Jeff F
02-29-2016, 11:26 AM
Eric (EO) and I hit the T on Saturday. Started out around 9am. Weather was very nice and sunny in the morning, and most of the afternoon. Around 2pm, the wind really got nasty and blew us off the river. Fishing was tough though. Only one fish between the two of us, but it was a very nice brown. The rig I was using was a worm on top with a #20 midge dropper. The fish passed up the larger piece of "protein" and ate the midge instead. Fish was caught around 11:30am I reckon.
Bug-wise, there was a serious midge hatch coming off around 10am. Literally swarms of them right above the water surface. Didn't see any fish rising to them however. I didn't see any mayflies or skwalas all day. We did see a few stonefly shucks on some rocks though.
Didn't have a thermometer, but let's just say reviving that fish with bare hands was excruciatingly painful.
Another note......We've personally never seen so many people on the Truckee as on Saturday, even in the middle of June! It was a zoo. Luckily we got there early fished a stretch that takes a little effort to get to. But every access below the Boca inlet had at least 5-6 cars parked. Not complaining, but just stating a fact.
Anyway, won't be back until it warms up a bit, but all in all a very nice day on the water in the middle of winter.
~Jeff
Bug-wise, there was a serious midge hatch coming off around 10am. Literally swarms of them right above the water surface. Didn't see any fish rising to them however. I didn't see any mayflies or skwalas all day. We did see a few stonefly shucks on some rocks though.
Didn't have a thermometer, but let's just say reviving that fish with bare hands was excruciatingly painful.
Another note......We've personally never seen so many people on the Truckee as on Saturday, even in the middle of June! It was a zoo. Luckily we got there early fished a stretch that takes a little effort to get to. But every access below the Boca inlet had at least 5-6 cars parked. Not complaining, but just stating a fact.
Anyway, won't be back until it warms up a bit, but all in all a very nice day on the water in the middle of winter.
~Jeff