Bishop Creek Canal Behind the Ford Dealer

nymphing is producing rainbows and browns to 14 inches. These trout are taking bead head flash back pheasant tail nymphs, olive quilldigons, Frenchie’s, hot spot pheasant tail nymphs, stoner nymphs, and green/gold wire Prince nymphs.

Bishop Creek Canal South Fork

This is a favorite spot of fly fishers in Bishop Creek Canyon. Brook trout and brown trout are feeding on dry flies. When the sun goes behind the mountains the midges are hatching. Using a Griffiths gnat or a midge adult is taking trout of the surface.

I’m fishing Adams parachutes and elk hair caddis. There are hatches of mayflies and caddis coming of starting around noon. The fall colors in this area are wanning. If the storm has lots of wind it will be the end of fall colors up high in the area of South Lake.

Weekends have been packed with anglers fishing the canal. Mid-week crowds are a lot less dense. Fishing nymphs on the Euro rod or under an indicator is working for wild brown trout and stocked rainbow trout.

I’m fly fishing with green/ gold Prince nymphs, stoner nymphs, olive quilldigons, and bead head flash back pheasant tail nymphs.

(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)