Matt Koles reports on 12.29.2015

Cold is the word this week.

After a very cold weekend we have warmed a bit. Not much, but enough to melt some of the anchor ice/ shelf ice, along the Truckee River. Kinda feel sorry for anyone that tried to fish the river this last weekend, just way to cold. Things have warmed a bit and afternoon sunshine should thaw things out and get some fish moving around....

Matt “ Gilligan” Koles reports on 12.15.2015

We are experiencing descent snows in Tahoe for the first time in 3 years. Decent snows, not huge for Tahoe standards. After todays storm we will be right around 80% of average annual snowfall in most parts of the Northern Sierra’s. The Truckee River watershed is looking good.

Last weeks storm came in very warm and we got a lot of rain before it turned...

Matt Heron Fly Fishing Reports on 12/10/2015:

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Some big news out of the Truckee/Tahoe area this morning. After over a year, there is finally water flowing out of Lake Tahoe again! Yes, it’s only 5 CFS but we’ll take all the help we can get.

With that said, the weather has been the talk of the down lately in the fishing world. With two small storms,...

Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 12.3.2015

Warming up, thawing out, and waiting for El Nino to roll in.

The Truckee River

has been very cold, low flows, and massive anchor ice forming. It has not been a good week to fish the river. With the low flows and extremely low air temps this last week, anchor ice has formed on almost it’s entire length. That was the coldest we’ve been since ’13. It was -14...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 11.19.2015

Pyramid Lake

has been very good if you time it right. When we’ve had these storms rolling through, the fishing has been very good, before, during, and after. When it has cleared and warmed back up it has been slow. Storms and wind are your friend at Pyramid Lake. As long as you can handle the weather when it’s stormy the fishing is pretty consistent. When...

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...