The LOWER OWENS RIVER has been getting better and better and?ĶWater temps have reached the fifty degree mark recently and we are experiencing the first substantial caddis and golden stone fly hatches.?? The fish are digging it! The aggressive, crashing surface takes are indicative of trout feeding on caddis emergers and adults hovering just above the surface.
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Flows remain at 100cfs below the PV dam and this makes the wading and presentations easy.?? Heavy pressure in the wild trout section will mask otherwise great fishing at times.?? The majority of the fish in this section hold in less than a quarter of the water.?? Spending a mid-day during the bwo hatch and identifying the water that the fish hold will pay huge dividends in your future endeavors here.
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I had some good success recently with a group of San Diego Fly Fishers nymphing poxy back PT's and WD 40's in olive.?? Check out the photo of SDFF Bob Stafford from Santee Ca. and a typical Lower "O" wild brown.?? Dick Mount from the SDFF group is having fun with a nice brown he fooled on a BWO adult pattern while on a recent drift trip.
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Our guided drift boat trips have been very good overall and we have had some larger fish come to get their smiles on camera.?? We are fishing streamers during the mornings and late afternoons with the noon hours allowing us to toss some BWO and caddis dries #16-18 at the rising fish.?? Punk perch (I am partial to the "albino" color) and Loeberg patterns have been the hot ticket recently.
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Drifters guide "Two Bug" Doug Dolan had a great day with the Hulsy brothers Bill and Ted along with friend Jeff Sussman all from the OC area.?? The trio caught and released over thirty fish with Ted spanking a large rainbow at the end of the day to get big fish honors.
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The "Heron" and "Heroness" Craig and Barbara Holmes along with close friend Jeff Lohof all from Hawthorne, CA did very well on larger fish this week with the couple netting some memorable rainbows while using the "dip and strip method" on a guided drift trip.?? Way to "be the fly" kids!
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