Before the trout opener in Ontario, I went to San Francisco with my wife because we got a “buddy pass”. She needed to come back to Toronto before me, and I stayed a couple of more days there to fish the famous Truckee River resident trout fishery, in the area defined in the Californian freshwater fishing regulations as Sierra District. I couldn’t afford a guide, so my idea was just hitting some areas that remain open year-round in a catch-and-release-artificial-lures-barbless-hook-only’s basis. This was one of the most beautiful places that I have ever driven in my life. Although the water was still too cold and high after the snowmelt, I still managed to catch a beautiful resident brown trout and got into a couple of more shy actions. Talking with some local anglers, they told me that late spring / early summer there can be great when resident trout enters in the section between Boca and Stampede Reservoir and kind of get packed in there when the level of the water starts to decrease after the runoff. However, this section suffers a lot of fishing pressure because is located close to cities such as Reno and Tahoe. There are many creeks to explore in the open season for anglers who are able to hike and/or camp in more secluded areas. The accommodation there is very affordable as many casino hotels want to attract guests that end up spending some dough in gambling (which I did LOL). Great times for such a short trip!
The Little Truckee
One of the many creeks in Sierra
The season for trout has finally opened in Southern Ontario, after the long winter’s wait. The cold weather kept some steelies in the creeks around Toronto for a while and there was still some fresh fish coming up in the river almost in the middle of May! The dropback’s bows were pretty hungry and I had some great action in natural patterns such as the Woolie Worm and Caddis larva. The sucker spawn’s imitation was also working great during the spring.
Nothing like fishing for Steelies using just a t-shirt! That was a great spring in Southern in Ontario.
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