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11/16/2008 catch and release
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11-12, great day to be on the water
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started out a little later than i wanted, was keeping the fingers crossed all the way there hoping that it wasnt crowded. NOT A SINGLE CAR IN SITE. tried up?nere the bridge first, fished my normal spot, and well those that were there know the fish that i hooked which went straight to the weeds and come und...
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brian clemens
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Poison Oak Revisited
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Tight lines I couldn't repond to your post so?I had to start a new one. Anyway I smell poison oak and I get it. And everytime I have to go and see the doc for a shot. Anyway back in April after my last episode with it at the McCloud I stumbled on IVY BLOCK. You can buy it at walgreen's and it has done the trick for m...
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Fishing Update Please
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For those who have fished the creek in the last week or so, how's the action? Are you seeing the size and quantity of fish in the system that is typical at this time of year? Any info about flies and techniques you've been using would also be appreciated. Thanks!
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jamesjw55
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Napa and Davis Fly Fishers Sponsored Creek Clean Up Day
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The annual Putah Creek Interdam clean up day is Saturday November 22, 9 am- 12 pm, with a barbecue to follow. It is again sponsored by Napa Flyfishers and Flyfishers of Davis. The gathering point is Access #1? for?check?in with teams formed and sent out to cover the creek from the dam area to Access #5. I...
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redd flags
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I saw the redd flaaging the people have been talking about for the first time yesterday and it made me a little worried. While a commendable effort to keep people from trampling the redds, I worry that the flags themselves could be a real disturbance to fish spawning.?? Many of the flags are over four fe...
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Neil B
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Fly Fishing Etiquette?
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Having been a fisherman pretty much all my life I am new to the art of Fly Fishing. When soaking bait or tossing hardware there is a set of unspoken rules. I have always tried to teach those I take as to what is acceptable and what isn't. ?I also educate who I can when I can as to the "Why". I hear peo...
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sehoner
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Hows putah doing
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anyone been fishing putah lately, i might want to get back out there with my 3wt on tues or weds, just wondering how its been fishing with the lower flows now. oh ya and how does the area up near the dam fish this time of yr if i wanna bring my pontoon and float it. and does anyone want to fish it with me tues or we...
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brian clemens
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Anyone read this article ???
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I was at work today and I hop into a customers car(I'm A mechanic) and I couldn't beleive my eyes ! Lying on the passenger seat is the latest copy of north west fly fishing(Or something like that) and right on the front cover it says PUTAH CREEK !!! I did not read the article as I didn't have time. Anyone read...
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shon42073
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hunting above the creek
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hey all i've fished the creek sence i was a kid and consider it a very special place. ?I resently have started bird hunting and think it's a lot of fun to tye my flys with the feathers that i have?gotten from ?my ?birds.? ?I found? on the d.f.g. wed sight that on the hills above the creek there is a wild life ar...
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dafly7777
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fishing
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its been awhile since my last post...computer crashed on me..whit what iv been reading the creek is not doing to well...nobody has posted anything......whats going on as late...???
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Streamer Fly Swap
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Check out the fly tying page!!! We need 4 more guys/gals
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I'll be tying at Kiene's again on Saturday.
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Baetis, midges, maybe a streamer or two tied with dubbing brushes that Marc Petitjean taught me to tie. Hope you can make it! Bernie
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Richard Hardwood
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24 hours at 100 cfps + and back to 40 .... whatever!
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http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/uv/?site_no=11454000&PARAmeter%20cd=00065,00060-- Edited by Lahontan at 00:02, 2008-10-23
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Lahontan
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Sunday, October 19 What a MESS ...
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Got to the creek mid morning today. Fished HARD for 8 hours.? My observations are more important than my success. Nothing is fishing as it has. I saw the run Matt R posted earlier.? I took photos too,?but now I am?CERTAIN they are / were redds.? I foul hooked a ripe hen there this time last year. (she was?r...
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10/17 low flow report good and bad
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Fished this morning got into a good spot and hammered them, nothing big nothing small. Took a walk into a side stream found a dead trout a trapped trout both 4" . Saw what I believe to be dry redds. I've seen fish spawn early in this spot in years past so I wanted to check it out.
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Matt R
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putah tomorrow
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well just bought a new 3wt, a tfo 7'6", and have a really nice ross fly water 1 to go with it, and will be out on putah tomorrow full bore. if anyone else wants to join me let me know. ill be up for a while tying some magic come and get me flys, as well as putting line on the new rod, so you can either pm me, or ca...
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brian clemens
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Anyone interested in picking up Bamboo Rod making?
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All, Currently reside in San Mateo, CA and have recently started the endeavor of building bamboo rods. My current living situation, a small studio apartment, is not very accomodating for rod making. Anyone interested in joining me on this learning process and wouldn't mind sharing some workspace...
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Colin.flournoy
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questions from the dark side =)
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?Since the www.putahcreektrout.org? is not a fly fishing site, and its linked to this site as the only forum, will all of us evil spinfisherman be accepted into the fold, so to speak ,if we participate in this forum? Or will there be a forum on that site soon where all anglers can come discuss trout fishi...
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Fishing Putah is so easy
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Fishing this creek is so easy.? Why do so many people have so many questions about it? I mean they are trout.? How smart can they be?? Be the fly.
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grahler
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The magic fly
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Fished the creek yesterday afternoon.? Saw the creek had dropped substantially, so I had to cross the creek, crawl over and through poison oak, grape vines and berry bushes to get to my spot.? Put on a soft hackle hares ear no luck.? Looked in the old fly box and pull out a Matt R special tied by Emerger.? C...
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flows at 43 ???
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Anyone on the creek today ? The flow chart reads 43 cfs, is this correct ? Is there no min. flow standard for putah creek ? I don't know about you guys but last time the flows hovered around 45 the fishing was really not very productive for me, that was winter of 2006. Well, looks like I might need to head on up...
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shon42073
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Putah 10-8
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well they say 3s company, but i think its more like 4. wyteurp and myself met up early on the river, started at a good fall spot with a big off the bat. figured we fish the lower section with the flows down while we wait for jt to show up. we then moved up stream of this hole to fish a nice pool. i got the right sid...
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Putah Creek 10/13
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Today was my second trip to the creek and let me say it was a huge improvement from the previous trip on saturday. On saturday I only Landed one planter the entire day, yet today landed a few wild fish from 10-14 inches. I fished the bridge area and caught most of the fish on PT nymphs, WD40's, and san juan wo...
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10/14
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Well getting laid off from work means more time to fish right? Fished the staircase (very crossable with a staff) and landed 4 natives.? Moved up to the bridge and fished across from the campground for another native.? One fish landed on each--brassie, pt, glo-bug, black ap and caddis aka dubbing on a...
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New Member
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I just moved to the Bay Area from Montana and found this forum. I've been fly fishing for the past 8 years but it's always been dry flies and streamers. I'm really looking to getting out on Putah Creek in the next couple of weeks and seeing what the creek is about. If anybody has any advice on what flies to us...
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An Important Reminder from your Webmaster . . .
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There seems to be more and more misunderstandings here about peoples posts. We need to think about the proper "etiquette" in posting on this Forum. Proper etiquette to posting on this Forum should be the same as Email etiquette. Here is a great article to help us understand the problem and...
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Putah Creek Fly Fishing ARTICLE for [X]Press Mag- Interviews Wanted
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??????? Hello fellow Fly Fishers, My name is Jonathan Bole--a writer for SFSU's [X]Press Magazine, and I am writing an article about fly fishing Putah Creek. I am looking to capture a snapshot of the Putah Creek Fly Fishing culture; the fraternity, the code of ethics, the character, and the interest...
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10/12 Fly Fishing
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I will be at Putah Creek tomorrow early tomorrow morning. I'm hoping to hit the bridge at first light. Anyone else planning to be out there? I'll be the asian guy who probably doesn't know what he is doing. :P Say hi if you are not too shy!
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In Earnest to your Concerns: [X]Press Mag-Jonathan Bole
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??????????? In earnest to your concerns; I am a fisherman myself, and understand the importance of conservation--my article will not be an asinine endorsement for fishing Putah Creek. In fact, my primary focus is not the creek itself, but you, the fisherman. I want to explore the reasons why you all...
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