Rick Mazaira, Yosemite Outfitters
Yosemite Report
Early season fishing has been great with the lower
snow run off in the river systems we have been able to enjoy fishing
larger systems as well as creek and smaller tributaries. Great
opportunity for a short hike, beautiful scenery, no crowds, and great
fishing.
Tioga Pass is open and full access to the Park has opened up the higher elevations,...
Opening day was a great day and with a small snow storm to give us some
much needed water, the short term outlook is really good!
Look for tributaries that have good early season flows, like Rock Creek in the Sierra National Forest, it is fishing well with Caddis dries fish are small and plentiful.Rivers systems north of Yosemite are doing well too. The hwy 120...
The Lower Tuolumne is fishing well and by
well I mean this, it’s a streaky river good days and bad and when the
good days are more than the bad - it’s a good day! Rachel Pace Lamson
Rep had this beauty! Dries on the surface and nymphs in the afternoon.
The Lower Merced is very slow.
The Merced west of the Yosemite boundary is starting to get in to shape. Look to...
Rick Mazaira, Yosemite Outfitters
Finally some welcomed rain, with the abnormal warm spell, we have seen some early hatches BWO and strong Caddis, which will continue through April. Fishing in the west slope this time of year is technical, and challenging, with water releases up to 800 cfs for the salmon push in the Tuolumne river, & more in the Stanislaus river. High water lends itself to drifting...
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