I haven't had a day off in several weeks and needed to get out of town to do some fishing and the only place this late in the summer that is productive is the Owens River which is just four hours away. It is around 100 degrees right now which is crazy weather for late September. So it is best that you get out early in the morning. The problem is that it is still very cold in the mornings (20 degrees) and the fish are not very active. So you have to wait until around 8-9 am before you will see much action. Just don't stay until noon or you will fry your brain!
The fishing was good on the Owens River this week. Trout rising for dry flies and they were also hitting my Copper John. Nothing big, which is unusual. In fact, I was a bit surprised that I was able to catch as many as I did.
As I walked the river around 11 am I noticed that there was an entire school of fish in a deep pool trying to stay cool. They weren't going to rise for a dry fly so I put on artificial salmon egg and attached a small piece of non-toxic lead to my line and let the egg sink to the bottom and wallah; fish on!!!As I said, don't stay too late on the river in the early afternoon or else you will get sun stroke. You can always come back in the early evening and try again.
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