Matt Koles Reports on 2.15.2018

From warm to bitter cold today on the Truckee River.

We actually had a dusting of snow fall last night. Very cold temps today and a warm up towards the weekend.

Not much change to report other than the weather. Pretty warm daytime highs for the last few weeks and now one of the coldest days of the year. Flows have remained about the same all month.

350 cubes here in the...

Matt Koles Reports on 2.5.2018

Locked into high pressure.

Mild weather for this time of year on the Truckee River. Feels about like April. Of course this mild weather warms up the water and the trouts get more active.

Flows are still pretty good in both states despite the lack of snow. Seems like they’re holding water back in anticipation of another bad winter. This warm weather has got some bugs...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 1.22.2018

Cold is kinda the word.Just been cold this last week on the Truckee River. Water temps are stuck in the mid 30’s. Not that easy when the water gets that cold. Trouts move back in the frog water with cold water temps.

We’ll see what this week brings. Maybe a few feet of snow? I hope. Then we look to dry out again?

So for now look for water that’s moving at a...

Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 1.18.18

Finally a little rain and snow.

Kinda what we needed to give a little spark to the Truckee River.

Flows doubled up overnight the other night and are now back down. It will come up with this storm. So expect some higher muddy water until about Friday. Good, that’s what you want. Not the stagnant conditions we had all month of December. It’s much warmer now too....

Matt “Gilligan” Koles reports on 1.8.2017

Finally a little rain and snow.

Kinda what we needed to give a little spark to the Truckee River.

Flows doubled up overnight the other night and are now back down. It will come up with this storm. So expect some higher muddy water until about Friday. Good, that’s what you want. Not the stagnant conditions we had all month of December. It’s much warmer now...

Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 1.1.2018

Happy New Year!

The Truckee River is clear and cold and low. Tough fishing on the California side.

It’s a tale of two rivers. Completely different on the Nevada side, which is fishing very well.

In California, the water is low, not low-low, but low compared to summer time flows. That, and the water is clear as shit and cold. 330 cfs. Very tough to wrangle them...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles reports on 12.14.2017 

Clear and cold.

Slightly warm in the afternoons, but clear and cold on the Truckee River.

Overnight lows have been cold, like teens here in the Hirsch, and not really getting out of the 30’s. Put a little East wind in the mix and it goes right through ya. That being said, fishing ain’t bad for it being mid-December. There is no anchor ice, and access is...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 11.30.2017

Flows are way up on the Truckee River.

The weather was very mild last week, record-setting. I was wearing a t-shirt up here. Things are changing this week and we are getting some snow and more seasonable weather. Seasonable for us here this time of year should be cold, like really cold.

Yes, flows are up. They’ve been working on pouring the footings for the...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 11.20.2017

Higher flows and pretty awesome winter fishing on the Truckee River.

In fact, it was very very good this last weekend. Flows from the heavy rain went from 310 cfs, to about 2000 cfs, here in the Hirsch. 2000 k ain’t shit compared to last winter, ha ha.Timing is everything on this river, and when you time it right like on a dropping clearing river, you can...

Matt Gilligan Koles Reports 10.19.17

Cold nights, mild days on the Truckee River.

Not a lot of change since the last report. Flows and fishing and weather remains basically the same.

We have pushed some big fish around on streamers lately. That time of year. Seems like the fishing has been better and trouts willing to chase after the water warms a little bit. We haven’t really had any weather, so...