Access to the alpine lakes in the Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt’s is good. The fish in these high mountain lakes are very cooperative and the further you get from the trailhead the better the fishing. Bait anglers will find that as a general rule worms and hoppers seem to work better than PowerBait. So bring a container and as you hike up catch some grasshoppers at the lower elevations and fish them on a light wire hook. Small spinners in dark colors with light contrasting highlights, as well as small panther Martins and rooster tails also are effective. For flyrodders small yellow or red dry flies such as stimulators, hoppers, elk hair caddis and humpies with a soft hackle or other nymph dropper is the way to go. In low light conditions darker colored flies such as black gnats, ants, beetles and Griffith’s gnats should be used.
Streams in the northern part of Elko County are flowing at or near normal flows, while those south of I-80 are well below normal. However, flows in all areas are dropping during the heat of the summer. Hoppers, caddis and stoneflies are out and about, and trout are hitting dry flies. Fishing has been good at the beaver ponds in Lamoille Canyon and other streams in the area. As of July 30, the east fork of the Owyhee was flowing at 80 cubic feet/second (cfs), the Bruneau River at 20 cfs, the Jarbidge at 13 cfs., Salmon Falls Creek at 31 cfs, Lamoille Creek flowing at a third of normal at 11 cfs, the South Fork of the Humboldt at a very low 13 cfs, Cleve Creek at 5 cfs, Steptoe Creek at 3.5 cfs and Kingston Creek at 3 cfs. Lamoille Creek was stocked with approximately 5,000 tiger trout in June.
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