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sammy and i were up in tahoe this weekend for a 30th b-day party for a friend, and while our friends sat around and drank all day saturday, we went to the truckee river for a day of fishing. although its been warm the past month, it is still very chilly up there (30's-low 40's) because of that there was no top water action. there is still snow all over the ground. there was a small hatch in mid-afternoon of some tiny gray colored buggs coming off the water (couldnt tell what they were exactly), but not even that created any action.
the water level is very very low, so we spent some time searching for holes that seemed deep enough to be fishable. we assumed the fish would be deep and not willing to move all that much becuase it was so cold still. i tied on a small caddis as an indicator and used a zebra nymph dropper for most of the day. the ONE bite i got was on that rig. sammy also got ONE bite on a similar rig. other than that we didnt see one fish the entire afternoon. with it snowing/raining lightly on and off we finally gave up after about 4 hours on the river. we fished the river between lake tahoe and the town of truckee. I have heard that the fishing up in the city of truckee can be very good, but with how cold it was we didnt see a reason to make the drive all the way up there.
ive never seen the truckee river before, and can see why it has soooo much potential. cant wait to head up there when its a little warmer.
highlight of the day was a close encounter with a sleepy black bear. i had heard they were coming out of hibernation earlier than normal this year, and we ended up with one crossing the road right in front of our car as we left the river. sadly the cameras were in the trunk at that point so no pics were taken. thats the second bear sammy and i have seen in the last year while fly fishing in the sierras.
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