve a had an amazing fall on the rivers since our last report. There is no question that winter is around the corner in the Truckee area, cold nights and changing colors can signal some of the best fishing of the year.

Overall the Truckee hasn’t really changed much below Boca in the last few weeks. Flows are still low, but consistent...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 9.9.2015

September is rolling on by. Still no rain to speak of, hot this week actually, but things look very promising this winter.

The Truckee River is still flowing. About 90 cfs here in the Hirsh. Very cool to cold overnight temps have cooled the water. Some folks are fishing, some are not. If you do fish, like I’ve been saying, fish in the mornings from the...

Matt Heron reports on 8.27.2015

Things have finally changed for the better some the last few weeks. Much colder nights have dropped water temps on the Big T below Boca much earlier in the season than I think most of us thought would happen. If the science tells us anything, the Hoot Owl Closure can be lifted in the mornings. All the guides, outfitters and conservation groups seem to all be on the...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 8.26.2015

Flows are still low out on the Little Truckee for the enhancement-restoration project. Please do not go fish the LT until flows come back up once the project is done. 2 more weeks maybe? Our local TU #103, and with help of many, many volunteers added spawning gravel yesterday to part of the upper stretch of river. It was good to see so many folks out...

Matt Koles reports on 8.20.2015

The cork will be put in the flows out of Stampede on the Little Truckee River for the restoration/ enhancement project happening out there starting tomorrow, 8/16. The project will last for 2-3 weeks. We are asking anglers to leave the LT alone while flows will be at the minimum, 14 cfs. This is a brainchild of our local Trout Unlimited #103 chapter. The project is...

Matt “Giligan” Koles Reports on 8.11.15

Afternoon rain/ thunderstorms continue all over the Reno-Tahoe-Truckee area. All over the Eastern Sierra’s.That’s the story of our summer, and It’s saving our asses, keeping things wet and cool. We’ve made it through the hottest part of the summer and even if flows get lower on the Truckee River, it will be cool enough to support our trout.

I was over in...

Matt Heron Report on 8.6.2015

As you might all imagine, the Big T is still shutdown to fishing. What that said, there is hope on the horizon. Fall is just around the corner and that will bring only positives to our watershed. Shorter days and cooler temps are the obvious, but it looks like Reno finally called on water from Independence Lake. Long story short, this will have a trickle down effect on...