Matthew Koles reports on 5.31.18

Really good fishing on the Truckee River.

The sun finally came out after about 2 weeks of rain. Flows are slowly coming down again. It’s ridiculously beautiful up here with all the green and the trees and bushes and things. Birds are chirping, deer are out, and the fish are healthy. Now we’ll get right into summer.

The whole river should explore with bugs this week...

Jordan Romeny reports on 5.31.18

It’s good! Not a gimme at all but persistence pays off. The last few weeks have shown some very unsettled weather. We were ducking thunderstorms daily providing hit or miss results. It looks like we are settling in a bit so get ready for good fishing.

The river has been running high but compared to 2017 we aren’t scared about high water. The river is starting to drop...

Matt Koles reports on 5.24.18

Truckee

Good fishing here on the ole Truckee River.

Rain, sun, thunderstorms, wind, kinda the whole mix. People been asking about the fishing with these t-storms. Well, a hell of a lot better than sun and 100 degrees. Seriously though, trouts like low light. Rain is good. Get yourself a good rain jacket.

Flows have dropped down to around 900 cfs here in the Hirsch and...

Matt Koles reports on 5.17.18

Fishing is really really good on the Truckee River.

I don’t say that too often, but it’s really darn good right now. Flows are still somewhat high, but there’s lots of hungry healthy fish willing to take a fly.

The Truckee River is not usually a numbers river, but if you’re nymphing you can rack up some numbers right now. Late spring and early summer is a good time for...

Matt Koles reports on 5.10.18

Good weather, good fish’n here on the Truckee River.

Gotta love spring. Great weather, plenty of fat healthy fish, and the Giants are playing good baseball, couldn’t get any better. Plenty of water in the river too.

I’ve still been floating down on the Nevada side, streamer fishing mainly in the Nature Conservancy section. Slow streamer fishing, but still getting or...

Jon Baiocchi reports on 5.3.18

Truckee 

The flows have been slowly dropping on the Truckee River the last few weeks, we’ve had some warmer days where there is more of a melt of the snowpack, and coolers days where there is not as much. Flows as of 4/30 in the upper watershed are running at 490 cubes, east of town they are at 991 cfs, and down in the canyon the flows are 1,050 cfs. 

Water is clear for...

Matthew Koles reports on 5.3.18

Truckee River

Good spring fishing on the Truckee River.

The season trout opener was Saturday, though most folks fish year round these days on the bigger rivers. The Truckee River is open from Lake Tahoe all the way down now.

Flows are nearing 1000 cfs here in the Hirsch. Getting closer to normal, though you never know what normal is in the spring with runoff and...

Mattew Koles reports on 4.26.18

Flows are dropping.

Flows continue to drop and the water is crystal clear on the Truckee River.

With the flows dropping it opens up the whole river including the Nevada side. Good, because that opens up a lot of river for me to guide and when most of those fish haven’t seen a fly in a few months, it’s game time.

1,450 k here in the Hirsh. Down from 4,400 k last week,...

Matt Koles reports on 4.12.18

Truckee

Lots of water in the ole Truckee River.

Flows got big Saturday morning, about 6,200 cfs or so. Not as big as last January when they crested at just over 9000k here in the Hirsch. They’re back down to about 4,300 k or something like that now. Kinda just like last year, high water and really good fishing. Yes, I said really good fishing.

They’re still dumping a ton...

Matt Heron reports on 4.12.18

Truckee River

Flows are in the neighborhood of 2500-4500 CFS between Truckee and the upper canyon. For many, this is a great time to stock up on some last minute fly tying...