The season at Pyramid has started off well for the boat anglers, and we’ve seen an increase in fly fishers getting out on boats early season using heavy weighted Tui Chub patterns fished on fast sinking lines and searching for the bait balls of these fish and subsequently the LCT’s engorging themselves on the Chubs. As expected, we’ve seen a few 20 pound fish caught already, but overall the bite for the fly angler has been reported as fair with a few boats reporting a great bite when bait balls are located.

When we start seeing some storms move through and some cooler weather patterns the bite should get better, and typically around Thanksgiving is when the fly game will get more consistent from shore or on a float tube, for now it’s a boat game and the trollers and jig fisherman will have the best luck, with the fly fishers on float tubes typically working harder for less of a payout. The fish have been reported to be in 60-70 feet of water, meaning when boat fishing you are stripping off most of your fly line and giving long sink times to get in front of them. One group of local anglers reported over 150 fish up to 17 pounds boated on Wednesday using this technique. Find the bait balls find the fish!