Small Creekin'
Per Murphy's Law I've been out of town on most of the days when the truckee has been fishable in the reno area. Thus, I started searching for something else nearby that would be something I could fish in the few spare hours after work.
Not being warm enough for carp (at the time) my first stop was Thomas Creek-- a puny little creek on the south end of Reno that turned out to be a beautiful place to just be. Let alone catch a fish.
The first point of action for fishing the creek was to go to walmart, buy a 20 dollar fenwick, chop the large half down to the first eyelet and epoxy the small into that piece. I then wrapped some kevlar thread around it for good measure and gave it another layer of epoxy:
Custom 5ft fenwick:
Then I took a couple of hours after work one day and drove around a bit and explored the area. It really is a beautiful little canyon and the road gets you up high for a good view. The creek is small and full of brambles-- the 5' fenwick performed perfectly. A #16 black lightning bug nymph worked the best and I landed a brookie and a couple of rainbows, the largest of which was about the length of my hand:
All in all a great time and it beats the pants off of watching T.V. any day.
That is a great little creek. I used to work at the Galena park and I would fish it all the time. I don't know how high up you went but email me and I'll put you on a "hidden stretch" of stream in that area.
ReplyDeleteI've been looking to fish that creek for some time now. Did you go a ways up?
ReplyDeleteyeah I hear going higher is better but I just fished it along the road since I only had a couple of hours
ReplyDeleteit gets pretty thick and brambly in there, but its a lot of fun
cheers
I just fished it last night catch about 6 brook but they were to small so I threw them back then I catch a leopard trout I ended up keeping that because for one I never saw it before and two because it was a nice size one.
ReplyDeleteNice blog! Brian are you interested in hitting the creek with me tomorrow?
ReplyDeleteI'm a avid fisherman but have yet to fish thomas creek. let me know if you are interested.
Here is a blog I just wrote for my companies website: http://www.solutionsbyapex.com/2011/06/the-return-to-the-hills-of-quincy/
Seth-- Alas I now longer live in Reno, though if I did I would be up for a thomas creek trip. It's a neat but tiny creek close to town and I'd recommend it for a pretty relaxed day of fishing.
ReplyDeleteSince I moved to Portland, OR I started the following blog.
www.thehaddiscatch.com
cheers