Robinson Creek and the Twin Lakes country above Bridgeport are the classic Eastern Sierra mountain-fishing scene — a freestone creek tumbling out of the Twin Lakes through the Hoover Wilderness gateway, with the lakes themselves famous for the occasional outsized brown that prowls up from deep water. The creek fishes as a pretty pocket-water stream of wild and stocked browns and rainbows below the outlet, easy and accessible from the campgrounds, while the lakes are a stillwater story of their own. Being fed off the lakes the creek runs a touch steadier than a pure snowmelt freestone, but it still answers to the runoff: high and pushy in the peak melt, dropping into prime shape through summer. Fish attractors and droppers in the creek's pockets, time it for the drop after runoff, and keep half an eye on Twin Lakes for the trophy brown the area's known for.

• Mixed

• Aquatic life: Not assessed
• Recreation: Impaired