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Fish Report for 11-20-2013

Eastern Sierra Fish’N Conditions thru November 19th 2013

11-20-2013
Tom Loe

Fly Fishing the Middle Owens near Mammoth and Bishop Ca. from a guided drift boat has been excellent for trophy rainbows this fall. "Bako Boys" Steve & Sean Murray, pictured above will attest to this! Sean shows one of his bigs caught recently on a Spruce-A-Bu streamer.

We are enjoying one of the best falls ever for large rainbows on the Middle Owens. The low flows have concentrated the bigs in the deeper pools making them easy targets from our drift boats. The Upper Owens is also kicking out some noteworthy rainbows with water conditions good here also. Old man winter has yet to take stage with access to all the year around fisheries excellent. The California general trout season closed on 11-15; however the Middle and Lower Owens River, Pleasant Valley Reservoir, & the Gorge remain open in Inyo County. The Upper Owens River, East Walker River, & Hot Creek are open in Mono County with special angling restrictions.

Photo #1: Santa getting in some fly fishing from a Drifters sled!

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Tom Loe Reports
for Wednesday, November 20th, 2013

Owens River - Section 3 - Upper (above Crowley): Numbers of large sized bows and browns have increased on the Upper Owens recently
Owens River - Middle: Fly fishing on the Middle Owens has been as good as it gets no doubt
Pleasant Valley Reservoir: Fishing has been good on Pleasant Valley Reservoir
Owens River - Gorge: The Owens River Gorge has very low flows but you will still have decent fishing in the larger pools.

Tom Loe Reports
for Monday, November 11th, 2013

Eastern Sierra Fishing Report: Eastern Sierra Fishing Conditions
Owens River - Middle: The Middle Owens River has not seen this many large trout consistently coming to net in many years
Owens River - Section 3 - Upper (above Crowley): Conditions on the Upper Owens are pretty good overall considering the water flow
East Walker River (CA): The flows on the East Walker are very low & Sierra Drfters have decided not to guide on that river
Bridgeport Reservoir: Fly fishing at Bridgepoet Reservoir is slow
West Walker River (Section 2): The West Walker & San Joaquin Rivers have suffered very much from back to back dry winters.
Crowley Lake: The fishing at Lake Crowley has been excellent this fall
Owens River - Gorge: LADWP obtained a "variance" to lower flows below established limits in the Owens River Gorge
Pleasant Valley Reservoir: Pleasant Valley Reservoir is also improving after having very high levels