Hope you enjoy this week’s On-the-Water Report from the Truckee River from Aden Breckner. I just finished up the day and we had a pretty good day fishing a lot of Stoneflies. Those have started up just in the last 4 or 5 days here on the Nevada side. We’ve been getting out pretty early with the water temp being warmer. It has cooled off since our big Heat Wave a couple days ago. Now we are starting to see water temps come down a bit. The morning has been more productive, so getting out sometime in the morning is going to be your best bet. As far as flies go, we fished a lot of TJ Hookers whi ..read more

The Truckee River has continued to drop since the last report, but we will see the flows stabilize around their current 460 cfs through the downtown gauge. The river is very close to its natural channel and because of this  finding fish has become easier. The bugs have changed a lot in the past few weeks as well. A lot of the hatches we have talked about for the past few months have ended. We are using a lot of size 16 and smaller nymphs to imitate the PMDs and other small bugs that thrive in the warm summer weeks. The Carot – exclusive to the Reno Fly Shop I’ve had a lot of luck with ..read more

Upcoming Clinics Dry Fly Fishing – July 6 Casting a dry fly upstream at a rising trout is often viewed as the pinnacle of fly fishing and fly fishing in its purest form. It can also be a bit confusing and challenging, especially on the Truckee River. With challenging currents and inconsistent hatches our home river can be tough to figure out. Our guide/instructor, Aden Breckner, will break all of the nuance down and show you his best approaches to a wonderful way to spend a late afternoon. The goal of the clinic is to share with you the effective techniques we use and refine skills needed to ..read more

The Truckee River is below 1,000 CFS through the downtown gauge for the first time this summer! The river temp has climbed a bit due to the water master moving flow from Boca to Tahoe. Boca is a cold bottom release and Tahoe is a warmer surface release. Water temps are topping out at 68 degrees but with a cool down next week we are nowhere near water temps that are dangerous for trout.  Fish are moving into faster water as the river comes down into its natural channel and the water temps are perfectly within the trout’s active metabolism range. There are a lot of prey items as many hatc ..read more

Booking Now for the East Fork Walker River Guide Trips Come fish with us on the East Fork Walker River, Nevada. We have recently decided to expand our guide trip offerings to this eastern Sierra Classic trout stream. With adequate flows we will be able to get you on this water year around. Accurate casts to eager trout is the name of the game. Dry fly fishing can be very productive as well. The East Walker is chalk full of wild brown trout and is a shop favorite throughout the year. We have limited dates available for these full day walk/wade trips. Call the shop or stop by to book. We will ..read more

We are now five months out from our hosted trip to Argentina! This adventure includes six days of fishing in the pursuit of Golden Dorado. These fish are native to parts of South America and inhabit the Upper Parana Watershed where we will target them! If you enjoy streamer fishing and want to finally explore this destination fishery- now is your chance. Trip Information Below Our trip dates are November 2-9, 2024. SET Fly Fishing organizes all of the outfitting, lodging, and accommodations to make it very easy for you. You will arrive in Buenos Aires the day before the trip starts (November ..read more

The Truckee River is in great shape moving into summer. Tons of bugs out on the water. Pick up your flies to represent, caddis, yellow stoneflies, large stoneflies, green drakes and flying ants. Get some flies and gear for this weekend. Flies we Suggest:  Dry Flies: E/C Caddis, Snowshoe Sally, Parachute Pink, CDC PMD Dun, Flying Ant, Momba Ant Nymphs: Jig TNT PMD, Carot, TJ Hooker, Firestarter, Jigged CDC PT, Crazy-Z Emma Streamers: Kreelex, Barely Legal, Bangtail EP059: Travis Hawks – 2024 State of the Truckee River The post On-the-Water Report | Truckee River | early June 2024 app ..read more

Truckee River by Aden Breckner The Truckee River has fished increasingly well with water levels dropping. The Truckee River at the Reno Gauge is hovering between 1,000-1,200 CFS. This flow provides a good opportunity for fishing and should lead into a fun summer on the river.  Our summer hatches have begun arriving daily. We are seeing some PMD’s during the daytime starting around 10:00 am. Additionally, Yellow Sally Stoneflies and Caddis are showing up in good numbers. You may see a few of these during the day- but the hatch will be most concentrated towards evening around sunset. Thes ..read more

Spring runoff has begun with the arrival of warmer temps. As of the writing of this report it appears as if the low and mid elevation snow has melted. This should taper runoff in the Truckee Meadows a bit the snow melt will take longer to arrive. Not that runoff is over it just should be a bit less dramatic day to day. Water clarity in the Truckee River has remained okay and the fishing should get more predictable. We are excited to announce our summer class schedule. New offerings that are built to introduce fly fishing to beginners and build skills in intermediate anglers. We will also have ..read more

Welcome to the 2023-24 State of the Truckee River with Travis Hawks, NDOW. We recognize that we took a bit of a break since our last podcast episode, the 2020 State of the Truckee and we wanted to start things where we left off, at an installmnet of the State of the Truckee River.  As you will hear in this episode. The Truckee River is fantastic shape with survey results suggesting that the river is better than it has ever been measured before. Travis believes that the abundant winters combined with water management has contributed to the best survey results ever. He even suggests that the ..read more