My Pyramid Fly Boxes

A look at my Pyramid gear...




Buggers and Beetles




Chewed up Popcorn Beetles




Midges





My go to midge: the Trojan midge!


This mess becomes...

this and fits...

in here!

More Pyramid Madness

Fishing has been very good this April at Pyramid.Here are a few pictures from last week.


Ernie Walsh and his 14.4# monster! caught on a popcorn beetle.



Incredible lenticular cloud formations lit up by the dazzling sunrise.

My 9.5 lber caught on a size 10 Trojan Midge.


Ed Domer and his 9 lber!



Is that a shark?




Amazing sunrise!


This spring season has been incredible to say the least!

Spring is on its way

With the time change last night it feels as if this winter may be finally on the run. February brought over 3 feet of snow to the Sierra Valley in two storms.




This was much needed precipitation and made for excellent backcountry skiing!



While the skiing was great I was not fishing, so when the storms stopped I picked up where I left off; fishing Pyramid. The fishing in early March has been very good to great depending on the day.

The Nets have been very crowded this year as usual, requiring one to get up way to early to get a good spot. Midging has been very productive with the usual suspects (rootbeer and Trojans) hanging under my bobber. While I have not personally caught anything big this season I have had the pleasure of netting a couple of nice fish and have seen a few very large fish caught around me.
The Nets will be closed on March 15th for the spring closure.On April 1st the Tribal Council will be making a decision on a regulation change to reopen the Nets.Let's hope they reopen them!It will surely spread the crowds out a bit.



Finally, I had the pleasure of fishing with Scott, a first time Pyramid angler yesterday.I met Scott through Kiene's Fly Shop message boards.


We had a fun time and he caught a few fish.It was fun fishing with you Scott!

Winter fishing options

Winter arrived in full force the week before Thanksgiving with lots of snow and some brutally cold temperatures for November. The temperatures have finally moderated, but local fishing options have become very limited. Access to the Truckee and Little Truckee is limited and I have not made it over that way lately so I have no first hand information. For stillwater enthusiasts the only game in town at this point is Pyramid Lake.



Needing to fill the void of not being on the water lately, I headed out to the big water to fish with my good friend Ernie. We met at the North Nets around 9 am and were fishing shortly after. Stripping beetles and buggers was the way to go and I had a decent day landing all 5 fish that I hooked.Ernie only had one fish and his friend Ed landed 3 of 6 that he hooked.Popcorn beetles were by far the best fly but a few fish came ate the old standby,a black wooly bugger. The fishing was pretty good by early winter standards and it was very nice to be out of the now for a few hours.



I have one more week of classes then the fall semester will be in the books! It has been a long,difficult semester and I am ready for a break. I am planning on a couple of steelhead trips during the break and will be fishing Pyramid a bit as well.

Get out there and fish!!