Out of the Way Streams

[Gramps]

These guys thought they were going to an out of a way stream until they got there.

[Panman]

Jim:

Yep - I put the tree back in place. One of the best parts of the trip was the 30 minutes or so I sat on a log watching the waterfowl fly into a beaver pond. Mallards, Greenwing Teal, a pair of Honkers, a sandhil crane and some snipes.

I have been told that if you want some great fly fishing in an urban setting try the Truckee River in downtown Reno. I have not tried the Truckee but it sure looks good.

Tim

[SilverMallard]

Jim:

Yep - I put the tree back in place. One of the best parts of the trip was the 30 minutes or so I sat on a log watching the waterfowl fly into a beaver pond. Mallards, Greenwing Teal, a pair of Honkers, a sandhil crane and some snipes.

I have been told that if you want some great fly fishing in an urban setting try the Truckee River in downtown Reno. I have not tried the Truckee but it sure looks good.

Tim

A little blackjack...maybe some poker...and some fly-fishing. Might even take in a show afterwards and then hit a late night buffet!

[jimmadsen]

When fishing the Truckee in Reno just be sure to catch and release. Nothing worse than hitting the buffett table in one of the casinos and smelling like fish guts.

[hazmat]

Dear panman,

Around these parts fishing pressure on most trout water drops off dramatically around Memorial Day. That is because the average trout angler in PA is convinced that unless the trout are put in the stream via a bucket drawn from a stocking trout a stream cannot possibly contain trout.

I'll admit that I often stop fishing for trout around Memorial Day or shortly thereafter, as I prefer to fish for bass and panfish during the warmer months and give the trout a rest. What amazes me when I resume my trout fishing after Labor Day is the fact that most of the streams are devoid of fishermen at that time. I've managed to find a number of streams worth fishing in the Fall, many of which hold sizeable wild trout populations that the truck chasers don't even know exist since they figure all the stocked trout were fished out months ago.

I'll share a lot of the information I've gathered with people who ask once I get a feel for their motivation and fishing ethics, but I make it a point not to just blab it all over the internet for everyone to view. I've taken people to some of these streams and they in turn have returned the favor for me by telling me or taking me to their spots. That is the way things are supposed to work.

Best Wishes,
Avalon

Can't agree with you more. I really haven't run into a press of anglers yet this season and I've been out plenty of times. The most people I've run into on any one stream in any one day is about 4. But I'm willing to hoof it a long ways to fish(I love being in the woods) and am always looking for other places that are more out of the way than your run-of-the-mills in our particular area. I suppose if all I wanted to do was catch fish I would just spend the majority of my time on the Yellow Breeches, but the fish catching is just a bonus to a day spent in the woods, IMHO.

[Gramps]

Nobody thought that picture was funny? It cracked me up.

The good old days? I don't think so.