Skunked at Pyramid Lake this Weekend

"A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work"...that's how we like to rationalize and interpret a day of fishing out at Pyramid Lake when neither of us catch anything.

Although, I will say that I had one on but lost it and we must of had three or four that followed the lure in, but no takers. Maybe our offering wasn't attractive enough or our line didn't have enough swivel in it?

After beating ourselves up for getting so badly skunked, we decided to pack our things and head on home. Just when we began driving up the dirt road we noticed what seemed to be a ton of chukar running around on the side hill of the Lake. There must have been 50-60 chukar running in the dirt road right in front of us...they would all stop and turn to look at us walking behind them...and then run around in confusion.

We ended up following them for about 15 minutes until they decided they didn't want to play anymore and flew up above us. What a cool experience.

Of course, this would never happen if you where actually able to hunt chukar at Pyramid. Oh well! It still made for a great day.

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8 Second Antelope

September 22, 2005

Hunter's first antelope tag and first antelope kill.

Apparently it took longer for him to wake up, get dressed and start the quad than it did to find this unlucky buck. Click here to view more photos.

Thanks Donna for the photos.

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Pyramid Lake Annual Cutthroat Trout Thanksgiving Fishing Derby

Presented by the Pyramid Lake Store

November 25, 26 and 27
Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Entry Fee is $20.00 per fisherman
Cash Prizes for the Heaveiest Cutthroat Trout:

• 1st Place - 50% of total
• 2nd Place - 30% of total
• 3rd Place - 20% total

Register at the Pyramid Lake Store (see Pyramid Lake map)

Final registration is November 27, sunday, no later than noon
Final weigh in will be November 27, sunday at 5 PM
Official weigh site is at the Pyramid Lake Store

Get official rules when registering.

Call Me The Snake Charmer - By Donna S.

I thought I would share with you my weekend hunting experience.
By Donna S.



My family and I went to the “secret spot”, to hunt for chuckars opening weekend. We didn't bring radios this day, just our guns, some food in our camelbacks and water. The boys went high on the ridge, and they sent me down through the canyon filled with trees; willows, aspens etc. I was breaking through the willows when the ground took a sharp drop and I landed right on my rear. It hurt pretty bad since I was holding the gun in the air and could not break my fall. I have a very purple fist size bruise on my fanny. I picked myself up, rounded the corner and ran into several chuckars on the ground. I ran up to them( they wouldn’t fly) and followed several up a steep embankment, and climbed onto a rock ledge.


Now I was out of breath, my butt was killing me, and heart was pounding at an anaerobic state. Ratttttttttllllllllllee, rattttttttllllllle, I heard as I looked to my left. A damn rattlesnake was less than 10 feet from me, rearing up to strike. I slung my gun around and shot from my hip and missed the snake, which pissed him off even more. He came at me again, and this time I won, blew his head right off. Weird about snakes, they keep moving trying to get you even after they are dead. He had 8 buttons on the rattler which I left in place.

I did what any tough girl in the wild would do. I said a prayer for the snake( I really did feel bad I had to kill him) and then I got all emotional. No radio, so I watched very step off the hill, trekked about a mile and caught up with the guys. We did get a total of 5 chuckars, 3 quails and a snake.

Thanks Donna a.k.a. the snake charmer for what sounded to be an interesting outdoor experience!

Trout Fishing on the Truckee River is HOT HOT HOT!

Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Cutthroat Trout fishing on the Truckee River has been 'AWESOME' for the month of September and looks to be the same if not better for October!


Read some of Wayne B's HOT tips and tricks for Trout Fishing the Truckee River this Fall...

"The last three or four weeks the truckee river has been awesome. I've been tying Birds nest in olive, tan, gray and brown in sizes 16 and 14 as well as anything small with a beadhead in the same color. The October caddis pupa in size 8 and 10 has been good, plus caddis drys in brown, tan and blue wing olive drys in 14's and 16's. Before I got off the water on 9-28-05, I noticed a dark brown caddis, almost black, about size 16 (which I didn't have at the time). I will be tying it tonight for tomorrow. The high sticking technique works great for the nymphs. If you don't get a strike before the end of your drift, slowly strip in the fly. Be ready, I've been catching browns, cutthroats, and rainbows in the 10 to 12 inch range. The month of October should be just as good."

Thanks Wayne B.

How to Tie and Fly Pattern for Northern Nevada Trout Fishing
Ralph and Lisa Cutter's
California School of Fly Fishing
www.flyline.com