Nick Jackson is a true fly fishing trout bum. Born in Park City, Nick was exposed at a young age to fly fishing in Alaska on a guided trip. That trip proved to be life changing. Nick at once wanted to be a fly fishing guide and spend his time chasing fish all over the world.
Nick has been guiding full time for several years now and has been splitting his time between Alaska, Chile, Central America and Utah. Recently after a guided trip to Pyramid Lake he abandoned the summer to summer migrations to spend his winters chasing the world's largest cutthroat trout.
Nick spends time guiding at Pyramid Lake, working at the Reno Fly Shop and teaching clinics at the Lake. I got to sit down with Nick and chat about his fly fishing experience, why he has chosen Pyramid Lake and what sort of techniques and setups he likes while fishing the Lake.
I sat down with Kim Tisdale and Travis Hawks, both fishery biologists with NDOW, to discuss the survey results, their take on the 2015 drought and how NDOW adapted their management approach to our western rivers. We even got to discuss how the fishing is going to be this Spring/Summer.
In Episode 6 of the Reno Fly Shop Podcast I sat down with Nancy Vucinich of Pyramid Lake Fisheries to chat about some of the new 2015-16 regulations at Pyramid, why the Tribal Council chose to implement these, the Fisheries Program take on LCT, Tui-Chub and the current fishing at Pyramid Lake.
Nancy has been working at the Pyramid Lake since the early 1980s. She has conducted research and applied this work to the enhancing and preserving the entire food web of Pyramid Lake. We sat down near the shores of the Lake to discuss her knowledge and expertise.
Nancy has a lot of responsibilities, one is contributing to new regulations that impact fishing at the Lake. Nancy highlights some of the new regs (which were not intended to make things more difficult for anglers), why the tribal council chose to implement these new rules and why the sustainability and continued improvement to the aquatic ecology/biology is her primary focus.
Nancy also shared a red lined version of the approved regulations that makes it a ton easier to find out what has changed and to follow along in our discussion.
Let us know what you think of this Episode 6 and all of our podcasts by emailing us at podcast@renoflyshop.com. We really look forward to your feedback and suggestions on future topics you would be interested in having us cover.
In Episode 4 of the Reno Fly Shop Podcast I sat down with Mike Sexton to talk about the Boobie, fly fishing Pyramid Lake and the gear he uses out there.
Most of you have gotten to know Mike here in the Shop. He started helping around the shop even before we opened and has been a huge influence ever since. He was a competitive angler on Team USA for 9 years and had the chance to travel around the world fly fishing. He got to see some unique flies and the Boobie was one that stuck as a crazy effective stillwater fly. We chat about why it is just that, how to fish it and what gear will put you in the best chances to catch a huge LCT.
In Episode 3 of the Reno Fly Shop Podcast I sat down with Darin Elmore to chat about fly fishing for carp, how the Truckee is going to hold up during this summer (hint: it isn't as bad as you might think) and new gear for 2016.
Enjoy.