East Walker Flows are still High so be Careful

East Walker River (CA) - Bridgeport, CA


by Tom Loe
7-20-2011
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High flows separate the men from the boys here. Is this politically correct to say? Oh well. There are some who prefer to fish the EW at higher releases as it keeps the crowds down and requires "skeee-ills".

Although the current flows are well above yearly mean averages, they continue to trend down and it will not be long before the EW is back to "trout-knee-land". Keep your tandem nymph rigs heavily weighted, and use a ONE INCH Under-cator to properly suspend that chunk of lead you have on the end of your leader.

Navigating the banks to get into good locations can still be an issue in some areas and crossing can be downright stupid right now. Take another 100 cfs off what we got now and it will be the finest kind!