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Reno Fly Shop Podcast

Jim Litchfield, owner and guide, will introduce you to the industry reps, fly fishing guides and characters that impact fly fishing. The Reno Fly Shop podcast will be your source for the up to date fly fishing report for the Reno/Tahoe area and northern Sierra.
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Now displaying: December, 2016
Dec 22, 2016

"Simply stated, trout eat nymphs more than any other type of food source and European Style Nymphing is the most effective way to fish nymphs"

- Lance Egan

 

Lance Egan is a self described fly fishing junkie. He has fly fishing since the age of 12 and has had the opportunity to travel the world representing the U.S.A. as a competitive angler and fly fishing ambassador.  Through his vast experience he has also become a professional fly tyer, guide and film maker.

With good friends Devin Olsen and Gilbert Rowley, Lance recently finished a definitive project on European Style Nymphing (ESN), Modern Nymphing.

Lance and his crew filmed this entire video on public water in three western States.  They wanted to provide an instructional video that represented the water and conditions so many of us experience day to day and not a simulated "fish farm" that can be found on private waters.

 

The truth is they wanted to show us all ESN techniques in conditions we fish. Conditions that are often difficult and where the "struggle is real".

What they have done is created a modern, up-to-date and definitive edit for all casual and serious disciples of catching trout on a fly. This video will revolutionize your nymphing game.

 The video can be downloaded digitally now using this link.

We will have hard copies of this DVD as soon as they are available in January 2017.

 SHOW NOTES:

In today’s episode Lance and I discuss a pile of topics. Here are some supplemental links to support better understanding of some of them.  As always if you have a questions shoot me an email at jim@renoflyshop.com or swing by the shop and we can help.

2015-16 California Fishing Regulations - "It is unlawful to use any weight directly attached below a hook" - Section 2 subparagraph 4 (page 15 of attached). Looks like drop shot nymphing is prohibited in the state of California

 

Rainbow Warrior

GTI Caddis - One of my favorites on the Truckee River

 

Devin's Website TacticalFlyFisher.com

Gilbert Rowley's Capture Adventure Media on YouTube

 

Dec 1, 2016

"The Truckee River with its year around fishing, huge trout and lake-run cutthroat will soon be second to none as a western trout fishery"

- Travis Hawks, NDOW Fishery Biologist

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Travis Hawks grew up in Gardnerville, Nevada, acquiring a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Nevada, Reno and during that time worked seasonally for the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW).

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Immediately after college he started permanently with NDOW at the Mason Valley Fish Hatchery and after a year he became a fisheries biologist located in Humboldt County, Nevada. After 6 years he transferred to the western portion of the state to be closer to the Truckee River, the Sierra Nevada and family.

Travis is an avid outdoorsman. He spends his free time fly fishing, archery hunting big game, hunting waterfowl and upland birds or chasing lions when there is enough snow.

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I hope that my episodes with Travis become an annual event when he can summarize the results of the annual Fall fish surveys on the Truckee River. A sort of State of the Truckee River from the Nevada Department of Wildlife.

Travis shares data results on this years survey. We are still recovering from the impacts of the drought a few years ago but the refreshing news is the apparent resiliency of the Truckee River and how the trout are responding.

One of the exciting things that we discuss is the idea and very real possibility that we will have lake-run trout venturing out of Pyramid Lake and into the Truckee River to spawn. With a little help they will have access up almost 25 miles of the Truckee River. As this continues to evolve and develop NDOW and the US Fish and Wildlife Service would like to see the giant LCT of Pyramid Lake access the Reno/Sparks area.

Can you imagine swinging flies for 20 pound trout in the Truckee River?

Show Notes:

Travis and I discussed many topics related to Truckee River, fishery management scenarios and the trout that we love. Travis, it turns out, is also a fan of the podcast and references several previous episodes.

These episodes are summarized here if you want to go back and listen again (or for the first time...)

EP011: Kim Tisdale and Travis Hawks – Truckee River Conditions, NDOW River Management and Fishing Conditions

EP006: Nancy Vucinich - Pyramid Lake Fisheries Program and the new 2015-16 Regulations

EP019: Ralph Cutter - Trout behavior, Snorkeling with Trout and much much more...

EP022: Dave Stanley - Truckee River, Pyramid Lake and our Local Lake Fishing

EP024: Mike Curtis - Head Guide at the Reno Fly Shop, Fall and Winter on the Truckee River and his come back after a bit of a break

 

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