East Walker River (Trophy Browns)
Bridgeport · near Bridgeport · Eastern Sierra
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Best season
- Late spring–fall (flow-dependent)
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA (or NV) license required — the East Walker crosses into Nevada; the famous 'Miracle Mile' below Bridgeport Reservoir is in CA. Wild Trout regs (barbless, limited take). Tailwater fishery; flows dictate the fishing — check releases.
What is here
- Features
- Famous 'Miracle Mile' tailwater · Trophy brown trout · Wild Trout special regs · High-desert sagebrush setting
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Fishing detail
- Water type
- river
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Fly
- Boat
- shore
- Target species
- Trophy brown trout · Rainbow trout
- Intl tip
- License required (crosses into NV; the Miracle Mile is in CA). A tailwater — flows dictate everything, so check dam releases before you go. Trophy browns below Bridgeport Reservoir; nymphs and streamers. Wild Trout regs (barbless). Combine with Bridgeport, Twin Lakes, and the high country. Flow-dependent trophy water.
The guide
The East Walker River below Bridgeport Reservoir is one of the Eastern Sierra's premier trophy-trout tailwaters — its legendary…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to East Walker River (Trophy Browns) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.31, -119.22