This is by far your best bet for getting into numbers of fish right now, with the occasional big fish in the mix from Crowley Lake.?? Nymphs, dry flies, streamers, take your pic, as they are all working right now.????Fish??the deeper pools along the river, as the fish are concentrating there??while working their way??through the skinnier??water.??Don't overlook the shallow sections of water with the short drop offs. They are holding small pods of fish as well.?? ??

For streamer patterns, I'd go with Sierra Drifters Agent Orange's, Spruce-A-Bu's, and Loeberg's fished on??a sink tip line with about 8 feet of 3x. Position yourself upstream from the pool, cast downstream to the deep section,??dip, strip, and get ready! All you nymph-a-holics can use Hare's Ears, Pheasant Tails, Midges, Princes, WD-40's, Serendipity's, etc. the list goes on. If it's in your box and #16-22 you should be in good shape. For dries, try a #10-12 Hopper or??Stimulator, and??Elk Caddis and PMD's??#18-20. Dry/Droppers can be very effective also.??

The crowds have definitely thinned out during the week, but I'd recommend getting??there early to beat the weekend warriors.??It's been quite chilly in the morning, but been warming up as the sun gets higher.?? Find a good pool or two, and you can probably stick it out until the fish stop biting.??

The flows are low but not severe, this being a spring fed creek with some additional water coming in from the diversions at Mono Lake sometimes.?? The section upstream from the Benton Crossing Bridge and confluence of Hot Creek (referred to as Long Years) is fishing very well with several types of rigs doing the job.?? Dry/dry rigs with a hopper and caddis or mayfly #18 is deadly during the morning and afternoon hatches.?? Dry dropper bead head rigs are always a good choice and bead head nymphs like PT's, WD 40's, Tiger and zebra midges will all work if presented well.?? There are some large resident fish in this area and as the summer rolls on streamer patterns like the Loeberg used with the "dip and strip" method will be very effective at times.?? Early mornings and windy late afternoons are optimum times for the reel wreckers here.?? Get those streamers down along the cut banks.?? You are going to be donating flies if you use less than 2X tippet!?? The section downstream from the campground is well stocked and has additional fish migrating up from Crowley to spice up the pit in this section.?? The river is larger in this area and you will have better success fishing under a Sungicator (strike indicator) and using more weight to get those nymphs down into the deeper pools.?? Drifters copper tigers and flashback PT's #16-18 spank the planters here and you will get the occasional large wild fish working their way up from Crowley to keep you honest!??