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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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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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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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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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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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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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making putah self substaining
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I hear rumors that putah is most likely soon not gonna be stocked anymore.? They're trying to make it self substaining. I was wondering what would be the ups and downs of that.? To me it would seem that there would be less fish but the fish might be bigger because less copetition on there food.? but i would...
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Anyone fishing tomorrow
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I'm new to the board and just wanted to say hello. I'm also heading up to the creek tomorrow to give it a shot. It's been awhile since I fished and don't know the creek that well so any help would be appreciated. I suppose a micro may would be a good fly to start with. Hope to see you guys out on the creek.
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Putah Monday Oct 6th
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A buddy and I went to the creek this morning. I was surprised by the amount of people that showed up at 7 am at the bridge. What a beautiful day it was on the river. I did not catch a thing but my buddy caught a putah hog. 20" and fat as a football. To the guy that was teaching the young red headed kid how to fi...
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Size Matters!
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I'm getting the impression that some of my "zeroing" on Putah may be related to oversized flies. Is it true that most fish will skip taking a bug that is even a size or tow larger than they are looking for??? One day I was using a pheasant tail bug that was a 16 or so.?? Nothing! Then I came home and...
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Size limit
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I have fished putah my whole life and as far as i know the size limit is 12 inches,? alot of people are telling me that it is 8 or 10 inches.? Me personally i dont take any fish from putah, unless it is a monster. which hasn't happened yet. occasional 17 incher. another question is if i was going to keep a fish w...
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River Conditions
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Hi Everyone: I'm thinking of heading up to the creek soon, and am curious what the water is looking like. If you have been out on the creek in the last couple of days, it would be great if you could provide a?stream/fishing report. Thanks! James
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First Time Fishing Putah... it's about time!
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After weeks of not being able to get my schedule in sync with a buddy who has lots of experience on Putah, I finally made the time to get myself to fish?there?in the late?afternoon. I drove up to the bridge near Canyon Creek Resort.? I saw a bunch of cars parked there, so I drove to #3 on a recommendation.? T...
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Please Use Survey Boxes for Reports
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From Putah Creek Trout: The Department of Fish and Game has indicated that they prefer the Angler Surveys be completed on the paper forms at the boxes set up at several Putah Creek access points. The boxes are on posts at both Dam parking lots near the 128 bridge, at the Access #5 parking area, and just be...
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DFG on Putah?..........finally
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I had a? nice couple of hours around #1? sat afternoon, caught some nice fish and headed home early to see the second half of the USC game. When I came up the road a couple of young uniformed guys were checking out my car. They were in a new shiny DFG truck. I thanked them for being there, suggestign that thei...
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Monday around the bridge.
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Hi folks, It's been a while since I've posted anything?because I haven't fished Putah since the winter. Stayed around the bridge yesterday and had alot of fun with a mixture of planters and "natives".?I was able to get about 15-20 fish to the net / hand?which was only about a third of the fis...
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Is it really illegal to fish from canyon creek resort side of Putah like the owner states???
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Everytime the river is low, I like to cross it and fish from the canyone creek resort side because it is cleared. The past two times I have done this the owner said he would call the sherrif on me. I was standing not 3 feet from the waterline. Is this stil considered private property. I honestly think they a...
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I'll be tying some killer Putah patterns next sat at Kienes, 10-2
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Had a great day yesterday fishing the overlooked fast water with my g.f. A lot of people were out - not encouraging. I'll switch to the American if it gets any more crowded. Lots of bait guys, mostly polite, saw some fish being released. 6 to hand 16-18" and that many LDR's. Took a stomach (pump)?sa...
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back to the creek
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Today was my first visit since March. I have been striper fishing in the bay and delta using lures and a baitcaster.
At the creek it was a nice outing although I was very rusty. Took me awhile to get back into the groove as I was snagging and loosing gear here and there. Finally hooked one with a pheasant t...
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Impressed Newcomer
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Hey everyone, I am new to the area and have been reading up on Putah through this forum.? You guys turned me on to Sweeney's.? Great place with helpful people,?plenty of flies, tackle, and advice.?I'm lucky enough to be?on afternoon shift at work for now, so I've been able to get on the water a couple of?...
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9/27
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?? Had a long night so didn't get out to the creek until 3 today. Went with a buddy who hadn't fished for many years so I thought above the bridge would be a good place to start. Wrong. It was packed. I have never seen so many fish being taken from one place at one time. I heard they just planted so im sure that is...
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