Good Brown in the Truckee at Idlewild Park (Reno, NV)

[@jbsunking]

Thanks for your dedication, Amani...! Love your videos, bro

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. Love making them. I will say that this has been a tough Winter for creating content. Winter won't die this year!

[@unclefrank4455]

Thank you Amani. Tagging along with you is always a blast! Even though I'm not actually there, I still feel a burst of adrenaline when you hook a fish, especially a nice one like that Brown!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. Glad you enjoyed it. Viewers like you power me up to keep going.

[@jluistrejobarajas2111]

Estuve viviendo en reno de 1998 a 2007 un ermoso lugar solía pescar debajo de los puentes y lo que ases me ISO recordar eso maravillosos momentos un saludo para ti sigue así muy buenos videos dios te bendiga

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Gracias.

[@Chaosislaw19]

Thanks again amani! ❤️❤️

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. Tough fishing in rivers and once the snow really starts melting it's going get wild!

[@fishingtimeletsgo598]

Ok you got the no skunk going on, lets keep it up, nice job on that one, 12 hour shift LOL, keep up that energy, see you next time👊🎣👍

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Getting 2 in the net fishing for my Patreon this week was solid but I struggled in these 3 You Tube clips. I was one fish away from a skink every day. They were nice fish though.

[@fishingtimeletsgo598]

@@wildernesswithamani1027 But you got one that is what counts👊👍

[@timtanimura9583]

thanks great week of videos 📹

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. I wasn't getting a lot of fish but the fish I was getting were good.

[@mclovin7753]

You have more patience than me fishing the Big T when the water is high like it is right now. Gotta cover a lot of water to get one this time of year. Congrats on the Downtown Brown! That stretch of water you got it in always somehow holds lots of quality fish!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Fishing that high water thoroughly is labor intensive. With all of the difficulties that come with fishing flows on the lower side, at least you can look at the river and see the spots that a large fish would hold up in.

[@andrewmayers1999]

Awesome brown man, I'm always fishing the Truckee and I'm hoping to run into you someday. I just caught a huge brown in one of those holes downtown there.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. There's a lot of quality fish in the urban centers. It's snowing like crazy right now. I'm glad I squeezed this fishing in.

[@andrewmayers1999]

I was able to get 2 in the net but had several more that popped off the fly today. I'm new to fly fishing but have had sooo much more luck since I've started throwing the Indicator.

[@Marta_Lledo_Video_Channel]

that one looked a little chunky! Good looking brown!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Yeah, that trout was fat. The fishing wasn't exactly smoking hot so I was glad to get that one quick. The fishing was tough all week for me! A lot of water to figure out now. I've refined my deeper water approach so I think that will help me through the Spring.

[@1OrdinaryGuy]

That looks like the upstream end of 2nd street. Idlewild is a nice area.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

There is a lot of good water to fish there. Especially when the water is high. It can be tougher fishing but the stretches where you can cast at larger fish and not spook them goes way up under these conditions.

[@hogwildbowhunter]

Well done another nice Brown, make the whole day good when you land one early in the morning. I think you should invest in another net before you regret when it fails at the most inconvenient time! If not a new net invest in some JB-weld!! Yesterday and today weather on this side of the hills has been a mess. Your new work schedule should be fun this summer looking forward to the extra content!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

The net is solid! I'm going to try to ride it out a couple of more weeks! I beat that net to death ripping it through brush and using it as a stabilizer when I'm climbing up things and wade across rivers. I'm going to be really tired but my new job was necessary to keep things going and advancing. The 12 hour days are rough but the days off are going to be worth it. Especially when I use vacation time. I'm hitting Yosemite at least twice this year. Hoping to head North more too. Man, it's dumping snow in Reno right now. I'm glad I went this morning.

[@joebidendidthat5121]

Wow that’s a lot of water ! Nice catch !!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right. It's flowing and I think it's time to start getting used to that in any river we try to fish over the next few months. Just let the water be clear. The rest can work itself out once the fishing starts.

[@sylviawelsh9518]

Your a true Nevadan duck tape and bailing wire a must.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I broke down and got another net today. I had the last few larger trout I caught causing the net to fall apart leaving them hanging in the rubber net with just half of the frame connected to the handle. I'm done with that!

[@johnpayton7699]

Ever fish down at the Walker?

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Sure, I have a few clips for it on my River fishing playlist and a couple on my Patreon. Love the place.

[@hoss6048]

I notice that there aren't lots of people fishing. You see anyone else fishing out there? What a treat to be able to go in your urban area and catch Brown Trout!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

There was one other dude I saw across the river from me but other than that there was no one else. I almost wanted to grind it out and fish more upstream but I had done enough hiking up and down a river over the past couple of days to keep me in check.

[@johnbetbabanta3724]

Amani is there a certain CFS you look for when river fishing? I’m monitoring the flows of some california rivers I want to fish, but the cfs looks a little too high in most due to the rain and runoff. Is there a certain cfs you think is the best?

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

It's one of those things where I know it when I see it! A lot of the time, the perfect flow for jig fishing depends on how fast the water is moving in different section of the river and over different types of river bottom. The flow that's best in an area with a lot of boulders won't be so good in a more featureless or deeper section. I hike a lot of river bank so I just adjust when I hit whatever comes next. I got really efficient at fishing lower flow situations with jigs over the past couple years but I think that attack is about to get put into storage for a while. It's big flow attack time!

[@johnbetbabanta3724]

@@wildernesswithamani1027 thank you for the response! Wishing you luck as you attack these new frontiers the weathers throwing at us!

[@jluistrejobarajas2111]

Saludos AMI ermano Rick welzer and kile welzer

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on.

[@jimrobison4112]

nice job maybe we can go hiking in august when the snow melts

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right! I think August is realistic for the backcountry above 10K in the Eastern Sierra. Certainly for the stuff around and above10.5K and 11K. They'll be skiing at Mammoth at least until 4th of July.

[@user-tx9zg5mz5p]

Nice wild brown!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Yeah, I was loving getting that thing in the net early on. Water is high and moving.

[@davidraichel3054]

Maybe hit some spots in the Verdi area..

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I have clips on my river fishing playlist for the Verdi area. I'm sure I'll be there again.

[@papagandara]

Hey Amani, I’ve never eaten a brown trout before and noticed you usually only eat rainbows. Is the taste that different. Thanks

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Browns are good. I only fish rivers catch and release these days but I eat the ones I get in reservoirs when it's cold from time to time. They're good to eat. I would say cold water brookies, then rainbows, then browns are the way I'd rank them. Not really into cutthroats, mackinaw, or golden trout. Those are too fishy.

[@CaptainCompassion1]

You are getting a good number of browns.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I'm not getting a lot each time out but if I can scratch out good ones like these have been I'm good with one per day!

[@CC_Marauder]

#108👍🏻🎣👀

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

That river is flowing!

[@anthonylarocca261]

Go 2 the right ..sutro overpass ..fat bows no joke...

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. I hit I nice brown under that bridge a while back fishing for my Patreon. I fished under it in this clip but I didn't get anything. A lot of water flowing in the river now.

[@midnightbois2620]

Yo man would you be down to collab an maybe go large mouth bass fishing I live in Reno aswell!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I haven't gone bass fishing in decades. I used to do it all the time. I'll check out your channel.