As we head into the very tail end of the season out here, this will be our last report on the “Big Salty Pond” for the year.

Wow, what an absolutely incredible season it was for Pyramid Lake. The amount of large fish seen this year was unprecedented and we feel it’s important to give a huge shout out to the Pyramid Lake Piute Tribe for their tireless work on reestablishing the original cutthroat genetics back into the lake and creating such an amazing place to fly fish. We really feel like it’s one of the premier fly fishing locations in the world and we have it right in our backyard! While fisheries are always changing and there’s certainly no guarantee on what the future of this lake and the fish in it hold, we are incredibly hopeful that this is only the start of an amazing comeback story for decades to come!

As for the fishing out here right now, the fish are beginning their post-spawn migration back into deeper water, and fish are now being found in 15 feet of water a bit more consistently. When the fish head back into the deeps, the best way to target them will be to use either a slip indicator and fish midges or leeches, or to use fast sinking lines and strip beetles, buggers, or various streamers to imitate the Tui-Chub, olive over white is always a good place to start for these. These techniques mostly require the use of a float tube or boat to have the best results, and a fish finder will be a helpful tool for not only marking fish and bait, but also for knowing the depth you are fishing and setting your flies just off the bottom with the slip indicator. If you’re shore fishing, focus on the mornings. While the fishing does remain good during the month of May, the crowds will thin out a lot and you can have most of the beaches all to yourself. This makes for a great camping trip with your friends or family, where you are not compromising on the fishing.