Hot Creek

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  • Hot Creek Area Map

  • Interpretative Site

    • Location: Hot Creek Interpretative Site Location

      • A few hundred yards of public access between the hatchery and the ranch

      • has a gazebo with signage of the fish and the water

      • You can fish this section up to the Hot Creek Ranch fenceline

    • Tips:

      • Some deep holes and ripple water stacked with trout

      • Good dry fly fishing during a hatch but wet flies can be more effective depending on the insect life

      • Fish are very weary of presentation throughout Hot Creek

      • The best time of the year to fish Hot Creek is the early summer when there is plenty of runoff and the hatches are active

      • Hoppers are effective during the summer

  • Hot Creek Ranch

  • Hot Creek Canyon

    • Locations:

      • Hot Creek Canyon Parking Lot 1

      • Hot Creek Canyon Parking Lot 2

      • Hot Creek Geologic Site

      • Below the Ranch and above the geothermally active area

      • Section at first parking lot is narrower than the top

      • Middle section between the two parking lots can be fun:

        • Use hoppers/caddis and target the far bank

      • Lower part of the canyon is very technical with skinny water and hesitant fish

      • Very bottom part of Hot Creek is fun with deep pools at the top with large fish

    • Tips:

      • Use same wet and dry flies used at the Interpretative Site

      • Pick up rocks to see what's underneath

      • Section has fresh water shrimp, so scuds can work well

      • Using small bobbers (eg just white material) works for fishing nymphs/wets

      • The top part of the canyon is great during summer, there is room to spread out

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