Fishout Site:  Hot Creek

Fishout Date(s): Thursday - Sunday, May 1 - 4, 2008

Fishout Leader:

Ron & Jeanne English

Home: (530) 677-7169

MT: (406) 682-5267

Email:

Meeting Time:

Meeting Location: 

Convict Lake Campground, Site #6

Directions:

Websites:

Campsite Reservations: www.recreation.gov

Trip Advisor Hotels in Mammoth Lakes: http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocalMaps-g60791-Mammoth_Lakes-Area.html

Hot Creek Hatchery Foundation: http://hotcreekhatcheryfoundation.org/

FlyTrip.com: http://miketadlock.com/flytrip/?page_id=21

Fish:

Trout

Fishing strategy:

Wading

Tackle:

Rod Wts.

Line

Leader

Tippet

Other

Flies:

Patterns:

Other gear:

Silicone fly dressing

Dry fly powder

Wading staff

Waders

Wading Boots

Float Tube

Pontoon Boat

Anchor

Personal Flotation Device

Polarized sunglasses

Lunch

Water

Camping gear

Ron and Jeanne will be going on Thursday and will be camping at Convict Lake Campground, site #6.There are some cabins available at the Convict Lake Resort and condos available in Mammoth for the non-campers. We will not be available for the April meeting, but we will get the sign-up sheet from Bill Carnazzo. If you want to go and have questions, call Ron or Jeanne at (530) 677-7169 or the first two weeks in April at (406) 682-5267 (Montana #).

To reserve sites at the campground call 877-444-6777. You can also access information and reservations at www.recreation.gov

Hot Creek Techniques & Rigs (courtesy of FlyTrip.com):

Dead drift nymphing a two fly rig under an indicator will be your best bet for results throughout the day. Hot Creek is rarely very deep so you won’t need a lot of leader & tippet. A 9 foot leader will leave you plenty of room for predation by the weeds. Make your best guess as to the depth of the run you’re fishing and set your indicator at 1.5 times the estimated depth. Success with this rig will depend on you bouncing the flies across the bottom. You will snag, but you’ll also catch a lot more fish.

Look to mix it up with a floating line running down to a heavily weighted streamer or sculpin. Pulling this fly with a tug-tug-rest retrieval will get you some violent takes from Hot Creek’s big fish.

In the afternoons, try a hopper with a midge dropper along the bank to entice a rise. Terrestrials make up a large component of the diet on Hot Creek.

When the evening micro caddis hatch is on, fish a 2-caddis rig with a small Elk Hair Caddis as the top fly and an emerger as the dropper. Grease the line to the dropper - you won’t need any weight. You’ll be imitating an emerging fbug as it struggles to break through surface film of the water. A take on your emerger will often look like a swirl of refusal on your dry. If you see the swirl and your dry moves - set the hook. Be sure to not give up on your presentation; swing the flies at the bottom of the drift until your line trails straight downstream from your feet.