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Truckee a tough river to fish
The Truckee River can be a very humbling river to fish. I moved to Truckee in 1978 and tried to learn to fly fish by teaching myself.
Neither that method or the river were particularly good choices for a beginner. I never did master the river as a fly angler, although I was able to do well fishing with crawdad imitating plugs.
I moved to the west side of the Sierra in 1981 and I have continued to fish the Truckee and keep in contact with locals who fish it regularly. Part of the reason that the Truckee can be so difficult is the water temperature cycle through the season.
Starting opening day in April, the flows are fishable, but the water temperatures are too cold for good fishing. As the season warms and the snows melt, the river runs high and cold.
The trout brigade at Walker
Rural tourism encompasses many venues in the Sierra Nevada, but none so popular as fishing during its season. Tallying in at number one for tourism is angling and all of its associated angles, fishing holes and lodging opportunities. And while the Mammoth Lakes region tends to get most of the press locally, the northern reaches of Mono County have their fair share of angling hot spots. Recently, the DFG trout stocking truck was in the town of Walker and a crowd gathered to help with the delivery. Sam Foster manned the trout brigade at the Walker River-a makeshift line of all ages, each delighted to see trout leave the metal confines of the truck's tanks and land in the water.Walker's trout stocking is repeated in many of the towns and it's not just the local fishing guides who get into the action for the planting locations or the actual trout drops.
New Insect Website Has Fly Fishermen Abuzz
Fly fishers and science buffs get a detailed peek into the world of aquatic insects on the website www.troutnut.com, which was re-launched in late August. Its close-up photographs have sparked a new way of looking at rivers and the sport of fly fishing. Ithaca, NY (PRWEB) August 30, 2006 -- Internet blogs and message boards are abuzz this week with talk of flies -- fishing flies, and the insects they imitate. A new illustrated encyclopedia of mayflies and their aquatic kin is drawing crowds to www.troutnut.com, which site developer Jason Neuswanger re-launched in late August. Thousands of colorful close-up photographs of trout stream insects are stirring excitement both within and outside the fly fishing community.
Books have covered the site's subject before, but Neuswanger says Troutnut.com is different.
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