Big Spring Rainbows on the Truckee - What killed all these deer?

In our season 4 opener, we are out on the Truckee River in search of some big Spring rainbows! The weather is finally starting to warm up a bit and the trout are hungry! The flows are fairly high and the water is still pretty cold, so we are fishing deep, slow moving spots. With a little persistence, we end up pulling in some really nice fish! At one point, we decided to move spots and couldn't believe what we found...
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[@1rabid1]

When I was a kid, in the summer, we'd take our gear and a bedroll a fish from just west of that stretch all the way into Dickerson. Big browns and hardly any planters. It is great to see the river has come back as a fishery.

[@ronblackburn3683]

I love the all the sounds; babbling water of a flowing River, fish jumping and the screaming drag on the reel as the fish peels the line off!

[@ReelsandRidges]

It’s better than any song that’s ever been played on the radio

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Beautiful river. Excellent video

[@markdamm7715]

Great to see you guys back out after that long nasty winter

[@NvFlyAngler]

Excellent video, gentlemen. We’ve been in Reno 20 years and I haven’t spent much time on the Truckee because we’re fortunate to have so many other opportunities in the region that aren’t within earshot of an interstate highway. But I’m trying to change that in 2023. Thanks!

[@ReelsandRidges]

Thanks 👊. Yeah you don’t always get the quiet ambience you want on the Truckee haha but the upside is you can get to your fishing spots pretty quick so it makes it possible to fish after work for a few hours!

[@torreyintahoe]

Looks like a familiar area. Great video!

[@ReelsandRidges]

Yeah, right in your neck of the woods!

[@Raevenswood]

My guess on the deer is they were road kill from I80 and thats where NDOT dumps them.

[@ReelsandRidges]

I think that’s a pretty good guess!

[@HaelRefoc]

Your videos make us miss the Truckee 😢

[@ReelsandRidges]

Yeah the Truckee can be tough to fish sometimes but it is absolutely one of our favorites

[@UbaidUllah-tm9hd]

Nice video

[@ReelsandRidges]

Thank you!

[@johnvanderwalker4830]

Here is a pointer from an old guy, when I hang up, a lot of time I will throw slack up stream from the hang up, and the with the line up stream haul back on the rod, not hook set haul but gently and quickly. The tension from the line in the water will pull the fly upstream and a lot of the time it will come loose. On another note, those fish are pretty worn out by the time you get them in the net, you really shouldn't take their heads out of the water for any time at all. we all like the glory shots, but there won't be any of the fish die because of lack of oxygen. No malice intended, just a friend reminder that the fish we catch today may be the fish we catch next week, if we take care of them.

[@ReelsandRidges]

Thanks for the tips on getting unsnagged and on handling fish, always appreciate the thoughtful comments

[@WaltzFly]

I love your guises videos and watch them every time they come out! Just curious, did your fish take your nymph or your stone?

[@ReelsandRidges]

That’s awesome, thanks for watching! All the fish in the video took the nymphs

[@wbarney59]

What beautiful trout. Wow

[@garystevens7575]

Either a wolfs den or a mountain lion

[@chubbybeastfishing]

About 5 years ago I came across 3 dead deer in the same area. The backstraps and antlers were taken but nothing else. Reported it to NDOW and was told it was most likely poachers.

[@ReelsandRidges]

That’s too bad, glad you reported it. Hate to see stuff like that

[@kevinwoody3818]

By the looks of it I'm guessing that's the Nevada side and I can tell you with pretty good confidence with that dear pile is. It's called a poachers pile. I'll let you guess the rest. And no I don't do that😂

[@ReelsandRidges]

If that is the case, it’s a real shame. Sadly, that seems like a pretty plausible explanation

[@daveadams7191]

I’ve caught some nice fish in that same spot.

[@ReelsandRidges]

Oh nice, it can be a pretty decent spot when the flows are right

[@MikeSevon]

I’m guessing those deer drowned in that canal,floated down to the grate intake and were left there by the maintenance guy!

[@ReelsandRidges]

I hope for their sake that isn’t what happened but that seems pretty plausible, it would be tough for a deer to get out of that canal

[@daddiosreelfishing5113]

I want to get one of those shirys

[@ReelsandRidges]

If you decide to get one you might want to get one size up from what you normally wear, they run slightly small

[@thesleeper530]

I wonder what killed these deer? As you can hear cars flying by on the hwy behind him 😆 😅

[@mac979s1]

i think it was coyotes!

[@ReelsandRidges]

Could have been! The coyote population around here seems to be doing pretty well

[@markmackey2138]

Are you up by Verdi

[@ReelsandRidges]

Yeah, we were pretty close to there

[@Cannabiscraftcollective]

They dump the deer back there that's been hit by cars on the highway

[@ReelsandRidges]

There was another comment awhile back that mentioned they might be deer hit on I80 as well, that would definitely explain it

[@BornN2Grave1]

Coyotes or lions would team up on one deer. Not possible, IMO, to take all 3. I'm guessing hunters dumped them there after removing the meat. Or the lazy knucklehead that is in charge of collecting roadkill dumped them there instead of the designated spot where he is supposed to.

[@ReelsandRidges]

We were wondering if maybe they were 3 kills made at different times and brought back to the same spot, not sure though. The lazy roadkill collector is a solid theory 😂