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El Dorado NF has been closed since last month, through 9/30 (as of now).

Thanks for the responses. Due to the cold and windy weather forecasts for this past weekend, ended up skipping the Truckee and camped lower down the mountain in El Dorado NF. Fished some small...

How are the smaller streams in the Truckee area flowing right now? I'll be camping with my 4 yo daughter this weekend and am hoping to teach her how to fish streams and hopefully get into some...

The pop mend is the way to go. Sometimes it even helps to pop mend the indicator just past the fly (upstream) which will allow the fly to sink even faster. It even helps to get some of the first few...

I drove through Hope Valley yesterday. I'd say the colors are just about peaking. Lots of trees are bright yellow, with some still a bit green.

I don't post that much, but I certainly hope this doesn't become a board where people can't express their own opinions regarding technique, even if the questionable poster is being a smart ass. It's...

Most pro-level dSLRs and lenses are water resistant, as in splash and rain proof. By pro-level, I am referring to cameras in the $4K+ range, and lenses in the $1K+ ranges. A bunch of companies make...

The areas of Silver King Creek that are open to fishing have no pure strain Paiutes, correct? So if DFG is successful in restoring pure strain Paiutes to their native range, isn't it possible that...

I was in the Truckee area on Saturday. We saw it raining quite a ways north of there during the afternoon, and even a few drops came down briefly during our late-lunch break in town. Where we were...

I am so offended. So offended that they ruined two perfectly good ribeye steaks.

I tried a furled leader for the first time this season, and I absolutely love it. I got the Blue Sky Ultralight Furled Tapered Leader in UltraLight, which I use with my 3wt for dry fly fishing. I...

90% of my dry fly fishing is done with either a caddis or mayfly emerger.

When fishing below the surface...
PT nymph
Prince nymph
Caddis pupa
Birds nest
Wooly buggers

From Santa Cruz, most of the family-friendly fishy waters I'm familiar with are quite far. Like 4.5 hrs+. Truckee, Hope Valley Downieville,...

Mammoth is pretty ideal for family+fishing, but it's...

Is the section of river around Chili Bar no longer publicly accessible?

Years ago, I used to drive through that area quite a bit, but never bothered to stop to try and fish there.

Rods are rated to load 30 ft of a given weight of fly line. So 30ft of 4wt fly line will properly load a 4wt fly rod.

With a 5wt fly line, the 4wt rod will load with less than 30ft of line out,...

Thanks for the response. I hadn't realized that the Rio Switch line is actually heavier than a steelhead line for a given weight. I'll be in the Sac area for a couple days next month, and will try to...

Hi alll, new here. Been lurking on and off for some time though.

I recently got myself a 5wt switch rod, and I've paired it up with a WF 7wt floating line I had lying around. The combos been fine...