The Truckee has seen very stable conditions this week. The flows are holding at 120 CFS around Glenshire Bridge, 450 below Boca, 320 in Mogul and right around 400 at Sparks. The overall theme is these are above average flows for this time of year, mostly thanks to large releases out of Boca.

 

While the upper section of the river here in town may be a bit skinny, it’s still fishing well overall, with some great dry fly opportunities using baetis and midges. The canyon section will provide a great option for those looking to fish larger water with indicator set ups or streamers. The Reno area can have awesome tight line nymphing water, as well as some good hatches of baetis happening from Lockwood down, on the lower river. This is one of those rare times where pretty much the entire river will fish well, and you can have nearly 100 miles of good water to choose from.

 

The two main bugs you will see along the entire system will be midges and baetis, and these are pretty much failsafe regardless of where you end up. We are also fishing a lot of egg patterns as the browns spawn. Stones, worms, caddis and the occasional crawdad make up the other options for this time of year.

 

With dropping temps, fish have definitely moved into some slower water now, and we are putting a good focus on walking speed water, still finding some nice fish in some faster stuff as well. Fish it all right now.