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McGee Creek - Eastern Sierra- May 1-2004
May 03, 2004

Posted by David McNicholas
Email: davidmcnicholas@hotmail.com

Current Report
McGee Creek- Mammoth Area. The spawn is on on McGee Creek and large to very large rainbows are working their way up stream. The wind gods were on my side as the wind was very mild to non existent. (5-7mph in the afternoon) Very few fisherman were on the stream. I saw no fisherman the whole day until the end of the day - I bumped into a group of 4. The water is very clear and the fish are very spookey. Approach very carefully and make sure to work your way up stream from the Lake Crowley inlet. Walking down stream you will see many fish....that you have just spooked as they torpedo down stream. The riffles were productive and many fish were sitting in the soft "shoulders" of the stream near the banks and the under cuts of the bank. Naturally there were fish in the dozen or so pools. The riffles worked best for me becausee the fish had less time to scrutinize my fly and were much more grabby in the riffles than the pools. The fish were really keying on caddis, there was about a 3-4 hour hatch up and down the stream that went from about 1PM to 5PM+. Not alot of surface feeding, but fish were definitely rising and hitting the caddis emergers. Air Temp: 70 degrees. Water Temp: 53 -55 Water Clearity: 8.5 (scale of 1-10) Water Flow: 80 - 95-CFS Hatches: Caddis - light tan. Sky: Clear/sunny. Tackle and Flies Best Flies: March Brown Spider size 18. (this is actually a soft hackle fly that imitates many different emerging caddis and may flies) Orvis Le Fly in grey size 16. Tippet: 6X 9foot+ leader. Fish caught: I hooked 11 fish and landed five: Sight fish caught: 3 Riffle searching drift fish caught: 2 fish caught ranged from 16-20 inches. Side note: absolutely spectular views of the eastern sierra snow capped mountains--felt like I was in a coffe table book that Im always looking at but never in.

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