Lone Pine

• Spots

  • Cottonwood Lakes

  • Cottonwood Pass

  • Mount Whitney

  • Other Lone Pine

• Flies

  • Cottonwood Lakes/Pass Flies

  • Mt Whitney Flies

• Resources

Spots

Cottonwood Lakes

• Cottonwood Lakes Maps

  • Cottonwood Lakes Map

• Cottonwood Lake 1

  • Location: Cottonwood Lake 1 Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Cottonwood Lake AllTrails Map

  • 4.3 miles from trailhead at 11,000'

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• Cottonwood Lake 2

  • Location: Cottonwood Lake 2 Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Cottonwood Lake AllTrails Map

  • 4.5 miles from trailhead at 11,030'

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• Cottonwood Lake 3

  • Location: Cottonwood Lake 3 Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Cottonwood Lake AllTrails Map

  • 5 miles from trailhead at 11,045'

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• Cottonwood Lake 4

  • Location: Cottonwood Lake 4 Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Cottonwood Lake AllTrails Map

  • 6 miles from trailhead at 11,150'

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• Cottonwood Lake 5

  • Location: Cottonwood Lake 5 Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Cottonwood Lakes AllTrails Map

  • 6 miles from trailhead at 11,160'

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• Cottonwood Lake 6

  • Fishless

• Cottonwood Creek

  • Location: Cottonwood Creek Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Cottonwood Creek AllTrails Map

  • Between the mouth of Little Cottonwood Creek and South Fork of Cottonwood Creek

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• Muir Lake

  • Fishless

• Hidden Lake

  • Fishless

• South Fork Lakes

  • Location: South Fork Lakes Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: South Fork Lakes Lakes AllTrails Map

  • Cottonwood Lakes Trail forks at Cottonwood Lake #1 and continues straight to as the New Army Pass trail

  • 4.6 miles from trailhead at 11,640'

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• Long Lake

  • Location: Long Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Long Lake AllTrails Map cottonwood-lake-and-long-lake-via-cottonwood-lakes-and-new-army-pass-trail)

  • Cottonwood Lakes Trail forks at Cottonwood Lake #1 and continues straight to as the New Army Pass trail

  • 5 miles from trailhead at 11,135'

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• High Lake

  • Location: High Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: High Lake AllTrails Map

  • Cottonwood Lakes Trail forks at Cottonwood Lake #1 and continues straight to as the New Army Pass trail

  • 5.8 miles from trailhead at 11,500'

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• Cirque Lake

  • Location: Cirque Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Cirque Lake AllTrails Map

  • Cottonwood Lakes Trail forks at Cottonwood Lake #1 and continues straight to as the New Army Pass trail

  • 7.5 miles from trailhead at 11,060'

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• Rock Creek

  • Location: Rock Creek Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Rock Creek AllTrails Map

    • Not exact trail directions

  • 9 miles from Cottonwood Trailhead over New Army Pass. The trail follows the creek for 3 miles. The creek goes another 4 miles to the Kern River, although the last mile is too steep to fish.

• Sky Blue Lakes

  • Location: [Sky Blue Lakes Location]( 2.5 miles from the trail over New Army Pass. The lakes are at 11,600)

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Sky Blue Lakes AllTrails Map

    • Not exact trail directions

  • 2.5 miles from the trail over New Army Pass. The lakes are at 11,600'

  • Has Goldens

Cottonwood Pass

• Cottonwood Pass Maps

  • Cottonwood Pass Map

• Golden Trout Creek

  • Location: Golden Trout Creek Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Pass Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Cottonwood Pass AllTrails Map

    • Exact trail not on AllTrails

  • 8 miles from trailhead

  • Starts at the headwaters of Big Whitney Meadow and Rocky Basin Lakes

  • Creek has about 14 miles of fishable water from just below Rocky Basin Lakes at 10,500' to above Volcano Falls next to the Kern River at 7,500'

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• Rocky Basin Lakes

  • Fishless

• Funston Lake

  • Location: Funston Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Pass Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Funston Lake Alltrails Map

    • Exact trail not on AllTrails

  • ~11,000'

  • Has Golden Hybrids, some large

• Volcano Creek

  • Location: Volcano Creek Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Pass Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Volcano Creek Alltrails Map

    • Exact trail not on AllTrails

  • 14.5 miles from trailhead at 9,700'

  • Creek has two forks that extend about 5 miles from 9,700' to 8,300' feet'

  • Has Volcano Creek Golden Trout

• Mulkey Creek

  • Location: Mulkey Creek Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Pass Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Mulkey Creek Alltrails Map

    • Exact trail not on AllTrails

  • 5 miles from trailhead at 8,500'

  • Has 8 miles of streams from Mulkey Meadows to the SF Kern

  • Has Golden Hybrids

• South Fork Kern River

  • Location: South Fork Kern River Location

  • Trailhead: Cottonwood Pass Trailhead

  • Alltrails: South Fork Kern River Alltrails Map

    • Exact trail not on AllTrails

  • 11 miles from trailhead

  • First fishable waters occur at the top of Ramshaw Meadows

  • Has Golden Hybrids

Mount Whitney

• Mt Whitney Area Maps

  • Lone Pine Creek Map

  • Mt Whitney Backcountry Map

• Lone Pine Creek

  • Location: Lone Pine Creek Location

  • South of Movie Flat Road

  • Substantial bush cover and pocket water for nymphing with some larger pools where streamers will work

  • Can also fish by campground

• Lone Pine Lake

  • Location: Lone Pine Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Lone Pine Lake AllTrails

  • 2.5 miles up Mt Whitney Trail at 9,925'

• Mirror Lake

  • Location: Mirror Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Mirror Lake AllTrails

  • 4 miles up Mt Whitney Trail at 10,660'

• Consultation Lake

  • Location: Consultation Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails:

  • 5.5 miles up Mt Whitney Trail at 11,667'

• Guitar Lake

  • Location: Guitar Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Guitar Lake AllTrails

    • Take JMT where it splits off from Whitney Trail at Trail Crest

  • 8.5 miles from trailhead at 11,480'

  • Has Goldens

• Hitchcock Lakes

  • Location: Hitchcock Lakes Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Hitchcock Lakes AllTrails

    • Take JMT where it splits off from Whitney Trail at Trail Crest

  • 9.5 miles from trailhead at 11,600'

  • Has Goldens

• Timberline Lake

  • Location: Timberline Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Timberline Lake AllTrails

    • Take JMT where it splits off from Whitney Trail at Trail Crest

  • 9.5 miles from trailhead at 11,100'

  • Has Goldens

• Crabtree Lakes

  • Location: Crabtree Lakes Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Crabtree Lakes AllTrails

    • Take JMT where it splits off from Whitney Trail at Trail Crest

  • 11.5 miles from trailhead at 11,300'

  • Has Goldens

• Whitney Creek

  • Location: Whitney Creek Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Whitney Creek AllTrails

    • Take JMT where it splits off from Whitney Trail at Trail Crest

  • Flows down from Guitar Lake at 10.5 miles up Mt Whitney Trail

  • Has Goldens

• Wallace Creek

  • Location: Wallace Creek Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Wallace Creek AllTrails

    • Take JMT where it splits off from Whitney Trail at Trail Crest

  • 15 miles from Whitney Portal

  • Has Goldens

• Upper Boy Scout Lake

  • Location: Upper Boy Scout Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Upper Boy Scout Lake AllTrails

    • Off Mountaineer's Route

• Grass Lake

  • Location: Grass Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Grass Lake Alltrails

    • Off Meysan Trail

    • Lakes are about 5 miles from the trailhead with a 4000 foot climb

• Camp Lake

  • Location: Camp Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Camp Lake AllTrails

    • Off Meysan Trail

    • Lakes are about 5 miles from the trailhead with a 4000 foot climb

• Meysan Lake

  • Location: Meysan Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Mt. Whitney Trailhead

  • Alltrails: Meysan Lake AllTrails

    • Off Meysan Trail

    • Lakes are about 5 miles from the trailhead with a 4000 foot climb

Other Lone Pine

• Tuttle Creek

  • Location: Tuttle Creek Location

  • Fishing is good at the campground

• Diaz Lake

  • Location: Diaz Lake Location

  • Lake is well stocked with rainbows and it is not unusual for a heavyweight largemouth bass to make a showing

Flies

Cottonwood Lakes/Pass Flies

• Dry Flies

  • Parachute Adams #16-18

  • Olive Caddis #16-18

  • Stimulator #12

  • Madam X #10-12

  • Royal Wulff #12

• Nymphs

  • Pheasant Tail Nymph #12-14

  • Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear #14-16

  • Prince Nymph #14-16

  • Bird's Nest #14-18

  • Bird's Stonefly Nymph #8-10

  • Black Copper John #18-22

• Streamers

  • Muddler Minnow #8-10

  • Black or Olive Woolly Bugger #8-10

Mount Whitney Flies

• Nymphs:

  • Pheasant Tail Nymph #16-18

  • Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear #16-18

  • Prince Nymph #16-18

  • Bird's Nest #14-18

  • Bird's Stonefly Nymph #8-10

  • Black Copper John #18-22

• Dry Flys:

  • Parachute Adams #16-18

  • Elk Hair Caddis #16-18

  • Stimulator #14

  • Madam X #12-14

  • Royal Wulff #16-18

Resources

• Fly Fishing the Sierra Whitney Portal

• Fly Fishing the Sierra Mt Whitney

• Fly Fishing the Sierra Cottonwood

• Trail Pass to Golden Trout Creek Blog

• Lone Pine Chamber Fishing