Kern River Tournament

By
Carl Wuebben

I caught one trout about 12 inch. dropped it before i could take a photo, one sucker and four pikes minnows about 6 inches long on Friday.    Rick P got a 35cm and a 30cm trout in the a.m. with me in the area i was controlling for the tournament Saturday. He was using a two fly rig for the first hour and got nothing then Gary Applebee stopped by to check on his student hahahah (just kidding- Rick is a very good fisherman on his own) and told him to think outside the box and do as Guy Jeans from the Kern river fly shop said and change the menu, and he did. He threw on a third fly (a nymph ) so I boulder hopped to the other side of the area and was ignoring him because of the no-fish-in-the-net syndrome he was having, and within ten or fifteen minutes he got his first fish of the day. I was on one side of the area and he was on the other so I came running over large and small boulders thru small spots of water and never missed a rock or slipped one bit and to this day I don't know how I made it there, in waders no less! But i met him right as he got to the side to measure the fish - a 35cm one not bad for a tough day on low and cold waters day fishing .   Read more: Kern River Tournament

Would you like to learn how to fish pyramid lake, Nevada?  
Home of fly fishing from a ladder for cutthroat trout

Ernie Gulley will present this class on February 4th from 9am to 12pm
at the deep creek club house in Fairmont Park

I will be presenting a one hour power point presentation on everything you will need to know to fly fish Pyramid Lake.  
After the presentation we will spend a few hours of hands on instruction of the tools you will need for this trip.
You will learn the history of this ancient lake that has been around since the beginning of time.   
You will learn the best places and best times of the year to fish and we will break down the individual beaches starting from the north end of the lake and work our way down to the south end of the lake where the Truckee River runs into the lake.   
You will be introduced to the two different styles of fishing methods we use for these big cutthroat trout, indicator fishing and shooting head techniques.  We will go over the leader set ups for both of these techniques.   We will go out to the lake behind the club house and I will demonstrate how to set up your ladders in the lake and how to throw a shooting head leader set up from your ladder.
You will learn about the most current and deadly flies that have been working the best and a fly tying demonstration of most of these flies.   We fish a lot of big midge patterns, large streamer patterns and the famous floating beatle and tadpole patterns.
You will learn about the ladders we use at Pyramid Lake and I will demonstrate how we can customize your ladder to become a perfect fishing platform.   Please bring your ladders and i will have the materials to show and help you customize your ladders at the presentation.   
Please join me in what should be a very educational and entertaining presentation on the world famous “Pyramid Lake, NV”   

Lower Kings River in February

Travis Mason will lead a trip to the lower portion of the Kings River for some wonderful Western Sierra winter fishing on February 18 &19. Deep Creek Fly Fisher’s with the help from Fred Ramirez of Central Sierra Fly Fishing Adventures will be taking over the Lower Kings River. If you have not tried your hand on this fishery you will be in for a treat.

Cost of the class will be $50 for a day and a half of fishing. We need only 10 but more are always welcome for this great class. Fred is a great guide for this area of the Sierra’s. Travis will sign you up and collect funds at our January meeting. Travis has also set-up lodging at Wonder Valley Ranch Resort outside Sanger, close to the Kings River.