just wondering if anyone has ever fished these ponds at the ranch. check out this site and look at the photos check out the reports. there are some big fish up there. this is a 4 hour drive but when you average 25"+ fish does anyone care. it looks like a nice place to fish wouldnt mind doing it some time. its 210 per person if 2 people go it includes lodging, for the night, a kitchen, fly tying bench, not food included but can be at extra cost. this place looks nice check out the link.
http://www.sugarcreekranch.com
let me know if you have ever fished it or would want too some time
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I think all there fish are just big planters. Look closely at the fins in there pics. Would still be fun, Just a little too pricey to catch a planted trout. In my opinion.
ya that is true but still would be a blast to catch fish over the 30" mark, even if they have been planted. just remember how the 18-20" holdovers fight at putah. just add another 10-12"s and then you can imagine how they fight. you and me might have to give it a go though, when it get warmer
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That's just glorified planter fishing! There are places in California where you can catch wild fish that big. There are a few places like that that basically "sell you" huge fish. Sure it might be fun to catch huge trout but how hard can it be in a very small lake or pond.
There is a well know "stillwater" fishing celebrity who writes books and makes videos about catching huge fish in lakes and how he is sooo good at it. Little do most people realize but he fishes places like Sugar Creek. I've seen his seminars at fly fishing shows and he's a total tool. His name is Denny Rickards.
If you want big trout from a lake try Pyramid, or Eagle. Yes, both those places are also managed by state run hatcheries but they are raising trout that come naturally from each lake. In Pyramid they have to use a hatchery because the natural spawning grounds of the Truckee River are no longer accessible because of diverted flows.
This is my personal best fish on a fly, 27 inch 6 pound Lahontan Cutthroat from Pyramid last year.
thats freaking nice, did you catch that off the bank or in a boat.
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From shore. At Pyramid you fish off a ladder. You bring the ladder out about chest deep then cast while you're on the ladder. You do this for 2 reasons, you have to be able to cast out far enough to reach the ledge where it drops off to deeper water. Feeding fish will cruise this ledge so you use a full sink line and drag the fly up over the drop off, the fish hammer it! The other reason for the ladder is because sometimes it get's really rough out there when the weather kicks up. The ladder keeps the breaking waves from getting down your waders. Funny thing with Pyramid, the worse the weather, the better the fishing.
That's a nice one Packrat. Here's the wife with her first pyramid cutty. The weather is pretty dicey there, I've seen some huge wind waves out there on that lake.
man looks like i am gonna have to hit it up. what do you guys use up there for flies, and what weight set up do you use.
hey cappy whatcha think, time to go to pyramid or what.
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I use a 6wt with a sink line and usually throw buggers out as far as you can and strip them back in. Its a weird place out there, but def. nice fish to catch. you dont have to use a ladder, we went out there and waded as far as we could and dropped a milk crate down to stand on. prett funny eh?
Nice fish guys. There's some dudes who fish the Russian for steelies on ladders. I'm not sure why but I would imagine visibility and it's also gotta be way easier to pick up your shooting head from the water and recast.
I always figured it was for the visiblity. But now that cole mentions it, the pickup on that heavey sink line would be much easier from a ladder. One more tidbit, I beleive i have read that lahontan cutthroats are the fastest growing largest species of trout in north america, maybe the world, Theres some kinda trout from Mongolia that might get bigger. In the 1800's cutthroats to 60 lbs have been recorded at lake pyramid.
Captain, you don't need a Nevada fishing license for Pyramid. All you need is a permit from the Paiute Indians. Pyramid is on indian property and they manage the lake. You can get one at the Reno Fly Shop and there is a store on the drive into the lake that also sells them. The permit has gone up this coming year and I think it's $10/day (or something like that).
hey cappy you thinking what i am thinkin. ROAD TRIP, you bring the green ill bring the beer. hahahaha
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I use an 8wt with full sink type v line. At pyramid you always have a good shot at hooking into something over 10 pounds so that's why the 8wt. A ladder isn't always necessary but if the lake level is up like it was last year it can be impossible to cast out far enough to reach the ledge where the fish cruise. Most people will tell you to fish the lake in April when the cuts are spawning. That's when I usually fish and you can catch lots of fish if the conditions are right, remember bad weather is better fishing. The thing with April is that since the fish are spawning they don't fight that great for how big of a fish they are. We went last year in October and caught just as many fish as in April but they fought way, way harder. A float tube if great at Pyramid as long as the wind isn't too strong. I have heard stories of guys not being able to get back to shore because the wind kicked up. I've also heard of guys actually getting sea sick in their tubes when the waves get big! All you need is buggers and a fly they call the Pyramid Beetle. Indicating can be good too just under the surface, maybe 3 or 4 feet from the indicator to the first fly. Big hares ears, pt's and blood midges work good.
