A decent amount of snow now blankets Hot Creek and the Upper Owens River. Vehicle access is limited in both areas. The Upper Owens snow will start to melt off at a faster rate in the coming week with warmer temperatures during the day. The large rainbows are showing up in all the usual …

  A strong series of winter storms has brought feet of snow to all areas of the eastern sierra. As we close the door on 2021, more snow is expected as we slide into January. The next winter storms are becoming hard to predict as forecasters are showing a possibility of a storm by Tuesday …

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  Crowley Lake is season is now over for boat fishing, but the lake continues to stay open for shore and float tube fishing until November 15th. Some large and hungry trout can still be caught in the coming weeks. Fish are now starting to move into the Upper Owens River for their fall spawn. …

  The aspen trees are in full fall colors now, and a few light snowfall days have brought a dusting to the mountains, making for some spectacular scenery. Fishing has been very good on Crowley Lake for quality sized trout on midges and baitffish patterns. The north arm of the lake has been the place …

Fall has arrived and with it, changing colors of the aspen tree leaves and the first light snowfall may be coming late in the week with some cooler weather in store for the weekend and possibly more snow by early next week. Fishing on Crowley Lake has been more about quality now then big numbers, …

  With the closure of the forest service, crowds have been reduced in the area, which makes for light angling pressure. The Labor Day weekend was pretty crazy at the lake with almost every single boat on Crowley trying to cram into the same area. It almost resembled a mini-opening day. Now, that the weekend …

  Kids are back in school and the crowds have really lightened up around the eastern sierra. Just in time for the midges to emerge again in big numbers, and the fish are really responding to them. Hot weather during the day has returned for a short while, and the incoming month of September should …

  We have been very lucky not to experience much in the way of wildfire smoke this summer. It was not until the past week that conditions got a little grey in the area. Most days the smoke is not bad at all, especially when the breeze or winds kick in around the afternoons and …

  Conditions got tough for a few days on Crowley while most of the creeks continued to produce well on dry flies and terrestrials. With nights starting to cool off and thunder storms rolling through on occasion in the afternoon, the water temperature has begun to cool down some now. Fish have turned heavily to …