The East is back down a little bit to about 259 cfs, the fishing is still pretty good down there too! There is lots of nymphing action as well as some streamer action and we’re even getting a couple random reports of some decent dry action. The flows are pretty managable for most anglers but some anglers have a little bit of trouble with the higher water. If you are careful and pick out water that is wadable you should be able to fish most of the areas you want to fish and have a good time down there. Heavier leaders and tippets, like 3X and 4X are also going to help land some of the larger fish on the river. Some patterns we’ve heard good things about include: psycho prince, zebra midge, san juan worm, squirmy wormy, flashback emerger, dark lord, perdigon, picky eater perdigon, sculpzilla, ziwi, dali lama, dead drift crayfish, blue wing olive, parachute adams. 

Also, some food for thought, in the Fish and Wildlife Departments infinite wisdom they have decided to not make barbless hooks mandatory on the East Walker, this is absolutely going to be detrimental to the life if this amazing river in the future, if you care at all about the East Walker and its sustainability, please pinch your barbs, if everyone adheres to this practice it will help the East Walker River to keep on being a world class fishery. Thanks for your consideration.