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Fishing Reports
Lower Owens, wild trout section
March 02, 2003
Posted by Tom Bonetto
Email: tbonetto@earthlink.net
Current Report
Fished the wild trout
section of the Lower Owens
on 2/27 and 3/1. Fishing
was quite good both days,
especially when there was
any sort of cloud cover.
Fished mostly bead-head
zebra and tiger midges, size
18-20, with most fish taking
the tiger midge, which was
the 2nd fly in the rig.
Used a long, 6X leader, and
kept as much fly line off of
the water as possible, as to
minimize any drag – also
used a #1 split shot about 6
inches up from the first fly.
Flows were around 125 cfs,
and the fish seemed to be
schooled up where the fast
moving water slowed down
into deeper sections.
Decent size mayfly hatch
came on Friday around noon,
right when some clouds came
overhead. A gray-brown
mayfly (I used a parachute
hares-ear), size 14-16 did
the trick on top for a short
period of time. Other than
that, stuck with the nymph
rig for brown trout from 9
to 14 inches. No crowds on
Friday, a good crowd on
Saturday. Wind blew pretty
hard Saturday morning, too –
making casting tough and not
allowing any sort of hatch
while we were there.
Always a treat to get up
there and spend the weekend
on the water w/my dad.
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