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Fished there this morning. Super challenging because the lake level rose so much that finding the fish became more difficult. Got a carp and a bass on a simple John Montana hybrid fly with a pink squirmy wormy tail.

Lake Henshaw supposedly opens at 7 am but regularly the worker’s there don’t get to the resort store that sells the permits until 7:30 or later. Also, the credit card machine has been broken multiple times in the past so bring cash just in case. The hours of the lake on google doesn’t match the ...

Hit up a local carp lake and got some to bite my hybrid John Montana fly… dabbing and nymphing. Got another bass on the carp fly too!!!

Awesome report!

Caught a few at Henshaw last Sunday… both were clooping and using a slow sinking fly ( chartreuse Lino Jubilado’s green eggs and ham, other fish on a John Montana hybrid with red tail and plastic eyes).

Fly Fished the Upper Owens river by Mammoth and the East Walker River outside of Bridgeport last weekend. I primarily used euro-style tight line nymphing with very specific tackle associated with that technique. For example, I have a 10ft , 3 weight echo shadow x rod that is very sensitive at the ...

Cool report, I love visiting Bishop on fishing trips. Too bad the Lower Owens is running so high because that would have been another good option…. Maybe next year the flows will be better.

Launched my kayak from tidelands this morning and fished around the bridge and various flats in the vicinity. Fairly slow morning but sunny and beautiful. Caught a few bay bass, a smelt and a nice sculpin at one of the Coronado bridge pylons which was surprising. I caught fish on flies I tied ...

I have a Hobie Lynx which works great for my local lake and bay fly fishing… it’s 45 lbs so I can put it in the roof of the car super easy and not break my back! It’s good for the fisherman that isn’t bringing tons of tackle and works well for fly fishing too. I have a h-bar with a stripping basket ...

Hit up the surf this morning at Coronado with my 8 weight and 300 grain full sink line. Caught a large guitar fish that took me into my backing and also 3 perch. It was cold and the bite died when the tide started coming in too high. Got a burrito at my favorite breakfast burrito place on the way ...

Euro nymphed the Lower Owens River last weekend which was super fun and rewarding. I went with the local Golden State Fly Casters club here in town and caught nearly 20 trout each day! I have a 10 ft 3 weight shadow X euro rod which helps me tight line nymph and feel every bite. I only used typical ...

Hit the surf with the fly rod again in Coronado last weekend , got 5 perch including this tank! Used red surf flies like the crabby patty pattern which was super fun. The water seemed to have some smell too it from the natural Tijuana spring water but I had waders so I was good i hope.

Hit up lake Henshaw this morning for some fly fishing for carp which is one of my favorite yearly trips. The last few years there hasn’t been very many cloopers on the surface so I have been mostly nymphing using the drag and drop or dabbing techniques. Today the carp were not making them self ...

Took the kayak out this time and fished the flats of a local lake. I have my stripping basket on an h-bar so I was able to sight fish effectively… and was super fun until the wind picked up. Got a couple carp and a catfish. Was fishing the flies below which are a Montana hybrid and a loco moco fly.

Hit up blacks this morning throwing out the fly in the surf… not great conditions with very choppy surf at close tidal intervals so there was a lot of sand messing up the clarity of the water. It was also an outgoing tide which is not my favorite but it was the only time and date I could go this ...

Went fly fishing on the Lower Owens river just outside Bishop California last weekend. The weather was awesome and the fishing was great… caught some wild brown and rainbow trout up to 15” long using a euro nymphing technique. The hot fly was a size 14 light brown thread frenchy with a pink 3.5 mm ...

I was out there this weekend fly fishing for carp, got some but not crazy numbers but always fun… I caught a nice 4 lb bass on the fly rod which was cool too.

Thanks for the report , may try to throw some flies out to trout up there next weekend if I can make it