Howdy friends and Sierra Drifters. Here is the mid-May fish'N conditions from the Eastern High Sierras brought to you by Tom Loe of Sierra Drifters Guide Service.

The weather has really played a major role this season with regards to the "catching". We are finally beginning to experience pleasant and seasonable conditions in the upper valleys. However, the continuation of the winter from hell is still upon us. We remain to have forecasts indicating winter conditions may still be upon us well into the middle of the month. On the bright side, the cooler weather is preventing the runoff from being excessive which in turn is keeping the tributaries and freestone creeks fishable early on. Even the tail waters have begun to back off on release rates recently. I would not expect this to hold for an extended period of time, especially during the warmer summer months, but it is making conditions much easier to fish in these locations. Historically wet seasons such as this one lead to very memorable and excellent conditions in the summer and fall. This one is shaping up to be one of the best!