Reno & Truckee Work, Run, and Fish

Reno & Truckee Work, Run, and Fish

Since my blog is called TheRunningFisherman, I thought I'd throw in a fishing report, and even a little business aspect to what I do.

Just got back from a business trip to Reno Nevada.  The biggest little city in the world.  You'd be able to see it in this photo if I hadn't tried to take it while driving.

This trip was for one of our buying groups called Worldwide.  They are a group of retailers who pool their resources and form a buying group.  Its a pretty fun show with lots of neat things to see.  Everything from pool toys, to submachine guns can be found.  And of course, fishing tackle.
Here is a shot of my Okuma booth.

The show took place at the fabulous Atlantis Hotel and Resort.  Its a nice casino property located right in the heart of Reno.
The weather in Reno was pretty warm in at about the mid 90's.  I really only had one chance to sneak out and get a run in on this trip.  Between the altitude, a little over 4500' and the warm temperature, it was a tough run.  In fact, I only got in two quick miles. Actually, the reason I only got such a quick run is, is that I ran to the Sportsmans Warehouse store to grab my fishing license.  There really isn't too much around the hotel as far as running scenery goes.

Here is a shot of my hotel as I'm running down the street.  There really wasn't much to see other than concrete, construction, and cars.  Really not too exciting.

So prior to this trip I did a little research on Vegan restaurants in the Reno area.  Pretty slim selections really, but I did manage to find a place called Freeman's Natural Hot Dogs.
http://fnhotdog.com/Freemans_Natural_Hotdogs/Home.html
This place was pretty awesome, and had some great Vegan dog selections.  I decided to try it out on my first night and had the Vegan Italian Sausage.  Came with a Asian Slaw.  Pretty incredible.

Day two of the show went really good.  We had some great meetings with some of our great retailers, and wrote lots of orders.
On some of my business trips, I like to try to bring along my fly fishing gear.  If I'm close enough to some fishable water, I'll try to get out and wet a line.
After day two of the show, I had a chance to drive over and fish the Little Truckee River.  I brought the fly gear and had a great time.  I managed two little rainbows, but it was great just being out on the river.

It really is pretty water, and I pretty much fished until dark using both wet and dry flies.  The air was warm, but clean and fresh.  There were no other people for miles.

Day three started off with an early run to the big Truckee river right in down town.  Big, fast moving water that has a plentiful population of big brown trout and rainbows.  Unfortunately, neither of those guys wanted anything to do with me.

Here is a shot of the Truckee River as it passes near Idylewild Park.

It was a beautiful morning, and always great to get out and fish before a day of work.

Once I was done on the Truckee by 7am, I made a quick stop at one of my favorite little Diners.  The Black Bear Diner.

The food is always good, and always large.  I ordered up the Granola Nut cakes.  Pretty darn yummy!

In looking at this picture, it doesn't look totally appetizing, but it was excellent!

After a full day of working the show, I decided to make the run back down to the Little Truckee.
Here is a shot of me as I work my way down to the river, and getting ready for some natural trout action.  Okuma Tuscani Fly Reel and Guide Select Fly Rod were the weapons of choice.

The fishing was fun again, and we had a great little hatch happening at sunset.  This brought the trout up to the surface.  This made for a fun little dry fly bite.  The fish weren't monsters by any means, but there really is something about catching natural fish on a fly.  Pretty indescribable.
Here is a shot of one of the average fish.

Ok, don't laugh.  Unless you are in the water working these fish, you probably don't get the thrill of catching these little guys.  Pretty great.

On the way back from the river, I was having a conundrum.  Couldn't decide what I wanted to do for my final nights dinner.  I decided to run back to Freeman's and go for one more dog.  I guess I splurged a little and went for the Wholly Dog.  The Wholly is a Italian Sausage, Hummus, Tomato, and Lemon Tahini Sauce Vegan dog.  Heck, I even through in a regular vegan dog for good measure.
Here is a shot of the Wholly Dog.

All in all this was a great trip.  We had an excellent show business wise, and some great fishing.  I even had a chance to sneak in a little run.

Happy Running!