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city of Bishop
City Hall: 377 W. Line St., Bishop, CA 93514; (760) 873-5863; www.cityofbishop.com
city council:
• Mayor Jose Garcia
(760) 920-3588 jgarcia@cityofbishop.com
• Mayor Pro Tem Karen Kong
(760) 920-8165 kkong@cityofbishop.com
• Jim Ellis
(760) 258-6809 ellis_jim@ymail.com
• Stephen Muchovej
(917) 545-2182 smuchovej@cityofbishop. com
• Karen Schwartz
(760) 920-7136. kschwartz@cityofbishop. com
Address for all: 377 W. Line St., Bishop, CA 93514
Regular meetings of City Council: second, fourth Mondays, 6 p.m., City Hall.
City Administrator/ Community Services Director: Deston Dishion, (760) 8738458
City Attorney: Dean Pucci Fire Chief: Bret Russel, (760) 873-5485
Police Chief: Nate Derr, (760) 873-5866
Public Works Director:
Nora Gamino, 760-873-8458; ngamino@cityofbishop.com
county of Inyo
168 N. Edwards St., Independence; (760) 8780366, (760) 873-8481,(760) 876-5559,
(800) 447-4696; www.inyocounty.us
Board of supervisors:
• District 1 Trina Orrill: (760) 878-8818; torrill@ inyocounty.us.
• District 2 Jeff Griffiths: (760) 937-0072 Office and cell jgriffiths@inyocounty.us
• District 3 Scott Marcellin: (760) 878-8791; smarcellin@inyocounty.us.
• District 4 Jen Roeser: (760) 878-8609 jroeser@inyocounty.us; www.jenroeser.com;
• District 5 Matt Kingsley: (760) 878-8508 Office and cell mkingsley@inyocounty.us
• Address for all:
P.O. Drawer Independence,
CA 93526
Regular meetings of Board of Supervisors: Every Tuesday, 9 a.m. (some exceptions), County Administrative Center in Independence.
County Administrator:
N,
Nate Greenberg, (760) 8780292; ngreenberg@inyocounty. us
Agricultural Commissioner: Nate Reade, (760) 873-7846
Assessor: David
Stottlemyre,
(760) 878-0296, (760) 8780296,
dstottlemyre@inyocounty. us
Auditor-Controller: Amy Shepherd,
(760) 878-0252, ashepherd@inyocounty.us
Child Support Services Director: Amy Weurdig, (760) 872-1153
Coroner: Jason Molinar, (760) 873-4266, jason@brunemortuary.com
County Clerk: Danielle Sexton,
(760) 878-0224, dsexton@ inyocounty.us
County Counsel: John Vallejo, (760) 878-0229 (Independence), (760) 8722084 (Bishop); jvallejo@inyocounty.us
District Attorney: Tom Hardy
(760) 878-0283 (Independence), (760) 8737987 (Bishop); hthomas@inyocounty.us
Emergency Services Manager: Mikaela Torres, (760) 878-0120, mtorres@inyocounty.us
Storms are rolling through the Eastern Sierra without leaving much in the way of precipitation.
Storms are moving through the Eastern Sierra, but just are not leaving enough moisture. Fly fishers are not going to find snow until they get to the 8,000 foot levels. Fly fishing in the Eastern Sierra right now is about as good as it gets for winter fly fishing. Nymphing is the prime method of fly fishing right now. Dry fly fishing is not consistent right now, but on the right day dry flies are producing.
Environmental Health Director: Jerry Oser
(760) 878-0261 (Independence); (760) 873-7867; wkruse@inyocounty.us
Farm Advisor: Dustin Blakey
(760) 873-7856 (Bishop); dwblakey@ ucanr.edu
Health & Human Services Director: Anna Scott, (760) 878-0249 (Independence), (760) 873-3305, (760) 8733305 (Bishop), ascott@ inyocounty.us
Information Services Director Scott Armstrong, (760) 8780390, sarmstrong@inyo county.us
Integrated Waste Management: Superintendent Cap Aubrey, (760) 873-5577, faubrey@inyocounty.us
Librarian: Nancy Masters, (760) 878-0359, nmasters@inyocounty.us
Planning Director: Cathreen Richards, (760) 878-0447, crichards@ inyocounty.us
Probation
Department, Chief Officer: Jeff Thomson,
Mayflies, stoneflies, midges and black fly larvae are what the trout are feeding on.
December and January are the two slowest months of the year as the water is cold and insects are not very active. February and March is peak winter time fly fishing on the lower Owens River. Trout are feeding on caddis nymphs, stone fly nymphs and mayfly nymphs. Nymphing under
(760) 872-4121, jthomson@inyocounty.us
Public Administrator/ Public Guardian Patricia Barton,(760) 873-5894, pbarton@inyocounty.us
Public Works Director: Mike Errante, (760) 8780205, merrante@inyocounty.us
Sheriff: Stephanie Rennie, (760) 878-0320, srennie@inyocounty.us
Superintendent of Schools: Barry Simpson, (760) 873-3262
Treasurer-Tax Collector: Alisha McMurtrie, (760) 8780310, inyottc@inyocounty.us
Water Department Director: Dr. Holly Alpert, (760) 878-0003, asteinwand@inyocounty. us an indicator or with a Euro rig is producing wild rainbow trout and brown trout. Olive quilldigons, Frenchie’s, hot spot pheasant tail nymphs, bead head flash back pheasant tail nymphs cream caddis nymphs, olive burlap caddis, stoner nymphs, tiger midges and zebra midges are fooling the trout when bounced on the substrate where the trout are feeding. Blue wing olive parachutes and Griffith’s gnats are the dry flies the trout are coming to the surface to take if they come to the
Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 445-2841 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Website: www.gov.ca. gov
Senator, 8th Senate District: Marie AlvaradoGill
Capitol Office:
1021 O St., Suite. 7240 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4004 Oakdale District Office:
102 Grove Avenue, Ste.
BOakdale, Cal. 95361 Phone: (209) 848-8001 Sutter Creek Office: 460 Sutter Hill Road, Ste. C
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209-267-5033 Assemblyman, Assembly
District: Jim Patterson Capitol Office:
State Capitol
PO Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 319-2008 District Office:
6245 N. Fresno St., Ste. No. 106
Fresno, CA 93710 Website: http://ad08. asmrc.org/
Creek,
CA 26th surface.
Hot Creek: Interpretive Site
Hard to believe it’s the end of January and fly fishers are still driving right up to the Kiosk and walking down to the creek. While there are some trout rising to the surface to take dry flies, nymphing is the consistent producer right now. For dry flies use size 20 blue wing olive parachutes, olive compara duns and Griffiths gnats. Nymphing with size 18 to 22 tiger midges, zebra midges, brassies, bead head flash back pheasant tail nymphs, Frenchie’s, olive quilldigons and hot spot pheasant tail nymphs are fooling wild brown trout and rainbow trout to 14 inches.
Hot Creek Canyon Section
Fly fishers are driving right up to the parking lots and walking down into the canyon. Be careful of ice on the trail as snow from these latest storms is turning into ice in the shadows on the trail. Fishing in the flats and deep pools with lots of casts is what is producing trout. Tiger midges, blood midges, zebra midges, brassies, soft hackle brassies, bead head flash back pheasant tail nymphs, olive quilldigons, olive WD40’s, Frenchie’s and hot spot pheasant tail nymphs are fooling the wary brown and rainbow trout in the canyon.
Upper Owens River Above Benton Crossing Bridge
Vehicles are accessing all of the entry points from Benton Crossing Bridge to Howard Arcularius property.
President: Joe R. Biden Jr.
Mail: The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500 Email: Website: www. whitehouse.gov/contact (Please include email address)
Phone Numbers: Comments: (202) 4561111
Switchboard: 456-1414
Fax: (202) 456-2461 Senator: Alex Padilla
D.C. Office:
B03 Russell
Office Buidling
Washington,
20510
Phone: (202) 224-3553 Fax: (202) 224-2200 (202)
Senate
D.C.
Trophy trout are in the river and offering excellent fly fishing for trophy rainbow trout from 18 to 22 inches. The trophy trout are in the deep holes, deep runs and cutbanks. Casting big nymphs like size 12 stoner nymphs, green/gold wire Prince nymphs and gold ribbed hare’s ear variations to the riffles directly above the deep pools and runs and letting the flies tumble into the deep pools bouncing along the substrate is how you get hooked up. Fly fishers working each hole thoroughly before moving on to the next hole or run is how to be a successfully trophy trout fly fisher on theupper Owens River. This winter there has been a number of juvenile trout feeding on mayflies and midges. Adams parachutes, Blue wing olive parachutes, olive quilldigons, bead head flash back pheasant tail nymphs and olive quilldigons are fooling these juvenile trout.
Senator:
Feinstein
D.C. Office:
331 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington,
20510
Phone: (202) 224-3841 Fax: (202) 228-3954 TTY/TDD: (202) 2242501
Website: http://feinstein.senate.gov
Fresno Office:
2500 Tulare St.,
4290
Fresno, CA 93721 Phone: (559) 485-7430 Fax: (559) 485-9689 San Francisco Office: One Post Street, Suite 2450
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Bishop Creek Canal: Behind the old Ford
Dealer Mid-winter doldrums are effecting fly fishing on Bishop Creek Canal. Low cold water has slowed down the bite on the canal. It’s hard to get a drift without spooking the trout right now. If you find the right fast water section you can catch trout using tiger midges, zebra midges, blood midges, bead head flash back pheasant tail nymphs and olive quilldigons.
(Fred Rowe owns Sierra Bright Dot Fly Fishing Specialty. He teaches fly fishing and fly tying, is one of the original fly fishing guides in the Eastern Sierra. When he’s not out fishing the waters of the Eastern Sierra from Bishop to Bridgeport, he is an avid hunter who loves to hunt birds, especially waterfowl. Fred can be reached at (760) 920-8325 or at roweboat5@verizon.net. His webpage is at sierrabrightdot.com)
Phone: (415) 393-0707 Fax: (415) 393-0710 3rd Congressional District Representative: Kevin Kiley
D.C. Office:
1032 Longworth House Office Building
Washington,
20515
Phone: (202) 225-2523 Website: http://kiley. house.gov
Rocklin District Office 6538 Lonetree Blvd. Ste. 200
Rocklin, CA, 95765 Phone: The district office currently isn’t open. Call (202) 225-2523 for assistance.
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