Don Q's Nevada and Northern California fishing report for Oct. 14 and beyond

Here is this week's Nevada and Northern California fishing report for the week of Oct. 14, 2015 and beyond. As of Oct. 13, Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing reports for Western Nevada waters are not included.

BISHOP CREEK AREA, CALIF:
Rick and Patti Apted - Lake Sabrina Boat Landing (760-873-7425) (www.lakesabrinaboatlanding.com) reports:
Lake Sabrina Boat Landing:
As of Oct. 13:  Lake Sabrina Boat Landing is closed for the season. Fishing season closes November 15th, 2015
Lake Sabrina Boat Landing will reopen April 30, 2016. Thank you all for another awesome year.
Thanks to the Inyo Register for printing our weekly reports – whether they were about fish, the weather, the flowers, and the wildlife or just Lake life — Thank you! And thanks to Ernie Cowan from Western Outdoor News for getting the word out. Thank you to all the other local outlets that report ‘What’s happening at the Lake’ – it is very much appreciated. Most of all THANK YOU to you!
Wouldn’t you know it a few big fish came out our last week. Travis Ryal of La Mirada landed a 6-3/4 pound beaut of Bow drifting a Nightcrawler. About an hour later, Tom Beckham of Palm Desert brought in a 6-1/4 pounder using a Power Worm, while friend Steve Alvarez of Marina del Ray caught a 2-3/4 Rainbow also on a Power worm. Mateo Glass caught his first Lake Sabrina fish with Steve Glass.
Fishing season closes in the Eastern Sierra on November 15, 2015.
You can still launch your own boat at the Lake or fish from shore until then.
Looks like we have a bit of moisture in the forecast for the rest of the week. Scattered showers and thunder boomers starting tomorrow thru Monday.
Temps will drop into the 60s and then down to the mid-50s by the weekend. Lows will only go down to the high 30s for lows.
No snow in the forecast for this storm.  
You can check out the weather forecast according to Howard our local weather ‘guesser’ at www.MammothWeather.com.
You can also check out www.weather.gov– enter Aspendell, CA (which is the little community right below Lake Sabrina) in the search field and you’ll get the webpage to see the temps.
North Lake Campground has closed for the season – haven’t heard yet about Willow Camp and Mt Glen on the South Lake side. As far as we know all other campgrounds in the Bishop Creek Canyon are open. Bishop Creek Lodge, Creekside RV Park, Cardinal Village Resort and Parchers Resort are all open.
For those of you who haven’t found us on Facebook, check out www.facebook.com/lake.sabrina.

BLUE LAKES, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV:
Will close for the 2015 season on November 15.

BRIDGEPORT RESERVOIR, CALIF: 
Jim Reid of Ken’s Sporting Goods Store in Bridgeport (760- 932-7707) (www.kenssport.com) reports:
As pf Oct. 11: Bridgeport has still been fishing pretty well, they're picking up some fish from the shore down near the dam with bait, also picking up some fish trolling but the best action has been bait fishing out of boats with some nice fish up to almost 6 pounds making a showing. Trolling has been the best with small rapalas, thomas bouyants and blades/crawlers.
Bait anglers are doing the best with mice tails, nightcrawlers and power bait.
                   
CAPLES LAKE, CALIF:
John Voss of the Caples Lake Resort (209-258-8888) (www.capleslakeresort,com) reports:
A nice stringer of Rainbow Trout was caught today, October 9, 2015, in Caples Lake by Livermore resident, Rourke O’Callaghan and friends using a brown Rapala near Woods Creek.
The lake temperature has dropped to 56 degrees and the fishing has been picking up.
Caples Lake Resort is open for lodging into November.
The store/marina will be open thru October 25th.

CATNIP RESERVOIR, WASHOE COUNTY, NEV:
Will close for the 2015 season on November 15.

CONVICT LAKE AND CONVICT CREEK, CALIF:
Convict Lake Resort (800-992-2260) (www.convictlake.com) reports:
The leaves are turning and the colors around the lake should be peaking in about a week. Along with the 400 pounds of trophy trout stocked last Thursday, next week should be a great time to be out on the lake. This past week wasn't too bad with some quality fish being caught and beautiful weather.
Catch of the Week: 
Shari Lambert from Riverside, CA with a fat 8 pound 4 ounce Rainbow.
She caught this monster with Chartreuse Power bait while fishing along the North Shore. Excellent catch Shari!
Other notable catches this week:
Kurt Asplindh from Las Vegas, Nevada landed a stout 7 pound 10 ounce Rainbow while fishing the South Shore. He hooked this beast with a Pink/Orange Sierra Slammer.
Joe Herrera from West Covina, CA caught an solid 7 pound 1 ounce Rainbow. Joe was using a Orange Mice Tail and was fishing the North Shore.
Allen Seymour from Victorville, CA is guilty of hooking a 6 pound 11 ounce Rainbow while fishing at the Jetty. Allen was using an unknown lure. His partner in crime Dale Thompson from Albuquerque, NM caught a 2 pound 4 ounce Rainbow. Dale was using Salmon Eggs and was also fishing at the Jetty.
Sean Arbuckle of Valencia, CA landed a 6 pound 6 ounce Rainbow using Nightcrawlers. Sean was posted up along the South Shore. 
Tactics/Bait:  
A variety of baits and lures worked this week. Nightcrawlers and Power bait remained top picks for catching some of the largest fish.
Other top choices that were hooking up were Sierra Slammers, Berkley Mice Tails, Thomas Buoyants and Tasmanian Devils. The top colors for the lure/jigs were orange, pink and red. 
The top Power bait colors were Chartreuse and Salmon Peach. 
Some of the most productive spots on the lake were the Inlet, South and North Shore. The "Catch of the Week" was caught at the North Shore.
Other locations to try would be the Jetty/Outlet Area and Hangman's Tree. 
Here is a list of other baits/lures that can be productive:  
Sierra Slammers, Tasmanian Devil, green or brown Marvel Flies , Trout Teasers, Panther Martin, Needlefish, Roostertails, and Bite-On Fury Shad on Power bait. I would suggest using some type of added attractant.
Pro-Cure, Bite-On, Lip Ripperz and Berkley all make excellent attractants, which are sold at the general store.   
Here is a list of recommended flies:  
Dry Flies:
Adams, Female Adams, Cutter's Caddis, Elk Hair Caddis, Stimulators, Black/Red Ants, Sierra Bright Dot, Royal Coachman and Hoppers.  
Streamers:
Wooly Bugger (black, brown, olive, or green), Mutuka (black, brown, olive, or green), Hornberg, and Muddler Minnows. 
Wet Flies (Nymphs):
Prince Nymph, Flashback Pheasant Tail, Hare's Ear, Zebra Midge (red and black), Copper John (red and copper) and San Juan Worm (brown or red).
Other Resources:
View our Convict Lake Fishing Map and Fishing Rig Suggestion brochures. Both brochures are available in the General Store.
Derby News: Running now!!
The Ambush at the Lake Fishing Derby runs September 7th - November 15th. Don't miss out on a chance to win $6,000 in Resort Prizes!
The Morrison Bonus Cash Weekend will be October 30th - November 1st. $2000 in cash prizes!
Weather:
The forecast is calling for continued sunny skies and clear at night for the beginning of the week. The high temps for the start of next week will be in the low-70's and the lows in the low-40's. There is a chance of showers later in the week. Here is the National Weather Service link that is usually quite accurate: 7-Day Forecast Convict Lake.
Sunrise - Sunset:
Sunrise this week 6:59 am - 7:04 am and Sunset 6:18 pm - 6:01 pm.
Stocking: 
The resort stocked 400 pounds of trophy trout on Thursday, October 8th.
DFW will be stocking the creek and the lake the week of October 11th. 

CROWLEY LAKE, CALIF:
Tom Loe of the Sierra Drifters Guide Service (760-935-4250) (www.sierradrifters.com) reports:
Crowley Lake as of Oct. 11: Fish are feeding primarily on daphnia. This can make still water nymphing difficult at times. Overall bite has been good, and should continue with the warm weather.
Hilton Bay (nice browns), McGee Bay and the North Arm continue to kick out some really nice fish.
There are also good concentrations of fish showing up at Sandy Pt., & Layton Springs; but they are deeper here.
Streamer fishing is picking up as the lake level drops and defines the weed lines.
Intermediate full sinks, or heavier sinking tips are the right lines to cast Loebergs & Punk Perch patterns along the weed lines; or in the larger “pockets”.
Chironomid hatches will continue to occur during periods of high pressure.
Gillies and crystal mergers, & midge pupa patterns are good calls as the upper flies during hatches.
Twin gillies, or a broken back gillie as the upper- along with dark zebras,  copper tiger midges, BB tigers and zebras will get you take downs during pupal ascents.
If you locate some clean water along the weeds, try an assassin, punk perch, or crystal leech as your upper fly.
Hang a midge pattern as the dropper/lower fly below an Under-cator.

DAVIS LAKE, CALIF:
Rob Anderson of www.renoflyfishingoutfitters.com (775-742-1754) reports:
Warm fall weather in the Portola area has slowed the fishing at Davis somewhat. The water temperatures are still in the low to mid 60’s.
Fish are feeding a lot on microscopic Daphnia and are hard to catch right now.
The weed beds are dying back already and creating some lanes to fish in shallow water.
As the water cools over the next few weeks this pattern should change and put the fish on high alert for the fall feed.
Rainbow Trout in the lake usually get really aggressive as winter approaches and will take a variety of flies.
Wiggle Tail Nymphs and small Wooly Buggers fished with a sinking line in 6-12 feet of water is a great way to go.
There should be a Blood Midge hatch throughout the fall and fishing Maholo Midges under an indicator is also a great way to go.
Keep an eye on the reports and we will let you know when fishing starts to go.

FORT CHURCHILL COOLING PONDS, LYON COUNTY, NEV:
Closed until the second Saturday in February, 2016.

HINKSON SLOUGH, LYON COUNTY, NEV:
Closed until the second Saturday in February, 2016.

HOBART RESERVOIR, WASHOE COUNTY, NEV:
Closed until May 01, 2016.

HOT CREEK, CALIF:
Tom Loe of the Sierra Drifters Guide Service (760-935-4250) (www.sierradrifters.com) reports:
Hot Creek as of Oct. 10: Tough fishing here, with minimal water. Some fall caddis, & micro mayfly (tricos)  currently. Dark bodied, or natural colors for the caddis bodies are the hatch.
Light olive to gray for the Mays. Keep them well dressed to ride high in the foam.
Pheasant tails, & bird’s nest patterns are best for nymphs. Small parachute midge; or mayfly patterns used with a 10 foot leader are best for surface presentations when the fish are on the midges/or clusters.
There are a few sections that can be fished with a dry dropper nymph rig.
The hoppers are now present. A stimulator is a good profile for them. Use these in the wind, as the terrestrials get blown off the banks, & the trout hunt for them along the shoreline.
Try my hi-vis caddis pattern, it works well here.
Dead drifted broken back zebras, small gillies, scuds, flashback PT’s, or assassin birds nest bead heads in #18 are good calls for the dropper. Size 18 or smaller crystal olive caddis larva or zebra midges are good calls as droppers.
This is a year around fishery with special regs in place.

KIRMAN LAKE, CALIF:
Jim Reid of Ken’s Sporting Goods Store in Bridgeport (760- 932-7707) (www.kenssport.com) reports:
October 11, 2015: We had a couple reports from Kirman this week, it sounds like the water is very low and off color, one of the reports we got was decent, several brookies caught with small Rapalas, casting from the shore. The fish were all in the 17 to 19 inch range. The other report was from several anglers fly fishing and unfortunately they did not have any success.
Possibly if and when the weather actually cools down there might be some action when the water temps chill down a bit, we're keeping our fingers crossed!
         
MARLETTE LAKE, WASHOE COUNTY, NEV:
Closed until July 15, 2016.

MASON VALLEY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, NEV:
Closed until the second Saturday in February, 2016.

OWENS RIVER, CALIF:
Tom Loe of the Sierra Drifters Guide Service (760-935-4250) (www.sierradrifters.com) reports:
Middle Owens River (Bishop area) 10/11/15 
The flows are now dropping, & down to 170 CFS below the dam at PVR.
The water has cleaned up nicely in the drift boat sections.
Fishing has been fair/good using the “dip & strip” method of pulling streamers.
Wading the WT section at this release is good although you may need a staff to access some sections.
Streamer fishing using Loebergs, Punk Perch, & Spruce-A-Bu’s with a moderately weighted sinking tip is a good call for fall fishing here.  
You will continue to see caddis, & small mayflies (tricos) present below the dam at PVR through October.
Have some #18/20 light bodied adults, light assassins #18, and FB pheasant tails for nymphs, #18 & 20. Caddis emerge when the barometer goes up.
Use hi-vis caddis #16 & 18. Nymphing with crystal olive caddis larva, assassins, and broken back midges are also good when the hatch is off.
Dry/dropper bead head rigs can be effective in the deeper riffles. 
This fishery remains open year around.
Special regs from the footbridge at Pleasant Valley campground to the fishing monument 4.7 miles downstream.
Upper Owens/ McGee Creek 10/11/15
Fishing remains spotty for larger migratory fish moving up from Crowley.
Water levels are consistent; but lower than normal.  
Dry/dropper techniques can be effective during warmer periods.
Overall conditions remain good here with a few larger fish holding in the deepest pools.  
The sections up from Benton Crossing are much better. You can get into a few decent browns on hopper patterns.
The Trico mayflies are the main attraction during the fall for surface action.
Small parachute BWO profiles in the No. 20/22 range will get looks.
Some larger browns hitting crystal leeches with a sink tip in the deepest pools.  
Stimulators, hi-vis caddis, and natural caddis are good calls for the warmer periods. Use mayfly adults during the cloudy days.
I like a tandem nymph rig in the deeper pools using an assassin, FB PT, or crystal leech as the upper-put an egg, or smaller Assassin as the dropper. Aquatic weeds are an issue in lower sections below the Benton Crossing Bridge.
McGee Creek proper has some small browns and a few decent rainbows.
Dry dropper rigs, and nymphing with FB PT’s, Assassins, and olive crystal caddis below an Under-cator, or hi-vis caddis or hi-vis para BWO will work. 
Special regs are in place here year around.
The section from the Bridge down to the monument is now closed until next Memorial weekend 2016.
You may fish down from monument to the lake-same regs as Crowley.

PINE FOREST COMPLEX, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV:
Onion Valley Reservoir: 
Blue Lakes:
Knott Creek Reservoir: 
These waters will close for the 2015 season on November 15.

PYRAMID LAKE, WASHOE COUNTY,NEV:
Rob Anderson of www.renoflyfishingoutfitters.com (775-742-1754) reports:
Pyramid continues to fish pretty good all things considered.
It is a little tough from shore or a ladder due to the warmer than normal water temperatures for this time of year coming in at 65-68 degrees.
There are some fish cruising in close enough to catch but they do not stay long and it is a long time between bites.
There are still plenty of Tui Chub Minnows in the shallows and it tends to draw in some fish from time to time.
The Midnight Cowboy size 8 Balanced Leech fished under an indicator has been our top fly while ladder fishing most of the season.
The grass is starting to die off and it is getting easier to strip Buggers and Beetles along the bottom.
The dying grass can still get stacked up on the bottom and be a problem.
This has been a tremendous October fishing from Float Tubes and Pontoon Boats. The Bait Balls of Tui Chubs are out in force along the West side of the lake and it is keeping fish active and feeding.
Most of the action seems to be in 20-30 feet of water where the water is 4 or 5 degrees cooler.
Deep water indicator rigs have not been too effective due to the fish seemingly wanting the fly to be moving fast. You are better off with a fast sinking shooting head with a sinking running line. This will allow you to get down to the level of the fish.
Deep Water Wooly Buggers in Midnight Cowboy and Root Beer have been working well. We have also been fishing Pyramid Lake Balanced Minnows in size 4 using this set up.
These flies have a ton of weight and a beefy hook. They ride perfectly in the water when the fly starts to ascend through the water column. The fly will jig up and down really well during pauses in your retrieve. We have had fish follow the fly right to the boat and grab it as it is coming out of the water.
The water is going to start to cool and this pattern is going to change over the coming weeks.
We will start to see the bait ease back into the depths of the lake and the fish will start to cruise the shelves sometime soon as we see cooling weather.

SACRAMENTO RIVER (LOWER), CALIF:
Kirk and Lisa Portocarrero at outdooradventures@sacriverguide.com and www.sacriverguide.com (1-800-670-4448) report:
King Salmon: October 12, 2015, King Salmon fishing on the Sacramento River. 
The river is at 6,800 CFS and steady.
Sacramento River salmon fishing is going great! Salmon fishing is good and there has been some big fish brought in over the last few weeks. Limits.
More salmon will continue to make their way up river.
Bouncing roe and back trolling Flatfish lures is way to bring in the big kings. 
We are fishing every day.

SACRAMENTO RIVER (LOWER), CALIF:
Kirk and Lisa Portocarrero at outdooradventures@sacriverguide.com and www.sacriverguide.com (1-800-670-4448) report:
As of  October 12, 2015 water flow is currently 6,800 CFS and steady.
Lower Sacramento River fishing report - Lower Sacramento River Rainbow trout fishing is fantastic.
Over 30 fish days on the Sacramento River right now for Rainbow trout. 
Water is clear and low. We are fishing from Redding to Anderson, Bonneyview Bridge to Jellys Ferry Bridge is excellent. 
The largest fish have been caught the last few days in the Bonneyview area. Working great is egg pattern, Cinnamon Pupa, and  PMD’s.   
We are spin fishing and fly fishing.

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER, CALIF:
Tom Loe of the Sierra Drifters Guide Service (760-935-4250) (www.sierradrifters.com) reports:
San Joaquin River as of Oct. 11: The fish will be lethargic until the sun warms the rocks around noon.
Flows are super low here. Locating riffle water/runs over a foot is difficult; however this is where you will find the trout. As the water cools the fish will gravitate into the deeper pols and runs.
The trout will still take surface imitations in the No. 14-18 range.
Make upstream presentations, staying on the “tails” of the fish. I like hi-vis para mayflies, Stimulators, and  hi-vis caddis patterns as a point fly. Tie a one foot dropper off the hook bend and add a blue winged olive or natural caddis adult.  Dry/dry tandems are effective and can really help you see you imitations in riffle water, or shadows.

SHASTA LAKE, CALIF:
Kirk and Lisa Portocarrero at outdooradventures@sacriverguide.com and www.sacriverguide.com (1-800-670-4448) report:
October 12, 2015  Shasta Lake guided fishing, Northern California fishing Lake Shasta. 
Offer daily guided fishing on Lake Shasta. 
For Shasta Lake fishing, Trolling for Rainbow trout now, fishing 35 to 100 ft deep depending on the time of the day. 
Early morning fish are ranging from 35 to 50 ft deep, Mid day 80 to 100 ft deep using triple teasers and rolling shad. Bass fishing has been good, around the water's edge and later in the day.

LAKE TAHOE:
A report of limits of Mackinaw Trout being caught at a depth of 150 feet on flasher blades and minnows in front of Homewood on the west shore.

TOPAZ LAKE:
Closed until January 01, 2016.

TRUCKEE RIVER, CALIF & NEV:
Rob Anderson of www.renoflyfishingoutfitters.com (775-742-1754) reports:
The water is in great shape.
The only problem is there is not much of it. Flows remain low on almost all of the river. This is going to sound like a broken record but it may be a while before the Truckee comes back to life.
If you are going to fish the Truckee the Canyon section is probably your best bet. There is a little more water in this section and more elevation change. This creates more oxygen in the river with more white water and tumbling pools. Nymphing is the best way to go.
You can “High Stick” an October Caddis with a smaller dropper in some of the deeper spots.
Flows are: Town of Truckee 6 CFS, Boca Bridge 87 CFS, Farad 102 CFS, Reno 67 CFS and Vista 100 CFS.

TRUCKEE RIVER, LITTLE, CALIF:
Rob Anderson of www.renoflyfishingoutfitters.com (775-742-1754) reports:
Flows are 47 CFS and have been for some time. This is actually not bad for October. Long term average flows for this time of year are only around 32 CFS.
The Little Truckee is a great option for local stream fishing right now.
The Baetis have been hatching sporadically. The hatch is usually better on cloudy days. It is a late morning hatch and can last for a couple of hours.
Midges are also out and about.
Nymphing with size 18-22 Baetis and Midges on 5X or 6X tippet is working well. A stealthy approach is necessary and a great dead drift also. There is a lot of drifting grass and moss in the river right now and it is very important to check your flies on almost every cast.
This actually is not a bad thing because the Little Truckee is not a river where you can just pound the water anyway. The grass make anglers take their time and place flies better and work on their technique.
The fishing should remain good unless the flows drop below 30 CFS again.

TWIN LAKES, CALIF:
Jim Reid of Ken’s Sporting Goods Store in Bridgeport (760- 932-7707) (www.kenssport.com) reports:
October 11, 2015   
We're still getting some good reports from the Twins, it seems like the trolling has been best for anglers who are still fishing deep with either lead core or down riggers and the bait anglers are still doing well from the shore or from boats.
Trollers are using Rapalas, Thomas Bouyants and Kastmasters, bait anglers are going with mice tails, garlic power baits and inflated crawlers.
We've had reports of quite a few nice fish up the 5 or 6 pound class.

VIRGINIA LAKES, CALIF:  
Jim Reid of Ken’s Sporting Goods Store in Bridgeport (760- 932-7707) (www.kenssport.com) reports:
October 11, 2015  
The Virginias are still doing very well for some nice fish in the 1 to 3 pound class, it seems like the bait fishing has been doing the best with mice tails, crawlers and power bait.
Fly anglers use matukas, mini leeches, seal buggers, soft hackles and zug bugs.
Lure anglers are doing pretty good in the mornings and evenings with Kastmasters, Thomas Bouyants and Jakes Spin A Lures.     

VIRGINIA LAKES, CALIF:
John and Carolyn Webb of the Virginia Lakes Resort (760-647-6484) (vir@qnet.com) report:
October 4-10, 2015
We can then expect warming conditions (several degrees above normal) during the week. The forecast for early next is more "warm" without possibility of additional moisture. Sierra Wave weather report: The aspens continue to turn daily.  It still looks uncertain as to the peak date. Also the wind blew most of the leaves off the aspens around the resort to about three miles down the road.

BAIT: Salmon eggs, salmon eggs and more salmon eggs with marshmallows and a piece of a worm.  Talked to an angler early Sunday who still uses large swivels and red/white bobbers with his own bait, so I guess everyone should be doing whatever he is doing, as he's catching most of the fish.

LURES: The best action was on silver Kastmasters, gold Lil'Jake, and red/gold Buoyant's or copper.


FLY AND BUBBLE: The main hatch CONTINUES small surface midges, a few emergers and dragonflies are back along with Caddis so fish the top with olive elk-hair caddis, black caddis, Matthews X-caddis. 
Also try small Griffith's Gnat, soft hackle yellow bead-head for the spider trails coming off the pines in the meadow area and landing on the north edge of the lake.  Also try some fur body ants, Dave's hoppers (small), and black beetles.  Best action is when there is a chop on the water which is usually late afternoon to legal limit at night.

FLY RODS: Olive Twin Lakes Special (my Dirty Doc) took first place, Rickard's  and his seal bugger.  Some fly rodders were using midges (larvae stage) and always bring pheasant tails, zebra's and hare's ear as you never know what 's the secret to the bite.
Everyone has been trying everything including the Loberg's guinea and olive.
Here's my mice tail fly, but my fingers are still too split to tie.  I'm going to use dark olive antron yarn tied in a tight ball around a small polystyrene packing ball in the center and black and olive silly legs for the tail and tack them together to give it more substance to wiggle.  with maybe some dyed olive deer hair to keep it upright.  I'm still working on the design and how to keep it upright and let you know when it's ready, probably next spring.

BACKCOUNTRY:  Same as last week's.
Fishing has been good depending on day temperatures using dry flies with a bubble or fly rod with black fur ants, small No. 16 Stimulators, Coachman, olive elk hair caddis, beetles, lures and worms. 
Early morning and early evening is the best time for good action. 
Fly rods have been doing great in the lakes from Blue to Cooney using small hoppers and black ants.
Please keep only what you can eat, it is a valuable resource.
Also, if the trout bleeds, it’s yours, please don’t throw it back into the lake, it will die. If you care about the resource please be careful when releasing fish back into the lake. 
Also, It attract bears.

Trophy Trout for Little Virginia/LV, Big Virginia/BV, Trumbull/T
Holly Reeves of Riverside caught a 3 lb 8 on a lure in Little Virginia 10.7.15
Richard Bucich of Pacific Grove, 6 lb 3 on pinched crawlers Oct 8th Big V
Gary Brown of San Marcos, 6 lb trophy on a fly 10.10.15, Big V.

WALKER RIVER, EAST, NEV. & CALIF:
Rob Anderson of www.renoflyfishingoutfitters.com (775-742-1754) reports:
The East Walker River is in really bad shape. The flows are below 20 CFS.
The fish have had a really tough time this summer with warm water and it could be a while until the East Walker is a viable option again. Stay tuned for more information soon.

WALKER RIVER, EAST, CALIF:
Jim Reid of Ken’s Sporting Goods Store in Bridgeport (760- 932-7707) (www.kenssport.com) reports:
East Walker River:
October 11, 2015 
The East is still running at about 20 CFS and the fishing has stayed much the same as last week. The upper mile stretch is still producing a few nice rainbows while the lower couple miles below the bridge is producing good numbers of browns in the 10 to 15 inch range with a few over 15.
Small midge patterns are doing the best and it seems the caddis have pretty much gone away.
We have still been getting a few decent streamer reports as well.
WD-40, zebra midge, micro mayfly, flashback emerger, san juan worm, zuddler, sculpzilla and JJ special have all been producing.                        
Sceirine Ranch:  
October 11, 2015   
We haven't had anyone on the ranch this week, as soon as we get some reports we'll let you know!              

WALKER RIVER, WEST, CALIF:
Jim Reid of Ken’s Sporting Goods Store in Bridgeport (760- 932-7707) (www.kenssport.com) reports:
October 11, 2015: The West is still fishing well with lots of nice fish showing and even a few in the 5 pound range.
The water is of course very low and clear so you'll need to search out the deeper pools and be sneaky so you don't spook the fish. Bait anglers are using crawlers and salmon eggs, spin anglers are using panther martins and rooster tails.
Fly anglers are still having success with hoppers, humpy's, stimulators, prince nymphs and pheasant tails.         

WALKER RIVER, WEST, CALIF:
Tom Loe of the Sierra Drifters Guide Service (760-935-4250) (www.sierradrifters.com) reports:
West Walker River as of Oct. 11: Flows are low here; but this location is running better than most of the freestone creeks in the Sierra.
Dry dropper rigs are my choice for fooling the trout in the deeper pools and runs. I like a Stimulator, hi-vis para BWO, or hi-vis caddis as the upper fly. Hang a crystal tiger midge, Assassin, or FB PT about 2-3 feet off the dry.
Pikel Meadows is a fun spot to fish with plenty of area to fish. Winds can make it tough, so get on the water early.

— Don Quilici is the Outdoor editor for Carson Now. He can be reached at donquilici@hotmail.com