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Lower Owens River and Wild Trout Section
(2 miles from Bishop)
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Midges in the am and Pt’s as the sun gets higher will do the trick. #16-20 is fine. I suggest 5 X tippets, and 6X will get even more attention as the water is clear. The flows have been doing the yo-yo but seem to be averaging about 100cfs. They will be going higher this year; I can assure you of this. When is anyone’s guess, I suggest you get a whack at wading this area soon. The weather has been cool in the am’s, however quite pleasant by late morning recently.
The sections of river that are planted have been very slow. The cold weather has chilled the water down in the thirties some days making the holdover and wild fish lethargic. Several seasons of small allotments are taking a toll in the planted sections and fishing has been very poor relative to what is going on in the wild trout section. Budget shortfalls, winter stocking programs scrapped, hatchery closures/quarantines, invasive species issues, and the trout are making life miserable for the willow fly catchers and hard headed minnow??? Blah, blah, blah. Get accustomed to the new stocking landscape; it is going to be different in all areas of the golden state.

Crowley Lake (About 30 minutes north of Bishop)
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Upper Owens and Crowley Tributaries:
(runs a few miles north & east of Bishop)
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The “catching” here remains excellent for gorgeous trophy sized rainbows. 90% of the fish are holding in less than 1% of the water and this is no exaggeration. The numbers are bleak considering what has been wintering over here the last few seasons. The UO will continue to improve as the sun remains longer with each passing day. Many anglers struggle here this time of year because there are specific pools that these winter time behemoths hold in exclusively. We dun knows ware day R a hiding and will be happy to take you to these spots!
Nymphing with PT’s #16-20; absolutely have some broken back midges as a lower on a tandem fly rig. You will also see a good emergence of baetis adults (bwo) may flies #16-18 on the warmer cloudy days around 1:30-2:00pm. It is tough going to get in here and is not for everybody. The roads suck and you will need to hoof it through some deep snow to get near the river. I dig it this time of year and hope the snow stays deep into March.