Early Season Report, 2014

It's finally here - the 2014 Trout Season! And while the thin Sierra snows of this year may present challenges to us fly casters as it progresses, the opportunities for the early season are greater and more abundant than normal.

With the unusually early opening of major Sierra passes already behind us, we expect the annual deluge of spring high waters to be both far milder and of shorter duration. Many higher elevation streams are already looking beautiful and fishing great.

Just since the season opening, our clients have been treated to some beautiful days in the high country catching, in some cases, their first-ever Trout on a fly, with enough feisty wild Rainbows, Brookies and Browns to make for some exceptionally fun and memorable days!

For fishers of all experience levels hankering for a taste of fly fishing in the midst of high Sierra spring splendor, NOW is the time! Give us a call!

Lower Kings Pow Wow

We were proud to co-host a gathering on December 6, 2009 on the Lower Kings with the goal of raising awareness of the fishery's needs. The needs we focused on is the effort to nurture resident-born fish as well as raise funds specifically for enforcement. Local anglers, local clubs and even some curious members of the public (gasp!). Much of the Lower Kings has special regulations but, like many waters, is subject to poaching and unscrupulous anglers. It also relies heavily on planted fish. We seek to bolster the DFG warden presence through our own funding as well as jump-start some stream-born "almost wild" fish with incubator boxes. There remains all sort of buzz within the fly fishing community and contributions and pledges actually persist after the event. That said, a huge thank you and feel free to holler our way (jimmie(at)sierraflyfisher.com) if you want to talk about it all with us or see the initial release. Finally, if you care to contribute no amount too small nor too large, then see the details at the end of this post. The following photos conveniently came our way from Ming Moua who documented the event well.