Fishing the Little Truckee again

Tanner and I hit the Little Truckee river again. We began the morning with the temperature in the mid 20's and ended it in the mid 20's. It was so cold that our nets and shoe laces froze solid. Fishing was tough! That river is going to make fly fishing experts out of Tanner and I because you have to do just about everything right to catch fish their. It is definitely not a river for a beginner, or even an intermediate level fly fisher. That's why I like to call it the Little Truckee University. Fishing on that river is the grad school of fly fishing.

The day started off great for me. I hooked a fat wild rainbow, about 20 inches in the first minute. I fought him for about three minutes but he shook the hook before I could net him. About two minutes later, I hooked and landed a smaller 15 inch wild rainbow. After that, nothing the rest of the day. Tanner also had a rough day, nothing for the first five hours until he caught the beautiful 18 inch brown pictured above. Tanner hooked another 10 minutes later but lost it. Although it was a really tough day, we had a great time and hopefully we learned a little more in the process.

The Little Truckee produces again!

Well I headed up to the Little Truckee with Foxy a few days ago. Tanner could't make it so it was just Foxy and I. Started fishing at about 10:00 AM. Nothing, not even a bite for the fisrt two and a half hours. I tried many different small mayflies and midges, but I could not even get a bite. At about 12:30, out of frustration, I put on a small brown San Juan worm. First cast, fish on! For the next hour and a half the fishing was red hot. I ended up with five fish landed with two lost during the retrieve. Four rainbows and one brown. The biggest being about 21 inches and three pounds. They were all really beautiful wild fish. By 2:00, the bite had stopped and not even another hit for the rest of the day.
Most years I only fish from June to August. This year, I made it a goal to fish at least once a month all year long. So far my goal is still intact. These were the first fish that I have ever caught fly fishing in December. This was the first time that I have fly fished in December.

The Little Tanner River

Well, they are now going to have to re-name the Little Truckee river to the Little Tanner river after Tanner catching this big Brown. My Dad and I met up with Tanner and uncle Dennis over the Thanksgiving holiday up at the Truckee and Little Truckee rivers. The four of us started off on the main Truckee. My Dad and I did really well, both of us catching about 15. My Dad might have caught a few more than that. But Tanner was struggling quite a bit with around 5 to 7 fish. However, Tanner's luck changed once we hit the Little Truckee. He immediately caught this really nice Brown and then went on to have four or five more hook-ups. The rest of us could not even manage to get a bite. This was the best that I have ever seen Tanner fish. Man, was he on! I was really happy for him because he has been talking for months about catching a monster brown and he finally did it. Great job Tanner!