Nymphing middle of the day on the lower Owen’s River with blue wing olive mayfly nymphs is producing wild rainbows and brown trout. The key to success is bouncing your nymphs on the substrate where the aquatic insects live. In between the winter storms the weather in the Owens Valley has been good. Now is the time to be exploring the fly fishing opportunities in the Eastern Sierra. @visitbishop @visitmammoth | Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Guide Service

Indicator nymphing the river. Mid day hatches of blue wing olive mayflies is what the trout are feeding on. If you’re in the right hole you will see a bunch of trout rising and you can use dry flies to catch them. Fish 5X tippet with a side 18 sparkle dun, size 18 blue wing olive parachute and size 18 Adams parachute. Nymphing with a blue wing olive mayfly nymph imitation in a size 18 is what is fooling the trout. The blue wings olive nymph imitations that have been producing are size 18 olive q

Joe Rotter goes solo and covers a week of fishing highlights: a long-running blue-winged olive hatch, precise small-dry fly tactics with ultralight rods, and tips for slow hook sets. He also talks about jig streamers, a strong worm bite after rain, new Gray Watermaster Kodiaks at Red's, and the value of vintage and modern Sage rods. Listeners get practical gear notes (sink-tip and single-fly rigs, New Zealand indicators), tying tips for squirmy worms, and advice for spotting and targeting pods o