The Truckee has seen continued good temps and good flows this week, despite the warmer weather and the slight drop out of Boca, going from 300 CFS down to 200. This will lower the canyon slightly but won’t be enough to make much of a difference to the fishing. It will, however, make for rafting in that section to be a bit spotty and anyone looking to float the river should look to head out somewhere in Nevada. 

 

With the lower water upstream, our main recommendation will be focusing on anywhere from the Hirschdale exit down. Even fishing out east (past Sparks) is once again a good option but be sure to still fish the mornings here as Steamboat Creek is still pumping in some warm water and temps are a bit warm in the afternoons. We have once again begun to offer floats out east now that the temps have dropped off and the few trips we have done down there have provided some really good results. This lower section is always a good place to try and find some of the bigger browns in the river, and using streamers or crawdads are great ways to temp them as they are in prespawn. Hit us up if you want to get out there! 

 

We have seen the streamer bite pick up this week even with the sunny days, but with a few stormy days this weekend, that will provide a great window to move some fish on these guys. If fishing nymphs, we would recommend the indicator at this point to more effectively fish varied water types as fish have begun to sit in everything from the walking speed foam lines to the heads of runs in the fast water. The main bugs will be baetis and midges, but we have begun to fish some egg patterns with good success and worms will likely have a solid window with the precipitation on the horizon.