Yosemite info

[KSB209]

Heading to Yosemite tomorrow for a week. Any worth while fishing inside the park? I really don’t want to go outside and have to deal with traffic coming back into the park. Will have my rod with me just wondering if I should stick to hiking trails instead of hunting for fish.

[Bstallings]

Take your rod. I fish evenings on the Merced behind the housekeeping units. Size of fish & quanity will surprise you. Adams or ant patterns have worked well. I also fish the Merced below Happy Isles. Lots of smaller trout but they readily attack dry flies.
Not sure about the water level this time of year. I'm usually there at end of July.
Beautiful place to fish. Missed this year due to the fire.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

October is one of the best months for mid-elevation trout streams and lakes.......

Get something on the calendar before the "snow flies".

[KSB209]

Water level is pretty low in Yosemite Valley so I didn’t make it out fishing. Talked to one guy I saw with a fly rod and he said he could see hundreds of trout but they were not biting anything he had. Maybe next year I will try and make the trip earlier in the year and get some fishing in.