pen for catch-and-release fishing. DFG Rules . . .Hot Creek from the State hatchery property line to the confluence with the Owens River. All year. Only artificial flies with barbless hooks may be used. The flows are at least 30+ c.f.s. in Hot Creek. A lot of fish reports lately have posted flows on Hot Creek at 10 cfs...The gauging station is on Mammoth Creek, ABOVE THE CONFLUENCE with H.C. Mammoth Creek is only about 10 cfs right now. Hot Creek is a spring creek, cold springs feed the trout stream portion of this creek and contribute to most of its flow. Hot Creek is flowing at a normal rate right now and is in great shape. Still clean (minimal silt) from last years runoff and the weeds have not grown back (yet) from winters grip. With the light snowpack we will see a brief runoff period from Mammoth Creek; once summer comes there will be below normal flows from M.C. into Hot Creek. Hot Creek will depend almost entirely on the cold springs that feed the spring creek. Fortunately, the ground aquifers are pumping pretty good...a result of two previous huge winters which have re-charged the ground water table nicely. There are great midge hatches in the morning hours, followed by mayflies in the afternoon (11-2), especially on those cooler and cloudy, days and then the caddis have been hatching in the evening on warmer day. The Yellow Sallies are getting very attive and are ready to start hatching any day now. I would nymph in the morning and use a Dry/Dropper rig for the Caddis and Baetis hatch. Try using #JB's Midge Emerger in Gun Metal or Black, Bloom's Serenstupidy in Olive, #16-18 Micro Stone,#22 BTS Nymph Black #20 Pheasant Tail, #20 BTS Nymph Olive, #22 Kyle's Beer Head Baetis, #20 BWO Cripple, #20 Hatch Master BWO, #20 Caddis Larva Olive, #20 Nori's Caddis Mint Green, #20 Emergent Caddis Pupa Olive, #20 Hemingway Special.