Big Pine

• Spots

  • Big Pine Creek

  • Taboose Pass

  • Other

• Flies

  • Big Pine

  • Taboose

• Resources

Spots

Big Pine Creek

• Pine Creek Area Maps

  • Big Pine Creek Area Map

  • Big Pine Lakes Area Map 1

  • Big Pine Lakes Area Map 2

• Lower Big Pine Creek

  • Fish stocked at the first crossing and second crossing of Glacier Lodge Road and Big Pine Creek

  • Upper Sage Flat Campground has very good fishing

• Big Pine Lakes

  • Trailhead: Big Pine Creek Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Big Pine Lakes North Fork AllTrails Map

  • Good fishing along trail, including at Lon Chaney's Cabin

  • Big Pine Lake 1

    • Location: Big Pine Lake 1 Location

    • 4.5 miles from trailhead at 9,975'

    • Try the creek inlet

  • Big Pine Lake 2

    • Location: Big Pine Lake 2 Location

    • 5 miles from trailhead at 10,100'

  • Big Pine Lake 3

    • Location: Big Pine Lake 3 Location

    • 5.5 miles from trailhead at 10,100'

  • Big Pine Lake 4

    • Location: Big Pine Lake 4 Location

    • 6.5 miles from trailhead at 10,800'

  • Big Pine Lake 5

    • Location: Big Pine Lake 5 Location

    • 7 miles from trailhead at 10,800'

    • Less crowded than the other lakes with great fishing

  • Lakes 6 & 7 have no fish

  • Black Lake

    • Location: Big Pine Lake 6 Location

    • Northern leg of loop ~7 miles from trailhead at 10,690'

  • Summit Lake

    • Location: Summit Lake Location

    • Northern leg of loop ~7 miles at 10,700'

  • Sam Mack Lake

    • Location: Sam Mack Lake Location

    • Can only be reached cross-country leaving the trail between #3 and #4 Lakes at 12,000'

• South Fork of Big Pine Creek

  • Trailhead: Big Pine Creek Trailhead

  • AllTrails: South Fork Big Pine Creek AllTrails Map

    • This isn't the exact trail route, lakes are found by staying on the south fork trail

  • Willow Lake

    • Location: Willow Lake Location

    • ~3 miles at 9,650'

  • Brainard Lake

    • Location: Brainard Lake Location

    • ~4 miles at 10,500'

  • Elinor Lake

    • Location: Elinor Lake Location

    • ~4.5 miles at 11,450

Taboose Pass

• Taboose Pass Area Map

  • Area Map: Taboose Pass Area Map

  • Trailhead: Taboose Pass Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Taboose Pass AllTrails Map

  • Taboose Creek

    • Location: Taboose Creek Location

    • Small creek with stockies in the campground

  • Taboose Lake

    • Location: Taboose Lake Location

    • At least 8 miles from trailhead at 11,463'

    • Go off-trail from Taboose Pass southeast about 3/4 miles with a 200 foot elevation gain and drop

Other

• Baker Creek

  • Located at and above Baker Creek Campground

  • Wild trout in the upper section of the creek

  • Lower section heavily fished

• Goodale Creek

  • Located at Goodale Creek Campground

  • Very small, overgrown creek near the Goodale Creek Campground

  • Fish pools located between campsites

• Red Lake

  • Location: Red Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Red Lake Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Red Lake Trail AllTrails Map

    • ~3.5 miles to the lake at 10,457'

  • Very steep and rugged trail

• Birch Lake

  • Location: Birch Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Birch Lake Trailhead

  • AllTrails Map: Birch Lake AllTrails Map

Flies

Big Pine Flies

• Dry Flies

  • Parachute Adams #16-18

  • Olive Elk Hair Caddis #16-18

  • Royal Wulff #16-18

  • BWO Sparkle Dun #18-20

  • BWO Parachute Dun #18-20

  • Griffith's Gnat #16-18

  • Partridge & Yellow Soft Hackle #14

  • Red Quill #16

  • Adams #14

  • Henrys Fork Hopper

  • Chernobyl Ant

• Wet Flies

  • Hare's Ear #16-18

  • Prince Nymph #16-18

  • Pheasant Tail Nymph #16-18

• Lures

  • Rooster Tail

  • Panther Martin

  • Dardevle Skeeter

Taboose Pass Flies

• Dry Flies

  • Parachute Adams #12

  • Elk Hair Caddis #14-16

  • Stimulator #12

  • Madam X #10-12

  • Royal Wulff #12

• Wet Flies

  • Pheasant Tail Nymph #14-18

  • Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear #14-18

  • Prince Nymph #14-18

  • Bird's Nest #14-18

  • Bird's Stonefly Nymph #8-10

  • Black Copper John #18-22

• Terrestrials

  • Muddler Minnow #8-10

  • Woolly Bugger, Black or Olive #8-10

Resources

• https://flyfishingthesierra.com/bigpinecreek.htm

• https://flyfishingthesierra.com/bigpine.htm

• https://flyfishingthesierra.com/taboose.htm

• https://www.davessierrafishing.com/destinations2/big_pine_lakes.html

• https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/inyo/recreation/recarea/?recid=20232