High Sierra Fly Casters

August Newsletter

The August 2010 issue of fishstories… is ready!

Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project Implementation Deferred for One Year

Liz alerts us to this press release from the California DFG Web site:

Jul. 21, 2010

The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) have delayed implementation of the Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project. The delay, from the Summer/Fall 2010 until the Summer/Fall 2011, is due to potential contracting difficulties arising from the lack of a state budget and spending authority.

DFG and the Service, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, developed the project to restore Paiute cutthroat trout, a species federally listed as threatened, to Silver King Creek, which is its historic habitat in California’s Alpine County, south of Lake Tahoe.

The project will involve removing non-native fish by applying rotenone, a natural piscicide, in Silver King Creek from Llewellyn Falls downstream to Silver King Canyon, as well as the accessible reaches of three small tributaries: Tamarack Creek, Tamarack Lake Creek and the lower reaches of Coyote Valley Creek.

Agencies collaborating on the project will ensure that contracts are in place and executable in a timely manner before implementation next year.

Carson River Fish Stocking – THANK YOU!

Don Weirauch, Fish Dispersion Czar, files this report on last Monday’s stocking on the Carson River…

A very big thank you to all of you that were able to break away this morning and come out to help stock fish on the East Carson River!

For those of you who could not make it, this by far was our best attended fish stocking to date since the club volunteered to help NDOW get fish in the river above broken dam! The greatest thing about it was that this time of year many of our members and local residents families are in the area visiting so we had, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, grandma’s and grandpa’s and anything else you can name.. able to show up to help out.

Due to the high run-off this year and the erosion at the raft haul out area, we actually had to cantilever our “fish dispersion apparatus” out over a 5’ drop-off in order to get the little buggers into the water safely. The fish were flying and the kids were cackling! Some of us got wet, some of us didn’t. Things just don’t get much better.

A very big thank you also needs to go out to Doug “Abracadabra” Anderson and the staff at the Mason Valley hatchery. Their willingness to trust that we will have volunteers there to get fish in the water when they say they are going to be there is huge! Today, we didn’t have just volunteers… we had a volunteer army!

Below are some pictures courtesy of Mrs. Claire Bauer, bona-fide fly-fisher and damn classy lady! (my captions though, so don’t blame Claire…)

Cooks… Broth… And Of Course Supervisors Too!

Our Volunteer Army

“WHERE’S THE FISH!?”

Cackling Kid’s & Flying Fish!

Our Sergeant (Maroon Shirt) Barks Orders While Private Blue Shirt Snaps To!

Thanks again to all who were able to participate! We’ll keep you posted for the next time when NDOW call’s for volunteers.

Now get those kids out there and get some of those fish!

Fish Stocking Assistance Requested

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OR WHEN THE HSFC WEBMASTER FINISHES DINNER — WHICHEVER COMES FIRST

NDOW would like some assistance stocking fish above broken dam on Monday July 26th at about 10:00 AM. We would like to gather some volunteers to help hold up the sides of our high tech fish dispersal apparatus (plastic sheeting) to insure that we do not launch some poor unsuspecting trout into the sage brush.

This has become an annual event for the club and it’s always entertaining to see who winds up the wettest!

The manager of the Mason Valley hatchery, Doug Anderson (a.k.a. Abracadabra) reports that they have 1,500 lbs. of fish to go in above the dam and will also be doing a release of fish off the bridge.

If you have any questions you can call Don at The Angler’s Edge at 782-4734.

July 18th Fish Out – Directions to Litttle Antelope Pack Station

To get to the Little Antelope Pack Station, proceed south of Coleville on 395 to Mill Canyon Road (approximately 2.3 miles). Turn right on Mill Canyon Road, going west. Keep right, dirt road turns into Golden Gate Mine Road. This is a steep gravel road seven miles to the top. Follow the road to the end, Little Antelope Pack Station will be at the end of Golden Gate Mine Road.