East Walker River (CA) Fish Report for 6-29-2023
Flows are at 1280 cfs as of 6/17
East Walker River (CA) - Bridgeport, CA
by The Trout Fitter Staff
6-29-2023
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Water Conditions: Dangerous-Poor
Flows are at 1280 cfs as of 6/17
Click "Flows" above for up to the minute info
Yes the East Walker is open and no you don't want to go there. With the flows over 1,000 cfs and water clarity of maybe....actually it's getting cleaner, might be worth a stupid and futile gesture after all. WATER IS UP TO ABOUT 2' OF CLARITY. WARNING, AT THESE FLOWS WADERS ARE FOR GETTING TO THE RIVER. GETTING IN THE RIVER IS MORE LIKE A SUICIDE PACT.
I AM NOT TRYING TO SOUND DRAMATIC, YOU GET IN THE RIVER...GOOD LUCK. The fish are there and they're eating but the presentations are somewhere between brutal and impossible. Most of the big fish are in the "impossible" spots, tucked up under the overhanging and drowned brush.
Fishing conditions and Hatches: Don't Go... maybe
READ THE WATER CONDITION DESCRIPTION, THEN READ IT AGAIN. WE ARE NOT KIDDING. IT SOUNDS EXCITING BUT IT CAN GO FROM EXCITING TO OVER IN A MOMENT. FISH REPORTS AREN'T JUST ABOUT THE FISHING THEY'RE ALSO ABOUT REMINDING YOU THAT THE GUY ON THE INTERNET BRAGGING ABOUT THE FISHING IS QUITE LIKELY MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS EGO THAN YOUR SAFETY.
Having said that what you're using isn't nearly as important as being able to get it in front of the fish. Most of the fish getting caught appear to be planted fish that have been flushed out of the reservoir,10"-14". You may see bigger fish but they are tucked up in impossible lies and they seem to know it.
Recommended Flies
DRIES: Caddis Adult Tan #14-16 | Chernobyl Ant #12-14 | Chernobyl org/grz #6-8 | Parachute Adams #16-22 | Elk Hair Caddis #12-14 |Mini Mouse #10
NYMPHS: Prince Nymph #12-16| Bottom Roller Psycho #10-12 | Copper Zebra #16-22 | Zebra black/silver #20-24 Zac Attack Damsel #14 | Glass Bead Micro May Olive #22-24 | S&M Nymph #18-22 | Tungsten Jig Baetis #18-20 | TTS Opal B/L #14-18 | JuJu Baetis # 22-24 | V-Rib midge Claret #14-16 | Joe's Mini Crayfish #10
STREAMERS: Meat Whistle | Baby fat Minnow #8 | Belly Scratcher Minnow Chub #2 | Bank Robber Sculpin #2 | Punk Perch Light #10-14
| Rio's Brown Town Tan #4 | Hornberg #6-12
EURO Streamers: GD UV P/Jig White #12 | Kaslar M/G/S Olive #12
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