Crowley is the Eastern Sierra's stillwater headliner — a big, wind-swept reservoir in Long Valley that grows fat rainbows and browns on a near-endless chironomid buffet. The classic Crowley method is a static chironomid hung at depth under an indicator from an anchored boat, and the whole game is finding the band the fish are feeding in and getting your bugs to sit in it. It opens busy and bait-friendly, then turns to catch-and-release stillwater fly water in late summer and autumn when the perch-fry and chironomid fishing peaks. Wind is the wild card — it can blow you off the lake, so watch the forecast and pick your morning. A boat or tube lake; the shore game is limited.
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