Newsletter of the Truckee River Flyfishers

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1 Newsletter of the Truckee River Flyfishers TRF Mission Statement We are dedicated to: improving and promoting the sport of fly fishing in Nevada. Promote and encourage the conservation of game fish, especially wild trout, through the betterment of the streams and lakes everywhere. Encourage and assist our youth to become fly fishers and true sportspersons. Inside this issue: President s Letter Fly Tiers Round Table Prospects UV Hex Bugger Hook N Hair Hopper Members Ship Application Upcoming Events: President s letter June 2016 Doug O. Pres. letter June 2016 June is here and the watershed is in excellent shape! Snow pack with a good runoff is happening. The Truckee River is in great shape with water flows and insect hatches. With these flows things should continue to get better and better. Some nice fish browns and rainbows have been caught and released recently. Be careful wading, the currents can be strong, cold, and misleading, I recommend wearing a PFD ( Personal Floatation Device). The Club fishout at Frenchman was well attended and we had a great time. Thanks to Mark and Press for BBQing the burgers and dogs. Just about everyone caught fish. I believe that Frenchman is the most underrated fishery in our area. Although the fish there are not too big, they are solid and are hard fighters. Check the newsletter for Mike Hoffman s article on the next Roundtable Fly tying with Mike O Brien. Have a great month - go fishing, Doug O. June 2016 June 2, Board of Directors Meeting, NO membership meeting this month. June 22, Fly Tiers Roundtable 6:30 Website: Truckeeriverflyfishers.org

Page 2 The Angler s Line Fly Tiers Roundtable By Mike Hoffman Our club president Doug Ouellette put on an outstanding fly tying exhibition at our May Roundtable meeting.

2 Page 2 The Angler s Line Fly Tiers Roundtable By Mike Hoffman Our club president Doug Ouellette put on an outstanding fly tying exhibition at our May Roundtable meeting. He tied three of his go to flies, the Stonedaddy, Peaches & Cream and Sweet Pea (see photos below). On behalf of myself and all those in attendance we would like to thank Doug for putting on a very informative show. His tying techniques and the types of materials he used can be applied to a lot of different flies and I know from personal experience his flies catch Trout! Once again we had an outstanding turnout and the Roundtable Raffle was a big hit. The June meeting will feature Mike O Brien as the guest tier on Wednesday 6/22/16 at 6:30 pm in the NDOW meeting room. Check your s or the website for the recipes on the flies Mike will be tying. Don t forget to bring two flies for a raffle ticket and a chance to win a great box of flies at the Roundtable Raffle. See ya there! Keep a tight line

3 Newsletter of the Truckee River Flyfishers Page 3 Pictures from May Roundtable Doug Ouellette, Stone Daddy, Peaches and Cream, Sweet Pea, Black Stone Daddy, Raffle Box

4 Page 4 The Angler s Line JUNE 2016 PROSPECTS Truckee River: The Truckee River has been up for most of May and I usually do not fish it till the flows at Farad drop to 600 cfs, that may be a while. Green Drakes come off first of June but I have not seen this hatch yet. Warmer weather should bring on the start of the evening yellow sally hatch and the caddis. Little Truckee: Normally I write that the water drops on the 15 th of June, but this year it is running higher than normal. Should still drop soon. Knot Creek Reservoir: year. Opens the 11 th of this month and water condition should be good this Milton Res. This is a good time to fish a good ant fall here. I have not caught a good size fish here in a while and a report from a game warden says that the large fish a being taken out illegally in the winter. Frenchman: Upper end is fishing well this year with a blizzard of Calibeatis activity. I have not seen the big Blood Midges yet this year. Lake Davis: Here is the word from the head of hatcheries in California; less fish being planted, all fingerlings, and only triploids. Going to be tough this year. Lake Almanor: Hex hatch here generally starts the 20 th of June and should start on time. My suggestion is to stay on the nypmhs and when the hatch hit s the surface just go to a floating line with a nymph. Lots of smallies are in the mix. Wilson Sink: I have heard rumors that some fish from Wildhorse have been relocated here and that some are quite large. At any rate the lake is full and spilling! That was last year and it is full again this year and should fish excellent again. Duck Valley Indian Reservation: I have not heard much from here lately. They do have a web site with a current fishing report and all the lakes are full because they take all the water from Wildhorse to fill their lake and do their irrigation. South Fork Res. Post spawn funk did not happen here and the fishing has been consistent since late March. Biologist says that less than 1% of fish spawn in this lake. June will see a good strong damsel hatch and midge activity. Board of Directors & TRF Officers President: Doug Ouellette calvadaflyfishing@sbcglobal.net Vice President: M a r k W a r r e n markeraw@charter.net Secretary Tom Smith edsontiger@aol.com Treasurer: Tom Smith & Mark Warren N e w s le t t e r T o m S m i t h Conservation open Web Master: Curt Kamada fishncurt@hotmail.com Biologists on Staff: Mark W. and Mike S. Fly Tiers Roundtable: Mike Hoffman smshof3@att.net Sleepers: Carp at Rosewood Lakes. Has anyone been down to the East Walker? Board Member Mike O Brien avidflyfisher@aol.com Project Healing Waters: John Imsdahl fishingimsdahl@gmail.com

5 Newsletter of the Truckee River Flyfishers Page 5 UV HEX BUGGER Fishing the Hexagenia Limbata (Hex) hatch is among my top all-time favorite things to do in late spring and early summer. The size and quantity of these Mayflies attracts some of the largest fish in the lake to the shallow areas to feed. HOOK: Mustad 3906B, Size 8 6 THREAD: Yellow 8/0 BODY: Spirit River olive UV estaz HACKLE: Spirit River yellow saddle TAIL: Spirit River golden yellow marabou and Spirit River grizzly sand marabou 1. Attach thread and create a thread base. 2. Tie in yellow marabou forming the tail, approximately length of hook shank. 3. Tie in small amount of grizzly sand marabou creating top portion of the tail. 4. Tie in UV estaz near the base of tail. 5. Select an oversized saddle hackle and tie in by the tip near the base of tail. 6. With the thread and bobbin near the hook eye make one full wrap behind the hackle and wrap UV estaz forward to hook eye. Secure and trim excess. 7. Palmer hackle forward. Secure and trim. 8. Build a head and whip finish. 9. Using scissors, trim body material to form a slightly tapered body Today, wooly buggers are tied in a wide variety of sizes, styles and colors to imitate a wide range of game fish prey. It s effectiveness is probably due to the fluctuating tail and bubble filled body making it too much for most fish to resist. Mike O Brien

6 Newsletter of the Truckee River Flyfishes Page 6 Page 3 The Angler s Line A A A Blast from the past HOOK N HAIR HOPPER Bud Johnson In the dim and distant past, a few not so pure fly fishers in the Mammoth Lakes area came to the conclusion that grasshoppers, the real ones, were much better at attracting Owen River trout than the boughten ones. So the early morning ritual called hopper boppin became the best method of capture for these long legged acrobats. We would head for the meadow armed with a fly swatter and half inch rolled up paper tube. One end of the tube was closed, the other had a safety pin through that end. This was our hopper house. The fly swatter, also known as the hopper bopper, was applied to the inactive hoppers and when stunned by the gentle bop, they were placed in the tube head first. Then to the Owens on the breezy afternoons.... Choose a likely looking bank and while keeping low (there is very little cover) desecrate our pure-like fly rods with a size 16 gold egg hook which is fastened under the hopper s collar. Then a looping swing would place this morsel alongside those under cut banks. The shock of water to these otherwise dry land creatures caused a violent kicking, then bobbing under the film. If you were to get a grab, the movement under the film was usually the ticket for a rise and hopefully a hook up. And remembering rises, the local fly shop employee was known as a fanatical purist so one of our outlaw group always managed to have a strung up fly rod protruding from the pickup bed and on the gold egg hook, a bedraggled hopper corpse, or worse, a Balls of Fire shriveled red egg. We got evil glances and harsh words. But enough of memories and on to a hopper pattern that is both quick and easy to tie and works for hoppers, crickets, katydids and similar stuff that is not aquatic but quite often ended up in trout territory unhappy and kicking. Hook: Dry fly type or? Size 8 16 Thread: 3/0 Yellow Monocord, or - Tail: None Body: Deer body dyed yellow 3 ½ shank lengths Wing: Deer body dyed yellow Legs: Optional (rubber, knotted fiber, etc.) Using a size 10 hook Cement the shank. Add thread and wrap to the bend then come forward with wide turns back to the eye creating a rough base to the eye. Then half hitch. Cut and clean a bunch of deer hair when twisted is the diameter of two kitchen matches. Even tips in a stacker. Hold this bundle along the hook shank. Tie in the butts behind the eye. Wind the thread in spaced turns back to the bend and half hitch. Gather the hair in a tight bundle and fold it forward over the under body, wind the thread forward tightly matching the previous turns, then half hitch just behind the eye. Move thread one or two turns rearward. Hold a dubbing needle across the half-hitch. Fold the hair bundle up and over the needle until the hair is in a wing position. Hold the hair with the left hand, remove the needle and make several wraps before knotting. If you wish you may add rubber legs, x or crossed style or knotted fiber legs secured by these wraps. Finally sneak the thread underneath and whip finish in front of the head. Here is an added bit on hoppers and similar types of land loving bugs. While doing underwater observations on several Montana rivers, G. LaFontaine and C. Brooks report that many of these land based critters become juicy meals both midstream and on the bottom.

7 Angler s Line, news letter of the Truckee River Flyfishers Page 7 Membership Form Truckee River Flyfishers, P.O. Box 7231 Reno, NV Name: Date: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: Work Phone: Occupation: Experience: Beginner Intermediate Advanced Fishing Interests: Projects and Activities Interests: Are you willing to volunteer at club events? Yes No Are you interested in being a TRF Board Member? Yes No Payment Method: Check # Cash Circle one: $25 $30 $10 Project Healing $0 Circle one: New Member Renewal Circle: Trout Unlimited Member Federation of Fly Fishers Member Waiver of Liability, Assumption of Risk, and Emergency Contact In consideration of being allowed to participate in TRF events and activities, I, the undersigned, acknowledge, appreciate and agree that: 1. I knowingly and freely assume all such risks, both known and unknown, and assume full responsibility for my participation; and I willingly agree to comply with the stated instructions and policies and customary terms and conditions for participation. 2. I, hereby release the Truckee River Flyfishers and their officers, directors and sponsors harmless with respect to any and all injury, disability, death, or loss or damage to person or property, to the fullest extent permitted by law. I HAVE READ THIS RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK AGREEMENT, FULLY UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS AND I SIGN IT FREELY AND VOLUNTARILY WITHOUT ANY INDUCEMENT. Signature Date Emergency Contact Information: W Contact s Name Relation Phone

Newsletter of the Truckee River Flyfishers

Newsletter of the Truckee River Flyfishers TRF Mission Statement We are dedicated to: improving and promoting the sport of fly fishing in Nevada. Promote and encourage the conservation of game fish, especially