Matt Koles Reports on 2.15.2018From 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 muc...
Matt Koles Reports on 2.5.2018Locked 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 trout...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 1.22.2018Cold 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 co...
Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 1.18.18Finally 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 dow...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles reports on 1.8.2017Finally 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 ...
Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 1.1.2018Happy 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...
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...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 11.30.2017Flows 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 ...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 11.20.2017Higher 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 ...
Matt Gilligan Koles Reports 10.19.17Cold 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 so...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 10.10.17The Little Truckee River is fishing well despite the large numbers of anglers. Last week I counted 33 vehicles from the top lot to the outlet. Lots of pressure, but ...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles reports on 10.11.17Good solid fishing on the Truckee River.Cold nights, mild days. Should cool more this week with high’s only in the 50’s. Nights will be in the upper teens.S...
Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 9.21.2017Pretty good to very good fishing on the Truckee River.Numbers wise we’re doing good with the occasional bigger fishing coming around.The colder weather seems...
Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 9.14.2017More like fall, less like summer on the Truckee River.It really is crazy how quick the weather has turned. Scorching hot, now cold mornings and mild days. In...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 9.14.2017I’ve been roaming back and forth from the Truckee area to the North Fork Yuba River for the past few months, and now it’s time to concentrate my guiding over to the...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports 9/7/2017The last hurrah of summer. Hopefully everyone had a great Labor Day Weekend.A very hot weekend up here in Tahoe/Reno on the Truckee River. I had 2 clinics this...
Matt Koles reports on 8.27.2017Cool nights, warms days, late summer fishing on the Truckee River.Fishing is pretty good. Lots of small fish with an occasional big. The best time to fish is 9-11:30....
Matt Koles reports on 8.10.17Finally a major cool down here on the Truckee River. Thunderstorms every afternoon have cooled things down.Right when I thought the weather would never change, summer m...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 8.4.2017Hot is the word here in Tahoe/Truckee/Reno on the Truckee River.Nice in the mornings, hot as hell in the afternoons. They will set a record for consecutive ...
Matt Koles Report on 7.19.2017Flows are now average on the Truckee River.Mid-July was my guess, and now flows are at right near 500 cfs here in the Hirsch. Just about average, normal mid-July flows...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 7.12.2017Flows have lowered below 1000 k on the Truckee River. 910 today in the Hirsch to be exact.Been a long time coming.Hot is the word up here. Been pretty hot ...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 4/6/2017 Flows have finally come down below 1,500 k on the Truckee River.Kinda figured if was going to be right around the 4th when flows would drop. The river is s...
Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 6.23.2017Still not much change in flows on the Truckee River.We’ve been hovering around 2,500 cfs here in the Hirsch. Better than 5,000 k, but still really big water....
Matt Gilligan Koles Reports on 6.15.2017No major changes in flows yet on the Truckee River.Still pretty big, but the fishing is good.Mostly nymphing and streamer fishing. The streamer fishing has b...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports 6.9.2017Big water still.Flows should probably get more manageable, 2’nd week of July on the Truckee River. For now, clarity is good, fish have adapted to the high flow...
Jordan Romney Reports on 6.9.2017If you haven’t noticed, this has been the best year for fishing the Truckee in years. By far the best I have ever seen it fish. With the river being so big it has f...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 6.1.2017Busy busy Memorial Day weekend.Little late on the report, but that’s what happens. Guiding, watching twins, and repairing the deck keeps a man busy.Anyways ...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 5.25.2017Big flows still on the Truckee River.We’re right around 3,800-4000 k every day here in the Hirsch. Better than 5,500 k, which it was just recently. 4,000 k...
Matt Koles reports on 5.11.17Still big pumping flows on the Truckee River.Flows have dropped a bit from last week, but the river is still above flood stage. About 4,500 cfs today in the Hirsch. M...
Matt Koles reports on 5.3.17Big pumping flows.Lots of water coming out of Lake Tahoe right now into the Truckee River. 2000K coming out of the lake. Lots of water coming out of everything else t...
Jon Baiocchi reports on 5.3.17Truckee River ReportGigantic flows are still the norm on the Truckee River and with this brief heat wave they will increase even more. The flows at Glenshire are at 2,...
Matt Koles reports on 4.27.17Huge water on the Truckee River. Simply put though-we’re crushing big fish.Flows have increased out of Lake Tahoe, biggest the flows out of big blue have been since ’06...
Jon Baiocchi reports on 4.27.17The Truckee River has an unusual characteristic in that despite high cold flows, it produces some quality athletes of the trout world who must endure the strength and...
Matt Koles reports on 4.20.17Shitty spring weather, but good fishing. We broke the all time Nor Cal precip record from 82-83 this week. Crazy. The Truckee River watershed has a ton of water. The ...
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Jon Baiocchi reports on 4.13.17Truckee River UpdateThe Truckee River continues to run with big flows, and those flows have increased in the past couple of days. Lake Tahoe is now releasing 1,210 cu...
Matt Koles reports on 4.13.17Really, really good despite the very high flows. Hard to believe that I’m saying we are catching fish at 4000k on the Truckee River, but we are. The fish we are catchin...
Jon Baiocchi reports on 4.6.17The Truckee River seems to be the best game in town for moving water in the north state, and it just keeps getting better despite the high flows. As you are well aware...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles reports on 3.30.17Big water and big fish. Nothing much has changed since last week. Lots of water coming down the pike.This fishing has been good though. I really can’t believ...
Jon Baiocchi reports on 3.30.17Just an echo from previous reports of the Truckee River, big water equals big fish. My guests and I have found some really nice, large trout throughout the system fro...
Matt Heron reports on 3.30.17It’s hard to think of a better month of fishing than we had this March. The consistently high water has given the water one of the best flushes it’s had since the 2010-...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles reports on 3.23.17Big, high flows and big fish.Flows are up over 3,500 here in the Hirsch. Big pumping flows. Surprisingly the fishing is pretty good. Hard to believe, but if ...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles reports on 3.16.17Near perfect weather on the Truckee River. Still big water, almost up to 1,500 cfs here in the Hirsch again, but man, couldn’t ask for a nicer week. Lots of ...
Jordan Romney reports on 3.16.17TruckeeThe “Big T” is fishing well. I think most people have received that message by now. That is apparent because of all the people on the river. The river is b...
Matt Koles reports on 3.9.17Another big round of snow. Got about 2.5 feet here in the Hirsch, again.Good news is that we have sunshine in the forecast for the next week! Just a little bit of spring...
Matt Koles reports on 2.27.17Clear and cold, but warming this week into next. Finally a little break.Flows are still high on the Truckee River. They are dropping, and are not as high as they have ...
Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 2.23.2017 Just a quick update regarding the last storm. Heavy snow fell, not rain, so the Truckee River is in pretty good shape. The river only rose about 200 cfs h...
John Baiocchi reports on 2.15.17The Lower Yuba River crested on the 10th at 83,173 cubes, and retreated down to 8k on the 13th. In the last 24 hours the water level has increased around 19k and wit...
