The hopper fishing is picking up

The Trout Fitter Staff

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Flows & Water Conditions- Fair (Weed Beds In-Canyon Are Strong)

Clarity- Good

CFS- 9

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Fishing Report & Conditions: Good - Very Good (Technical)

The Interpretive Site has been doing well but the crowds have followed. If you want less crowding wait for the midday wind to pick up to clear the crowds out. With the weed beds being as thick as they can get, hopper-droppers can be a good choice. Luckily, the hopper fishing is picking up. Caddis are starting their migration around 8 AM, while the female Trico emergence starts around 9 AM. The Trico spinner fall starts around 11 AM, and those Trico spinner patterns will work through midday. Midday we’re seeing the Tiny BWO #22-26. Late afternoons and evenings hold male Trico hatches, Caddis egg-laying, and Caddis emergence. With the dropping of flows, bird predation is getting worse in shallower water, so expect the fish to move under the banks and weed beds.


Two guide tips: 1) When casting, if you’re looking at the weed beds, you will hit them, so look at the clear lanes. 2) Your drifts should be 4 seconds or less followed by a smooth but aggressive backcast - You will be amazed by the number of hookups you didn’t even know were there.

Flies:

  • Dries: Upright Organza Trico #18-22 | Mimic May PMD #16 | Brooks Hot Creek Caddis #18-22 | Spent Wing Caddis #16-20 | Spring Creek Hopper Tan or Yellow #10-16 | Juicy Hopper #10-12 |
  • Nymphs: Tung Stud Black #18-20 | Split Case PMD #14-18 | HDA Fav #14-16 | Expecting Scud #16-18 | Drowned Trico Spinner #20-22 | Nori Caddis Olive or Brown #14-22 | M/Pardi F/B Olive #18-20 | Weiss BP Light #18-20 | 
  • Streamers: Kesslars H/B/S Olive & Natural #12 |

More Reports


The Trout Fitter Reports
for Thursday, August 29th
Owens River - Section 3 - Upper (above Crowley): Upper Owens River Report
Owens River - Lower: Flows are high and reports are fairly nonexisten
San Joaquin River-Middle Fork: Fishing has improved with a good mixture of hatches
The Trout Fitter Reports
for Thursday, August 22nd


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