The title of the show is "Fishing with Streamers for Trophy Trout". This guy uses articulated flies up to 7 inches long with the average being 4-5 inches long. It's an informative show for sure. When we went to Bobs place in September I had planned on doing a night outing for big trout but it never happened thanks to the Blue Coyote. In June I WILL make a night outing and give the monsters of the Truckee a shot! Big streamers on full sink lines with a short leader of 18 inches of 20# and 12 inches of 12 # tippet. I just ordered a few of his flies fro his site:
ill be there with ya. ill bring my 6wt with the sink tip line i bougth from u. guess ill have to check out that sit. and try to find time to tie a few up.
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not sure if im down im scared of the dark .....fuunny that you link slide inn there i was planning on staying there this summe for a while and i decided not too but ive heard great things about them.....
-- Edited by AC22 on Thursday 4th of June 2009 10:19:07 AM
may i ask which ones you grabbed so i ahve any idea of what i should be bringing? im lacking in streamer knowledge but this seems like a perfect time to practice
then from blue fly i picked up bfx black bunny leech bfx weighted black hare sculpin bfx white re-flex
then ill be making, black articulated maribu streamer olive articulated maribu streamer and a few other crazy articulated streamers that worked well for steelhead but with a big trout twist
man cant wait for that night.
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Can't wait to here the fishing stories that come outta that night One of my new ultra secret home tied concoctions will no doubt take the truckee river trout of a lifetime on this trip. If all else fails the #8 rat faced McDougal will come out !!!
-- Edited by shon42073 on Sunday 7th of June 2009 04:01:53 PM
I finally downloaded my pictures from the MF Feather a couple of weeks ago. Check these three fish out, are they pretty or what. Look at how orange the fin coloring is.
The larger fish was 17", the smaller ones around 14".
That river should be in perfect shape in two weeks. Also . . . there is an outstanding watering hole to stop for a dustcutter on the way home.
-- Edited by ONEWEIGHT on Sunday 7th of June 2009 07:57:58 PM
me and my cousin are heading up there this weekend. we need a good camping spot that we can fish out of and be close to the truckee and little truckee. any suggestions??? we can hopefully bring back a good report for all of you!
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Some inspiration for the June Truckee trip. A couple of hogs from Mikey Wier apparently caught in a "HUGE river in a remote canyon in NorCal". Perhaps one of you guys we'll get into some like these...
-Jon
edit: Here's the article (http://www.moldychum.com/home-old/?currentPage=2) posted on June 4th, 2009. Just proof that it might happen this trip...
-- Edited by jvento on Monday 8th of June 2009 11:17:00 AM
if those dont have any steelhead strain in it, then i dont know what does. man that hen is way plumped up.
would anyway say that these fish are in prespawn.
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Regarding the camping spots . . . on the LT between Boca and Stampede there is Boyington Mills campground right on the river. It's small, about 12 spots. Above the reservoirs, along HWY 89, there's Upper Little Truckee and Lower Little Truckee campgrounds. Decent spots, right on the river of the Upper Little Truckee. Fishing is probably marginal, they used to plant here. The river pretty much dries up here by the end of July as the water is siphoned off for Sierra Valley ag use.
Stampede Res has really nice campgrounds but might be tough to get a space without a reservation but worth checking out. If you're into roughing it you can just camp along the river, there are some good area off Hirschdale road. Exit Hirschdale off 80, go right, the road will fork so stay to the left. Cross the bridge then turn right down one of the dirt roads and you will end up right at the river.