Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Report 05-20-2022 Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Guide Service sierrabrightdot.com It’s shaping up to be a hot, windy spring especially in the Owens Valley. In between spring storms we are getting temperatures in the high 80’s and low 90’s. Insect activity in Owens Valley waters are getting active. Insects in […]
Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Report 05-13-2022 Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Guide Service sierrabrightdot.com We have fresh snow on the White Mountains and the Sierra Mountains and followed up with temperatures in the low 90’s. Welcome to spring in the Eastern Sierra. Wind continues to hamper fly fishers in the Eastern Sierra. When the […]
Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Report 05-06-2022 Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Guide Service sierrabrightdot.com I think it was a typical opener for me. On Saturday and Sunday morning I along with a number of guides and volunteers had 18 six to 12 year old’s that were taught fly fishing, fly tying, water safety, and […]
Some of anglers’ favorite fishing holes along U.S. Highway 395 should be extra enticing this season thanks to supplemental stocking events sponsored by the County of Inyo. Throughout the 2022 fishing season, approximately 2,000 extra pounds of rainbow trout will be stocked in Owens Valley waters from Big Pine to Independence as part of the […]
Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Report 04-29-2022 Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Guide Service sierrabrightdot.com At mid-day I drove from Riverside to Bishop on Thursday April 28th, 2022. I was surprised at the lack of motorhomes, trailers, campers, and boats on the highway. When I got into Bishop there were just a few boats and […]
Two California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) fish hatchery facilities in the eastern Sierra have recently detected an outbreak of Lactococcus petauri, a naturally occurring bacteria that sickens fish. CDFW fishery managers are working to implement strategies that will help the facilities get the disease under control, without cancelling all trout plants prior to […]
Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Report 04-22-2022 Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Guide Service sierrabrightdot.com Opening day for the Eastern Sierra is Saturday April 30, 2022. While the majority of Eastern Sierra waters have been open to catch and release fishing or catch and keep there are a few prime fly fishing waters that will […]
It’s the middle of March and it looks like we are not getting a miracle March to boost the Eastern Sierra snowpack. Storms are moving through, but unfortunately we are getting 10 feet of wind not ten feet of snow. The mountains are getting snow measured in inches not in feet. Spring is coming and […]
Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Guide Service sierrabrightdot.com Wind is the bane of fly fishers and road bike riders of which I enjoy both. Cooler temperatures and wind has made it unpleasant to be out on the water fly fishing in the Eastern Sierra. When the wind lies down hatches of caddis, mayflies, and midges […]
Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Report 03-04-2022 Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Guide Service sierrabrightdot.com Late winter in the Eastern Sierra is warm to hot days sprinkled with the occasional winter storm. This has been a warm week with a storm due to hit the Eastern Sierra as the weekend begins. The increase in daylight […]
I have two tables sold and I’m trying for a third table for the Bishop California Waterfowl Fund Raising Dinner on Saturday March 12, 2022. Happens to be the day of the Blake Jones Blind Bogey Tournament on Pleasant Valley Reservoir. There is room for eight people per table. CWA supports a number of environmental […]
Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Report 02-11-2021 Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Guide Service sierrabrightdot.com Weather is the deciding factor of successful fly fishing in the winter time. Since we are not getting snow at least we have nice warm days to enjoy on the river. The warmer weather is causing the insects to be […]
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