MONO COUNTY road work for this coming week.
Sonora Junction Shoulders Project – On U.S. 395 between Burcham Flat Road and Sonora Junction, there will     be one-way traffic control as work continues on the Sonora Junction Shoulders Project. Work is scheduled from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm Monday through Friday, and 10:00 am to 3:00 pm on Friday. Drivers may encounter 20- minute delays. Highway US 395 will be closed from September 4th to the 19th and alternate NV 208 to 338, to CA 182 into Bridgeport.
     
BAIT: Night crawlers, Pinched crawlers, Garlic Pbait, rainbow glitter salmon egg Pbait and Mice tails orange/chartreuse head, pink/white and white with pink were the top picks.

LURES: Always try 1/6oz Red/gold and silver/blue Buoyant, silver/blue Kastmaster, black/yellow dots Panther Martin, gold Super Duper 502, "O" gold Mepps and a few bleeding frog Buoyants. Stay on the small size for most lures. Lots of pressure though. Traffic has decreased some only due to the lack of fish.

FLY AND BUBBLE: Adams parachute, grey hackle yellow (short), green body mosquito and Griffith's Gnat or any small dark fly. Also try furry black ants near the bushier areas of any of the lakes, it's warm enough for them to become more active. More and more people are switching to this method which is a good idea, less stress on the resource. Consider it. Stop by and learn how. The only drawback is that it works best early and late in the day when the air is cooler and there is a good ripple on the water.

FLY RODS: Streamers were working along with emergers (pheasant tail, prince nymph or a naked olive elk hair caddis. Hatches have been incredible late afternoon into dinner time when the air temp drops. Try Olive Matuka red throat and black crystal buggers. Woolly's with a pheasant tail or Zug bug dropper also did well. We are heading into our 4th moon of the season, and the fishing is still great! Lakes were stocked again last Tuesday. Get creative and study up on your bugs and their life cycles and see what flies match that particular bug. The assortment is exhausting so get busy and do some reading up on the 5 bugs and their cycles

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