Mammoth Lakes Basin

Mammoth Lakes - Mammoth, CA (Mono County)


by The Trout Fitter Staff
8-21-2008
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Water Conditions: Good
Water temps up top are getting warm and fish are going deep late morning. Weeds are coming up.

Fishing Conditions and Hatches: Good
Excellent early morning, late a fternoon and eve. Challenging mid day. Early and late you can have great dry fly opportunities with fish feeding on midges and calibeatis. When you see a occasional rise in your area fish a P. Adams with a small bead head attractor below it about 18-24 inches. In the evenings with the wind is not bad you will see a great midge hatch and they love the Griffiths gnat. Other wise throw on the sinking line with a streamer and you can catch'em at any time of day, just very your retrieve, depth and color.

Recommended Flies:
NYMPHS-
Mid day sink tip or full sink line tugging bugger or minnow imitations as lead bug then 18-24 in.dropper with callibaetis nymph or small midge deep or along weed edge.
DRY FLIES- Calibaetis a must!
Griffiths gnats,midgelings,small baetis in#18-#22.Callibaetis emergers,callibaetis drys (foam wing drys working well) #14-#16.
STREAMERS-
Evenings, big wooleys, minnow imitations and zonkers

Guides Hint: Try midging in 10-12 ft of water under an indicator.