These cold mornings have made the bite window on the Truckee a bit more limited as of lately. Getting on the water around 10-11am and fishing through the warmest point of the day will be the name of the game until things warm up again in spring. 

 

With the lack of precipitation, we are doing best fishing little black stuff right now and not so much the attractor nymphs like worms, eggs and stones. While we would expect to mostly find fish only in the slow water right now as water temps dip into the low 40’s, we are surprised to still find some fish in some faster stuff. Continue to fish it all until you find a pattern!

 

We have been fishing baetis in sizes 16-20 and midges in sizes 18-22 in darker shades with the best success recently, both under the indicator and tight lining. This is a fun time of year as the rainbows get their winter colors going and the browns head out of spawn and begin to try and gain some calories before a long winter.