Pleasant Valley Reservoir: Very Good

The Rez is fishing as well as I have seen it in several years. A good dose of DFG tagged brood stock, garnished with a truck load of Alpers, leave out a bunch of angling pressure, sprinkle in some warm weather and you have the makings for a Troutzilla stew! It has been really good down in the canyon and the fish are stacked up near the inlet transition and up into the riffle water.

Freeze tubers are few and far between, but those willing to put forth the effort are being greatly rewarded with excellent fishing near the launch ramp and inlet.

Streamers have been the hot ticket for the larger fish, with steady action in the pocket and shorter water sections coming on dry/dropper bead head combo rigs. Tigers and olive zebras #16-18 rock. The holdover fish here are gorgeous and pull as hard as Crowley Lake trout. Check out the picture of one of these averaged sized rascals I caught recently and what the transition between the lake and the river look like. Click on www.sierradrifters.com/fish.html

There has been snow here off and on all winter and you may find some very slippery conditions along the bank. I suggest studded soles here to prevent a landing on your caboose!