Uncharted Waters

Join Orvis-endorsed fly fishing guide Clifford Grodin on an exciting and educational fly fishing day guided on the Truckee or Little Truckee Rivers. Monthly classes feature various techniques for all of the different fishing situations these rivers present to anglers. These classes are intended to help anglers gain a deeper knowledge of this unique river system to ultimately become better anglers and productively fish the Truckee with ease.

The day is comprised of: 4 hours of in-depth instruction, a 1-hour sandwich lunch break and 4 hours of guided fishing so you can put you newly learned skills to use!

The Truckee and Little Truckee Rivers have an extremely diverse ecosystem with a unique abundance of aquatic life. This allows each monthly class to feature:

(1) One of the many food sources found in the water systems, (2) The unique water conditions found during that particular time of year, and (3) Successful fly fishing techniques associated with the specific food source and water conditions.

Dates and featured food source:

May 26 and 27: An introduction to the Truckee with its unique fishing locations and nymphing and dry fly techniques.

June 16^* and 17:^* The Green Drake hatch on the Little Truckee. Green Drakes only hatch for a few weeks a year. They are large mayflies that fish key on. This is a great opportunity to fish with a size 10 dry fly.

July 21 and 22: Caddis and Stone Fly hatch. The end of July is prime Caddis and Stone Fly hatching times. Anglers can expect large Caddis hatches late in the afternoon and right before dark.

August 25 and 26: Crawdad molt.  This time of year is a prime time to swing or dead drift a Crawdad because as they molt their hard skeletons.

September 22 and 23: Hoppers! This is the time of year to fish with a Hopper dry and a nymph dropper.

October 27^* and 28:^* October Caddis on the Little Truckee River. These large food sources will be out in force. This is a golden opportunity to fish that big October Caddis wet and dry flies.

Price: $180 per person, per day.

Limit: 3 people per day

* Days limited to 2 people per day

Uncharted Waters will soon be offering guided trips on the Little Truckee River with the use of a USFS special use permit. Keep an eye out for discount rates and promotions when you book a trip on the Big Truckee or Little Truckee river this summer.

Get it while you can. This rain should provide a couple of days of decent fishing on the Feather and American. Previously, one would have to be fishing before the sun came up to have a fighting chance of catching a fish. But this little amount of rain throughout Nor Cal will help muddy up the water and get fish active. On the Feather, swing an egg sucking leach or an alevin. On the American, try nymphing with an egg pattern and some form of prince nymph.

As we sit around waiting for rain, so are the fish. The flows are near perfect for the American River, however, the fish seem to be somewhere else. Record numbers of salmon have entered the river to spawn. This is good foreshadowing for the steelhead run to follow. Not to worry, however, the American River normally starts heating up later in December. Some rain would not be a bad thing though. Look in the next few weeks for this river to start heating up.