Trophy trout are arrived this week.

We had a Mega dome of high pressure (597 dm) currently over NM / AZ and it means business. It will expand over AZ / NV Saturday and bring a long duration heat to the Owens Valley area through the weekend and well into next week. We are looking at temperatures in the range of 103° Sunday in the Owens Valley. Along with this, the moisture from Hurricane Elida will find its way over the “mean flow” of our region. Even though this is not a textbook Monsoonal surge, still it will allow for a chance of convection over higher terrain of Mammoth and Mono County Saturday and Sunday, with a slight chance in the Owens Valley. An Excessive Heat Warning for the Owens Valley will be in effect, Aug 14 @ 11 am — Aug 19 @ 10 pm. A very long period for a warning such as this…DMATTLURES:. 

FLY AND BUBBLE: Action has been sporadic over this past week due to the added pressure of the anglers in the County as I mentioned prior, hopefully DFW will get a handle on the hatchery virus that has caused 3.2 million fish euthanization.

FLY RODS: No new news here, same as last week and bring more midges - all stages.

BACKCOUNTRY: Same report as last week, with a couple changes so go smaller darker and stay at 2lb camo leader or very limp leader with your bubble. Some fish are coming up with worms, small lures

NOTE: If the trout bleeds don’t throw it back into the lake, it will die and IT ATTRACKS BEARS. If you care about the resource please be careful when releasing fish back into the water.

Bob Shintani Huntington Beqach 3l1 vinyl nymph 8-12 Little V

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AJ Cooper Alameda 5lb1 jig 8-13 Little V

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Daniel Balzano Rancho Cucamonga 4lb2 worms 8-15 Little V

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Fatima Ward 5lb Hook up bait 8 14 Little V

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Erik Dade Suisin City 6lb7 trout teaser 8-14 Little V

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Joe faruzzi Temecula 4lb11 powereggs 8-14 little V

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Grant Barker San Clemente 5lb6, 3lb5 powerbait/crawler 8-13 Little V

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Mark & Evan Nichols Claremont 4lb12 Gold Kastmasster 8-10 Little V

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Rick Murphy La Habra 4lb13, 4lb13 jigs 8-15 Little V

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Reg Lindemuth San diego 4lb13 rainbow powerbait 8-9 Little V

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Richard Perez San Gabriel 5lb9 green garlic powerbait 8-15 Big V

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Scott Hundley Torrance 5lb3 crawler 8-9 Little V

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Tom Saisho Monterey Park 4lb15 crawler 8-14 Big V

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