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SIERRA ASSET MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIOS
STATEMENT OF CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO RULE 497(j)
Sierra Asset Management Portfolios (the "Trust") hereby certifies that the form
of prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed
under Paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
would not have differed from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 3
to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-01999 and
811-07577) which was filed electronically on October 30, 1997 (Accession No.
0000950150-97-001508).
Sierra Asset Management Portfolios
Date: November 4, 1997 /s/ KEITH B. PIPES
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By: Keith B. Pipes
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
