If you live anywhere in California then you know how crazy the weather has been this last week. The weather people say La Nina is suppose to leave the Southwest dry and bring the moisture above Ca and into the Pacific Northwest. I guess they where wrong. Since last week we have been getting pounded by very strong Pacific storms, bringing up to 10 feet of snow on the summit. The Truckee River rose to about 1,400 cubes near Hirschdale during the storms. The river has dropped and cleared some since last week, though high for this time of year, it is fishable. Today, I thought I'd hit up some runs down from my house (mostly to get away from the wife baking cookies). The river actually fished well, not what I expected at all. Since most of the storms where warm, most of the lower river is easily accessible. I fished two runs and hooked several nice browns, all on my beatis nymph #18. This brown acted more like a summertime fish, making a few long hard runs. Not bad for December.
4 comments:
Nice fish!!
Glad to see you are curing your cabin fever. So how much snow do you have down in Hirschdale? Heading down to Colorado tomorrow for the holidays. Happy Holidays to you and Rachel.
Thanks biggerfish! Chirs- we really didn't get that much snow in the Hirsch, the storms where warm and it only really snowed above 7000 feet, but it didn't stop for over a week. Good luck driving to Colorado. Merry Christmas.
Dude, you haven't earned a carhartt yet.
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