Fish Rush Creek in the morning hours and the evening hours

Rush Creek - June Lake, CA (Mono County)


by The Trout Fitter Staff
8-5-2013
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Water Conditions: The flows are at 28 cfs as of 7/24 below Grant lake to hwy 395. The flows are at 28 cfs as of 7/24 in between Silver Lake and Grant Lake.

Fishing Conditions and Hatches: Rush creek fishing is fair to good for the time of the year we all dread. The run off is a about to taper off, so the water temps are increasing. It will be good in the cooler time of the day. Dries are a great fly to use and really hit the undercut banks in the general reg section of Rush Creek(between Silver lake and Grant Lake).

Recommended Flies:

DRIES:
cdc flying ant, parachute adams, extended body bwo, chernobyl, stimulators, elk hair caddis, griffith gnat, parachute caddis, sierra brite dot, royal wulff, hatch matcher

NYMPHS: #18 superflash pheasant tail, #16 deep six caddis, bird of prey, #18 caddis candy, #18 Nori's caddis pupa, bird of prey, san juan, variety of midges, #16 bh prince nymphs, #16 sizzlin red squirrel, #18 zug bug, #18 wd40

STREAMERS: goat leech, Carey bugger, Crystal bugger, Sheep Creek Special, BH Pop's Bugger