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Up high, stuff your vest with usual dry patterns
Humpy's, Elk Hair Caddis, Mosquito's. Make sure they
are quite small in the #14 or smaller range. Bring
along new glasses or your five year old to help find
and tie these invisible bugs!
This river changes faces and attitudes depending on
seasonal snow pack melt faster then Madonna changes
boyfriends! Unless your used to slipping and sliding
along river edges, bring along a wading staff as this
zone can get quite dangerous to wade depending on draught
conditions. Access to the upper river stretch can be
difficult in big snow pack years. Carson Falls acts
as a barrier keeping remaining Paiute strain from mixing
with other species. The water above Carson Falls is
closed to all fishing (checking special regulations
here is most important) Below Carson Falls and the
area upstream from Wolf Creek is most difficult to
reach and least fished. Hatchery trucks never leave
tire marks in this area and the native rainbows and
browns live free of genetic intervention. Buying a
good recent topo map or hiring a savvy guide is the
way to fly here.
If you're an equestrian fly fisher head for Antelope
Pack Station by taking Mill Road by going west off
Highway 395 between towns of Walker and Coleville,
it's a very steep grade with many trail heads depending
on time of year. The headwaters can be reached by taking
trail marked "Dumont Meadows". If the lower section
is your cup of tea. then take the trail marked "Silver
King". It's a wonderful ride through breath taking
scenery. The middle section Silver Creek to Wolf Creek
is more accessible if time is an issue. This area where
highway 4 hits the Centerville Bridge is usually well
fished and you can expect lots of company. Take the
extra time and scout out the secret pools that exist
here or pay that guide guy and get the lowdown.
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along your dry flies for the middle section early fall
evenings and mornings. Remember world famous lake and
gambling resort Lake Tahoe is only about 45 minutes
away as well as Carson City Nevada down in the desert
at the bottom of the mountains. The middle section
is made for your muddlers, Wolly Bugger type patterns
and of course the usual suspects in the terrestrial
family.
Access is easy in lower section wild trout area Hangmans
Bridge to Nevada State line. Highway 89 about two miles
from Markleeville is easy to find and most fly fishers
start working from this area and wade on down when
water and weather permit. Look for turn off to Indian
Creek and the airport, you will find many pullouts
all over this area. A stroll down a dirt road will
get you to the water about a mile and a half. If your
not in the best of shape or not used to high altitude,
take it easy this is not easy for older or out of shape
bug tossers! This section has more stout trout, so
you might want to take your 4/6-weight rig unless you
can handle wind with your lighter weights? You may
want to brush up on the old roll cast and have you
done the slingshot lately? If you're into hoppers,
ants, bees and all those special buggy creations you
worked so hard to tie, this is the place to get buggy!
World-class wild trout fishery, lake Tahoe, Carson
City and more water to cover ( over 40 miles) then
you can do in a week! This eclectic high mountain born
river may be just the change you're looking for? |
