The Angler's Edge - Fly Shop & Guide Service NV & CA

Posting for a good friend:
NET FOUND BELOW RHUNESTROTH DAM TODAY
if you lost it, and can describe it, It Is POSTED ON MY NEXT DOOR FOR CARSON VALLEY

:::fish pic to get your attention :::( it did, huh? )

30 years.

Eastern Sierra oldest fully dedicated fly shop..

Is going on-line.

Give us a month or so to sort through 30 years of memories, renew the website where you can purchase the same gear that’s tested by experts, new fishing reports page and more about our expert instructional classes from casting, fly fishing, nymphing techniques, tying and rod building. Repairs will still be done, and custom fly patterns expertly tied.

I believe, I will mostly miss being part of YOUR journeys throught out the decades…

A possible Vlog/youtube that’s not to serious

Thank you, see you on the water

Angling along the popular East Walker River in Mono County will improve next year after a recent large planting of brown trout. More than 75 thousand sub-catchable fish were put in the river just downstream from Bridgeport Reservoir. This is where a large fish kill happened in August when the reservoir released water with low oxygen levels. Cooler temperatures and higher oxygen levels have returned the East Walker River to very fish-friendly conditions, and the recent planting will ensure good fishing in the future!

When your kids understand your passion

Nice day guiding on the EW, fish caught nymphing, dead drifting streamers, and a little dry fly drowned hopper action
pretty cool to see these guys on the way out

WARNING FOR EW ROSASCHI

There is a HUGE WASP nest at the Alpine Gate (going upstream, over bridge) Turnstile
They were quiet during a guide trip EARLY Wednesday morning… not so much now…

October and November Fly Tying Class dates are available!

OCTOBER 12th & 19th
OR
NOVEMBER 9th & 16th

Classes start at 8 am .. over around 1 pm
This class takes you from beginning to advanced Tying techniques.

You’ll learn special techniques, material uses and production tying secrets.

Class size IS LIMITED for Quality instruction. There are a couple of seats left for either of these classes. Deposit required to hold your seat.

ALL Materials and tools provided. (If you have your own tools, bring them if you like!
$95

CALL the shop 10am-4 pm or Text
775-781-7112

Fishing Permits are now available .
Nixon - The 2024-2025 Fishing Season starts on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
Permits are available online at:
https://plpt.nagfa.net/online/
SEASONAL Permits are NOT available
For more information on permits and prices,
please visit us at pyramidlake.us under the ‘Permits’ tab. Have a valid permit purchased before arrival. Permits are also available at the Ranger Station from 7:00 am to 5:00pm beginning October 1st at 2500 Lakeview Dr, Sutcliffe, next to the Marina. You can also purchase a permit at the Pyramid Lake Museum and Visitor’s Center starting October 1st from Monday through Friday, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm.
The list for the 2024- 2025 Fishing Guides and Charters is available on our website, www. pyramidlake.us Only
guides and charters on this list are authorized to provide guiding services on Pyramid Lake per the Pyramid Lake
Paiute Tribal Council. Unauthorized guiding on Pyramid Lake may be subject to a $5,000 fine. For more
information on permits, regulations, and prices, you can contact our Ranger Station at (775) 476-1155.
Please keep your boat 1000 feet away from: Anaho Island, the Sutcliffe Spawn Channel between North and South
Nets, the Needles, and Pyramid Beach. Closed waters include the area from Numana Dam to Marble Bluff, to the
channel to the lake.

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe’s Watercraft Inspection and Decontamination (WID) Station in Sutcliffe, NV will
be open on the days leading up to, and on October 1, 2024, and is located at the junction of Sutcliffe Drive and State Route 445. It is mandatory for all watercraft to stop when the WID Station is open. Please stop every time with your watercraft – it is not an annual pass once you pass the first inspection. Look for the Open and Closed signs along Pyramid Highway near the Creel Station and north of Nixon along State Route 446. Please act in
accordance to all signs; enter the WID Station off State Route 445, and follow instructions for the inspection
process. If a Pyramid Lake Certified Inspector finds any water, mud, plants, animals, or other conditions that may
harbor aquatic invasive species, the boat will require a professional decontamination prior to launching, which
comes at an additional cost. Arriving Clean, Drained, and Dry will help protect Pyramid Lake and get you on the
water faster.
Anyone found that is not in compliance with the inspection process or launches potentially contaminated with
aquatic invasive species may be subject to a fine for unlawful acts up to $5,000. For more details on aquatic
invasive species and Clean, Drain, and Dry procedures, please visit the Pyramid Lake Aquatic Invasive Species
website at www.pyramidlakeais.org where you can also find additional resource links.
For boaters, please have a valid boating permit before arriving at the lake. Make sure to have enough life jackets
for use, emergency lights, fire extinguisher on board, flare or flare guns in case of emergency, whistles or air horns; wind conditions at the lake can happen suddenly, and boaters must leave the lake when white caps are
present. Pyramid Lake can be dangerous to anyone who doesn’t respect its warnings. ​
The Pyramid Lake Stores (I-80 Smokeshop, Nixon Store and the Marina) will open at 5:00 am with free coffee
and donuts for Opening Day (October 1, 2024). Store hours: I -80 Smokeshop: 6:00 am –9:00 pm; Nixon Store:
6:00 am to 8:00 pm; and the Marina at 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.
Please be mindful! If you plan to recreate within our homelands, be responsible and pick up your trash.
Littering threatens the health of our wildlife, aquatic species and water quality.

395 is open!!!

FYI

ICYMI: The full closure of U.S. 395 from just south of State Route 108 (Sonora Pass) to just east of Burcham Flat Road through the Sonora Junction Shoulders Project has been EXTENDED until Saturday, September 21 at 5:00 pm due to rain in the forecast.

As of Wednesday morning, crews have approximately 3,200 tons of asphalt left to lay within the project area, and need temperatures of 50-degrees and rising and dry pavement to successfully lay down fresh asphalt.

The current detour around the closure will remain in place. Drivers are reminded that the towns of Bridgeport, Walker, Coleville, and Topaz are fully accessible and open. State Route 108 (Sonora Pass) will remain open through the storm.

Happy Wednesday to everyone
A few announcements for the weeek:
The High Sierra Fly Casters www.HSFC.us annual fund raising dinner is on September 14th, tickets for the Prime Rib dinner at the Elks Club, on Kimmerling are $40 if purchased by 9/6, $50 after that. Tickets are at the shop for purchase ck or cash only

Fly Tying classes are accepting students, choice of dates is
October 12th & 19th or
November 9th & 16th.
Several hundred people are now very competent tyers after taking this class. ( even a few students whose new patterns have been commercially available!) Seating is limited to 4 students for quality instruction, all materials and tools provided $95 ( 50% non-refundable deposit required)

This coming Saturday is California free Fishing day! This is for regular 1 rod/pole fishing ( if u want to fish with a 2nd rod, you’ll have to purchase that stamp.

I know that Alpine County has stocked so that is all ready to go for you!
We have some nice day time temperatures and Nice evening temperatures, make water temps pretty good until about 2/3 pm

Mono County should’ve also stocked this coming week also.

Be looking to use hopper dropper rigs; hares ear, copper John’s, you know: the regular Sierra Fare!!

on the East Walker flows are very nice. The Nevada side is fishing very well in the catch and release section. nymphing would probably be your go to. remember we get to fish at night in Nevada!

The California side of the East Walker: CA decided to close it due to the overturning of Bridgeport reservoir. NV biologist from believe that a quarter-mile of the miracle mile section was affected. There wasn’t too many deaths of fish on the on the EW on California side. The dead fish that were being seen on the river were actually coming out of Bridgeport Res.

Here’s my understanding :

BP turned over. Emmitting massive amounts of CO2
This was caused by poor water control in June of 2023, when the dropped water levels to 4k acre feet due to 300% water content snow pack. With the low water the w**d beds had full sunshine to grow exponentially due to the increased exposure of sunlight. Then, with the increased water levels since September 2023, the colder water dropping to the bottom, rotted the vegetation, in turn creating a massive CO2 release when the w**d bed separated from the reservoir bottom.
The dead fish are from B P. And the top 1/4 mile of the EW in the CA did have high levels of CO2 .. the river water stayed off color due to the dirty water of BP, NV is fine with D.O. (Dissolved Oxygen Measurement taken Tuesday, the 20th, on Rosaschi , of 91.4% which is good.
Water temp at 1pm on was 69° though.

My opinion: It really should all fall onto the water master who could have started 180 cfs flows in March when they knew we were at 200% water content, but got greedy … and ruined a fishing season for many through September of 2023

We had 100% water content in situ left over at the end of the ‘23 year, BP was still at 25% and they should have run that river at a minimum of 70-100 cfs.. through the winter.

Have a great time this weekend

We’ll be enjoying the 3 day weekend too !