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Fishing Aids
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I'm always looking for ways to make my fishing easier, especially tying on flies. Last year, while wrapping my outdoor water pipes with foam, I hit on tying pairs of flies to tippet at home, then wrapping the set around the foam wrap and holding the "snells" in place with a rubber band. In the...
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9/18
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Flows down and the creek's back on boys and girls. Still a wee bit high but the fish are on the pre-winter/pre-spawn chomp. Been up there the past 4 or 5 weeks in a row and had to work hard for 3-4 fish a day. Today I did 12, maybe 13, kinda lost count after a while. They are feisty though, of all of those, only ma...
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coolbee
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Lost: tippet holder with about 5 tippet spools.
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The plastic ring that was attaching the tippet holder to my vest broke and I lost all the tippet spools attached. This happened on 9-19 around area #3 going toward #2. If anyone finds this, please let me know. tks.
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Request for volunteers for the DFG electro-fishing operation October 15-October 19
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Below is the information about the electro-fishing survey that Heritage and Wild Trout Program will conduct in mid October. As you can see, there are numerous opportunities during that week to volunteer. At the bottom of this post there is a link to the volunteer sign-up page. Note that this is a week...
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Really, Gun shots?
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I was fishing earlier today at access 5, fishing was great until I herd someone let off a few rounds within a hundred feet of me. They came from across the creek on the backside of the island. It was from around 9-10 am that I herd repeated gun shots. Maybe someone should look before they let off a round or tw...
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09/17 fishing report
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I went yesterday for a couple of hours. I haven't fished the creek in over 6 months due to some medical problems. I landed only one fish, but it was a good one, a 21 1/2 inch male. The bad news was that I foul-hooked it. I was daydreaming when my indicator went down so I was very late in setting the hook....
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Reminder: IDR clean up September 15, 2012
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Members of the Forum and Friends of the Creek: PCT is sponsoring its annual event in coordination with the Coastal Commissions International Clean Up day Putah Creek Council is again handling sign ups at their Website: www.putahcreekcouncil.org On their home page, look for "Upcoming Event...
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Salmon Fishing
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This is how to do a salmon take survey!! (From the DFG website)
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Putah Creek Pics
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I am doing a little project for a restaurant in Winters called Preserve. Does anyone have any high quality pics of the creek they can send me? It does not necessarily have to be fish pics but those wouldn't hurt. PM me and I can give you more details if you have something. Cheers
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Advice new to putah creek
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Any advice would be nice. I'm new to fly fishing and new to this creek. I wanna go sometime this week so any good spots or lures or flies
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karracing
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Stream Ediquette
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Good article in field and stream on the rules of the river. Take a look, all of need to be reminded from time to time. Going into the fall season it would be nice if we could all read this and share the river. In my experience I have had more positive encounters then negative on the creek, however the nega...
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Berryessie
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Birds and Beer
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Fall is in the air. Bird diversity is WAY up on the Creek. The fishing will follow soon. Saw several(!) Pileated Woodpeckers trolling the cottonwoods today. And for beer aficionados, like myself, the Berryessa Brewing tap room is now open in the Berryessa Gap Winery grounds on HWY 128, 3-8 Fri, 1...
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phat fish
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Well I got off work a little early today and decided to check out the creek. I nearly just went back home because it was so hot out there... Anyways the fishing was pretty good. Hooked a few lost a few and had a ton of fun. The fish are fat and hungry! Nothing too big, but lots of fight!
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Flows
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Flows were nice this past week. I had a group out this morning, flows were nice around 510 and we found some happy fish. It looks like things just spiked up to 851 from when we left around 1:00pm. Be careful out there.
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8/28 report
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Flows at 562 cfs. Fished above and below bridge - one small fiesty trout and a larger tug. Thats it for the day. 
Waded across to Shon's hole. It looked like no one had been over there in a whie as there was a thicket of blackberry and that tall grass stuff. I'm sure I created a few small holes i...
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PCT August Newsletter
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Friends of the Creek: you can view our latest newsletter at www.putahcreektrout.org Please note that the cleanup is coming up in about three weeks. Sign ups are at www.putahcreekcouncil.org or email me. Also note that DFG Wild Trout will be conducting efish surveys Oct 15-19 and need volunteers. T...
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Poaching?
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I was up at Putah Creek this last Saturday 11th August. It was my first time so I stopped at every parking lot and walked pretty much most of the fishable section. I saw some people fishing with live worms, and others with traditional lures. In one spot, someone had put what looked like raw chicken meat o...
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8/14/12
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Me and rgloft hit the creek today in lieu of a longer drive. Weren't feeling fishing truckee or yuba in the heat. Irrigation/rafting flows? Tough wading? Perhaps. Sluggish fish...not so much. We did alright, better than we expected. 3 fish to hand for Rich and one for me, plus five or six more hookups...
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Interdam Reach Clean Up, September 15 2012
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Members of the Forum and Friends of the Creek: PCT is sponsoring its annual event in coordination with the Coastal Commissions International Clean Up day Putah Creek Council is again handling sign ups at their Website: www.putahcreekcouncil.org On their home page, look for "Upcoming Event...
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Gordo
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A little over a month ago I went on a walk to find carp. To my surprise I found something different. Before anyone gets any ideas I have been up and down this place on a paddle board and rarely see any fish other then Squaws, carp, and stickle back. Occassionally I will see a trout but probably 1 out of eve...
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Berryessie
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September flyfishing St. Helena area
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I'm coming to the area in September from WA and looking for some suggestions on what the best water will be to throw some line in early / mid September? I hear Putah is the best but flows might still be high. Can anyone point me elsewhere? If you could also mention what kind of flies etc. will be coming off...
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July 2012 Newsletter
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Hi All: our July newsletter is available on the PCT website, www.putahcreektrout.org . Note that volunteer opportunities are upcoming. We would also welcome topics for future newsletters. SK60 for the board of PCT
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PCT June Newsletter
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Hi All: Our latest PCT newsletter can be viewed at http://www.putahcreektrout.org/ Several on stream volunteer opportunities will be coming up this fall as part of the Wild Trout Evaluation and our stream bed rehabilitation work. Keep your November calendar open.
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Why are the PC flows so high?
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Just out of curiousity, does anyone know why the flows at PC are so big? According to the gov website, they are very close to an all-time high. Is this to clean out some of the silt?
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Need some help choosing gear
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Hello, In september I am going to be attending UC Davis as an incoming freshman. I'm an avid fisherman down here in San Diego, and do alot of salt water fishing, and little bit of freshwater bass fishing. I have been fly-fishing in the surf down here for the greater part of a year or so and want to continue m...
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High Water?
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I am new to Putah Creek, but intend to learn to fly fish on it. I was up there yesterday, July 1, with spinning equipment but didn't get a single bite. I was told that the water was high and that the fishing was therefore poor. Is that true and, if so, when can we expect conditions to improve?
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Heads up
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Be careful, the critters are out. This one was still small enough he only had a micro rattle and I couldn't even hear him before I almost sat on him. I got close enough for him to see my caddis pupae and tell me I didn't stand a chance. -- Edited by Cole Davis on Monday 11th of June 2012 04:29:40 PM
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Tough day
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Had fun trying out my new Cabella's 10' 4wt CZN rod. I think it performs great. Had a monster on briefly. Easily the largest fish i have seen on the Putah (not in a grip & grin photo that is). He flew out of the water when I set the hook and tail walked across the water until he broke my fly off.  no...
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Sketchy fisherman?
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I was fishing on PC yesterday and noticed another fisherman watching me from the opposite bank. I was not in an easy to access spot, and was surprised by the guy. He proceeded to stare at me for about 5 minutes, never saying a word. I felt alarmed. I had crossed the stream and maybe he was pissed I was in &quo...
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Landing trout on small flies
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I'm relatively new to Putah creek. I fished it yesterday and lost two sizeable trout (one looked like it was pushing 20") on number 18 to 20 flies. The first problem I had was no net. But I'm wondering if there's a secret to landing fish on small flies. I was playing the big fish for longer than I norm...
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