Hey buddy, I was in your shoes about four years ago. The chukar hunting is great and there are a lot of different mountain ranges to explore, but one thing I really got into was blue grouse hunting up by Mount Rose. Don't have to drive nearly as far and the scenery is a bit nicer. Plus I was actually finding birds more consistently. However, it did take me a lot of hiking and exploring new country to discover some honey holes for both chukar and blue grouse. Don't be surprised if people will be a bit hesitant to tell you where they're killing birds as the chukar tend to get a lot of hunting pressure.
Start building points and applying smart. I drew a bull tag this year with only 3 points so you never know.
A fun hunt that I did one year was swan. The application is in August I think and I'm pretty sure there is 100% draw odds (they go on sale as OTC after the draws are over). I never found great waterfowl hunting; a few ducks down at Washoe Lake and at the Stillwater NWR out by Fallon was it, but I did get my swan, which was pretty cool. With the drought hitting so hard I really just stuck to upland birds and never even went waterfowl hunting the past two years. In fact I think Washoe lake is completely dry right now.
Flyfishing the Truckee is fun and it goes right through town. There are some surprisingly big fish in there. It is a really hard river to fish though, IMO. Coming from Montana, I just couldn't consistently find the type of water I was used to. However, they do stock it pretty well so you'll at least find luck catching the little planters pretty consistently if nothing else. Pyramid Lake is a real gem. The fishing is fairly bizarre with people totting ladders into the lake and whatnot, but those Lahontan Cutthroat are freaking awesome and huge. I really wish I would have fished it more while I was here in Reno. If you can get someone to show you the ropes out there, you should really look into it.
Hope that helps and gives you a few starting points! Feel free to pm me if you'd like.
