ALOHA,
I STARTED DOING A ANNUAL FISHING TRIP TO LAKE PYRAMID IN NEVADA. IT STARTED MANY YEARS AGO WITH ABOUT 15 GUYS WHO ALL WORKED FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. MOST OF THE GUYS HAVE STOPPED GOING DUE TO MANY REASONS, SOME PASSED AWAY, OTHERS LOST INTEREST, SOME WIVES GOT MEAN, BUT I STILL ENJOY THE CHASE OF A BIG CUTTHROAT TROUT. THERE ARE 5 OF US GOING THIS YEAR. WE ARE HEADING UP THERE FEBRUARY, MONDAY THE 6TH RETURNING FRIDAY THE 10TH, WE USUALLY STAY IN THE CASINO'S IN RENO AND THEN DRIVE TO THE LAKE IN THE MORNING AND RETURN TO THE CASINO'S IN THE AFTERNOON. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN OUR ANNUAL TRIP AND ENJOY GAMBLING, FISHING, DRINKING BEER, TALKING MESS AND TELLING LIES, YOU ARE MORE THEN WELCOME TO COME, AS LONG AS YOU FIT IN WITH THE GROUP, WE ARE PRETTY EASY TO GET ALONG WITH. THIS YEAR IT WILL BE ME, MY BROTHER FROM OREGON, HIS FRIEND, AND A COUPLE OF FELLAS FROM WORK. DON'T WORRY WE ARE NOT WEIRDOS. IF YOU FISH AT PYRAMID YOU WOULD NEED A GOOD PAIR OF WARM WADERS AS WE STAND IN THE WATER ABOUT WAIST DEEP. FLYFISHERMAN STAND ON LADDERS OR SIT ON HOMEMADE STANDS. ITS A REALLY FUN TRIP AND USUALLY ONCE YOU GO YOU BECOME AN ANNUAL MEMBER OF OUR GROUP.

MAHALO,

KAHUNA (SPREADING THE ALOHA SPIRIT)

Kahuna,

Can you give us some details. Type of gear? Are you guys blind casting or can you see them come by? Very interesting! Are you guys on ladders?

Thanks

Glenn

damn maybe I should go up there and try

ALOHA GLENN,

I SURE WILL PROVIDE ALL THE DETAILS YOU WILL NEED, AS YOU PROBALLY NOTICED IN THE PICS WE ARE DRESSED VERY WARM, MY WADERS ARE 5MM AND 1000 GRAM THINSULATE. I PURCHASED 2 OR 3 OTHER SETS OF WADERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THEY WERE ALL STOCKING FOOT WADERS AND BELIEVE ME WHEN YOU GET COLD, FISHING LOSES THE FUN FACTOR. I NOW OWN A PAIR OF BIGMAN ULTIMATE WADERS FROM CABELAS, NOT ONLY ARE THEY WARM AND COMFORTABLE BUT THEY SLIP ON & OFF VERY EASY. THE MAJORITY OF THE FISHERMAN AT THE LAKE FLYFISH ON LADDERS OR HOMEMADE CHAIRSTANDS AND USUALLY THEY CATCH MORE AND BIGGER FISH. BUT OUR GROUP ALL USE SPINCASTING REELS. WE WADE INTO THE WATER ABOUT WAIST DEEP AND CAST AS FAR AS WE CAN, BUT ALOT OF TIMES THE FISH HIT IN CLOSE OR WHEN YOU ARE LIFTING YOUR LURE OR WOOLEY BUG OUT OF THE WATER SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION. SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE THE CUTTHROATS FOLLOW YOUR LURE IN, WE DON'T USE LADDERS BUT THE LADDER FISHERMAN USAULLY FLYFISHERMAN SEE THE FISH FOLLOWING THEIR FLIES.THEY SAY THE CUTTHROATS ARE SITTING ON LEDGES WAITING FOR YOUR FLY/LURE OR THE LAKES BAITFISH TO SWIM BY. YOU CAN FEEL THE LEDGES WHILE PULLING IN YOUR WOOLEY BUG OR FLIES. ITS A ARTIFICIAL LURE ONLY LAKE, NO LIVE OTHER ARTIFICIAL BAITS SUCH AS CUT OR POWER BAIT ALLOWED AND HOOKS MUST BE BARBLESS. SOME OF US USE SPOONS AND OTHERS USE WOOLEY BUGS, IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE FISH WANT, I PERFER WOLLEYS, OVER THE YEARS MY BIGGEST ONES CAME ON THE WOOLEY BUGS. THEY HAVE A PLACE CALLED CROSBYS WHERE IF YOU GET A CUTTHROAT OF AT LEAST 10 POUNDS THEY WILL TAKE YOUR PICTURE AND PUT IT ON THE WALL. I HAVE CAUGHT 2 OVER 10 POUNDS BUT THEY BOTH WENT BACK TO GROW BIGGER AFTER WEIGHING AND PHOTOS, THEY NEVER MADE IT TO CROSBYS AND I NEVER MADE THE WALL. I USUALLY USE 8 TO 10 POUND TEST. I PUT ABOUT A 3/8 OUNCE WEIGHT ON THE LINE, THEN TIE ON A BALL BEARING SNAP SWIVEL. I PUT 1 WOOLEY BUG ON THE SNAP SWIVEL, THEN TIE ON A 18 TO 24 INCH LEADER TO THE RING RIGHT ABOVE THE SNAP. AT THE END OF THE LEADER I TIE ON MY SECOND WOOLEY. MAKE YOUR CAST, LET IT SINK TO THE BOTTOM AND THEN BRING IT IN, VARY THE RETRIEVE SOMETIMES YOU JERK LIKE FISHING A JIG, SOMETIME YOU JUST DRAG IT IN KEEPING CONTACT AT ALL TIMES WITH THE BOTTOM. LIKE I SAID YOU JUST GOTTA VARY YOUR RETRIEVE. WHEN FISHING YOUR SPOON SAME THING, JIG OR CRAWL IT OR JUST A STEADY RETRIEVE. SOMETIMES THE CUTTHROATS HIT LIKE A TON OF BRICKS, OTHERTIMES YOU JUST FEEL A LITTLE WEIGHT. WHEN YOU HOOK A BIG ONE YOU WILL KNOW, WHEN WE HOOK A BIG ONE, WE USE A TECHNIQUE CALLED WALKING THE DOG, ONCE YOU GET THE FISH IN CLOSE TO YOU, YOU TRY TO GET THE FISH BETWEEN YOU AND THE SHORE AND JUST WALK OR LEAD YOUR BIG ONE TO THE SHALLOW WATER WHERE YOU CAN WEIGH, TAKE PICURES OR KEEP IT IF YOU WANT. THE FISH HAVE TO BE BETWEEN 16 TO JUST UNDER 19 INCHES OR OVER 24 INCHES TO KEEP , BELOW 16 INCHES OR 19 TO 24 INCHES MUST BE RELEASED. YOU CAN KEEP 2 PER DAY PER PERSON BUT WE USUALLY RELEASE 99 % OF THE FISH. WHEN WE GET TO RENO WE ALWAYS BUY OUR FISHING PERMITS AT THE BULLSEYE SPORTING GOOD STORE ON KIETZKE LANE, I THINK ITS BULLSEYE, ANYWAY THERE IS A BIG BULLSEYE ON THE SIGN IN FRONT OF THE STORE. YOU CAN BUY YOUR PERMITS AT THE LAKE BUT WHEN WE GET THEM AT BULLSEYE WE GET THE LATEST FISHING REPORT ON WHAT THE FISH ARE HITTING ON AND WHAT PART OF THE LAKE IS PRODUCING THE BEST. THEY ALSO HAVE THE LURES WE NEED SO WE CAN GET EVERYTHING THERE. ITS LIKE 7 DOLLARS A DAY TO FISH AT THE LAKE, WE ALWAYS GET A 3 DAY PERMIT, WE FISH TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY TO BEAT THE WEEKEND CROWD. SOMETIMES DURING THE WEEK YOU MIGHT HAVE 30 FISHERMAN IN A LONG LINE FISHING IN THE SAME AREA, USUALLY BY AN AREA CALLED THE NETS, THATS WHERE THEY USE TO HOLD THE FISH UNTIL THEY GOT A CERTAIN SIZE THEN THEY WOULD RELEASE THEM INTO THE LAKE. WE LIKE TO FISH THE NORTHSIDE OF THE NETS AND GET THERE AROUND 530 TO 6 AM TO BEAT THE CROWD AND GET A GOOD PLACE TO FISH/SETUP. SINCE ITS USUALLY A LONG DAY WE BRING CHAIRS FOR BREAKS, STANDING IN FREEZING WATER YOU NEED TO TAKE A BREAK ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR BACK STARTS HURTING OR YOUR FEET GET COLD. ALSO TAKE FOOD AND DRINKS. OVER THE YEARS THERE WERE DAYS WHEN WE COULD CATCH 30 FISH EACH, THEN DAYS WHEN WE GOT THE SKUNK. THEY SAID THAT THE WHEN THE STATE OF NEVADA WAS RUNNING THE LAKE THE FISH WERE MORE PLENTIFUL, BUT NOW THAT THE TRIBE RUNS IT THERE ARE LESS FISH BUT BIGGER ONES. I KNOW LAST YEAR I CAUGHT ABOUT 30 TOTAL IN THE 3 DAYS WE FISHED. BUT THE 12 1/2 POUNDER I CAUGHT LAST YEAR IS MY PERSONAL BEST, THE OTHER 29 WERE JUST ICING ON THE CAKE. LAKE PYRAMID IS ON THE INDIAN RESERVATION OUTSIDE OF SPARKS NEVADA APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES. THIS TIME OF THE YEAR SOME MORNINGS THE TEMPS ARE IN THE LOW TEENS, IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE CRAPPIER THE WEATHER THE BETTER THE FISHING, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A CHOP ON THE WATER THE FISH ARE MORE LIKELY TO BITE. IF ITS SUNNY AND LOOKS LIKE A SWIMMING POOL YOU SHOULD PROBALLY STOP FISHING AND GRAB SOMETHING TO EAT OR GO BACK TO THE CASINO. I WILL POST SOME OTHER PHOTO'S SHOWING THE SETUP I DESCRIBED ABOVE, AND THE LURES WE USE.

SORRY FOR THE BOOK BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I COULD,

SENDING ALL READERS "THE ALOHA SPIRIT"

STEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kahuna,

Thank you for sharing! That was an awsome post. I was trying to figure out my schedule to see if I could join you guys this year. (I think I just tried to invite myself...Haaahaaa!) One of my co-workers is taking some time off about then but I would love to put in my calendar for next year. Again, Thanks for sharing Steve...awsome post. Please post some pics. The fresh water trout game is all new to me.

Glenn

ALOHA GLENN,
I'M GLAD YOU ENJOYED THE POST, I AM MORE THEN HAPPY TO LET ANYONE KNOW HOW TO FISH FOR CERTAIN SPECIES OF FISH IF I HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED . I LIKE TO FISH FOR MOST TYPES OF FISH AND LEARNED ALOT FROM YOUR POSTS ON STRIPERS AND PERCH. LIKE I SAID IN A EARLIER POST, THE FIRST AND ONLY STRIPER I CAUGHT ON THE BEACH BY THE MONTEREY BEACH HOTEL WAS BECAUSE OF ALL THE POSTS I KEPT READING ABOUT YOU AND YOUR ADVENTURES. THE FISHING SPOTS BELONG TO NO ONE SO I'M GLAD YOU POST THE WAY YOU DO, THATS WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER "SPREADING THE FISHING ALOHA SPIRIT". WE CAN ALL HELP EACHOTHER TO BECOME BETTER PEOPLE BUT IT TAKES A TOUCH, A WORD, A DOLLAR, A LITTLE COMPASSION FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED. ITS FREE TO BE NICE TO EACHOTHER SO KEEP SPREADING THE ALOHA SPIRIT ONE DAY AND ONE PERSON AT A TIME. THE INVITATION TO JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL FISHING TRIP IS ALWAYS OPEN TO ALL READERS, I LEARNED FROM THOSE WHO TAUGHT ME WHEN I FIRST STARTED GOING, AND ITS MY TURN TO HELP THOSE WHO WANT TO LEARN TO CONTINUE THIS AWESOME FISHING ADVENTURE.

KEEP UP THE GOOD POSTS,

"SPREDING THE ALOHA SPIRIT"

KAHUNA!!!!!!!