It's a Grind to Find Fish

Owens River - Lower - Bishop, CA (Inyo County)


by The Trout Fitter Staff
8-8-2024
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Flows and Water Conditions: Good

Clarity: Clear by PVR, Off-Color Below

CFS: 305

Fishing Report and Conditions: Fair- Good

Water temperatures, flows, and clarity are good, so where are the hatches? You can find fish, but it’s a grind. 
The normal summer pattern is: Micro Caddis emergence starting around 6 AM, female Trico emergence around 7 AM, and the Trico spinner fall from 9-10 AM. Remember that fish will eat the dead spinners for many hours after the fall stops. PMD hatches are occurring around 11 AM. Later in the summer, the tiny BWO 11 occur mid-afternoon. Caddis emergence, male Trico emergence, and Caddis egg-laying occur in the evening.

 





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