The Truckee River is in its average fall flows right now, with Glenshire at only around 100 CFS, and the canyon around 400. The upper section of river will be a good place to throw dry dropper set ups and fish any of the deeper runs you can find. There are plenty of fish up here and it will still fish good despite the low flows, but a certain degree of stealth will be required to have a good day. 

 

Dry droppers are a more natural presentation than slapping an orange bobber over their heads and allow you to effectively fish the skinner sections of river. With October caddis present, a Stimulator, Chubby Chernobyl or specific October Caddis dry fly will be your best option. For the nymph, think small BWO nymphs down to a size 20 with 6x tippet. If fishing down in the canyon, your standard indicator set up will work perfectly, but we would still recommend the white or clear indicators over the bright colors, so long as you can see them. A bobber doesn’t do you any good if you can’t see when it goes down. With the temps continuing to drop, the tight line method will still work well in some situations but will be not as ideal in others. 

 

When fish are holding in deep buckets, across the river or in other areas that you just can’t wade out to, the indicator will pick up the slack. The streamer bite continues to get better and better too, so for all of you asking us about streamer fishing on the Truckee, now is the time!