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In case you plan to go...
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Tomorrow Highway 128 will be closed from some time in the morning until at least noon for the Tour of California bicycle event. They are coming across from Santa Rosa past Berryessa, into Winters then on to Davis and Sacramento. One road side Sign from the Winters side said 10:30-12. I'm going to try to...
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Feb 15
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It's been a while but I finally got out on Friday for a few hours. I was in a favorite spot using a zebra midge under a San Juan worm and?got a strong strike on the first cast. The indicator went down hard and then I'm guessing about a 16-18" trout jumped?a couple of feet in the air. Within seconds it spi...
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2-11-08, Another Fishing Report
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Like Tug, I also had a good day on the stream.? This was a surprise since I got skunked a week ago and caught only one 12 incher the trip before.? Today I caught 5 fish: 15, 16, 15, 22 1/2, and 18 (foul-hooked).? All were caught on beadhead mayfly nymphs.? I might add that the two big fish came from an area I wou...
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Sunday, 2/17 PU! what's that smell?
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Oh, excuse me...that's the skunking I got at the hands of the Pu today. Arrived mid day, fished 4 hours til dusk. Water is still off color, saw no fish activity. Insect activity picking up. I tried a variety of midges, pupa and an egg pattern for good measure. Yes, I thru a SJ worm too. Hit four promising sp...
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bait dunkers
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Last night, my brother went to fish his favorite hole at Putah and found 2 good ol' boys bait fishing.? He told them that the creek was to be fished with artificials only at this time of year.? They basically blew him off until he told them that he saw a game warden headed their way.? They packed up and ran aw...
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Sat. the 16th.
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Fished today, Not much to report, 3 hookups, Two were dinks and one was a really nice fish, They all came unbuttoned. The nice one hit a #20 copper john, Just a plain copper one. The copper wire bodied fly's seem to work well for me usually. Others hit a #18 pheasant tail. Insect activity was alot better th...
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Fishing coming back? (2-13-08)
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Spent the morning on the upper creek at the bridge and down from the resort. Caught a 15" on an Otter soft egg below the bridge, my first fish since late December. Moved down below the resort and switched to my variation of JT's drowned midge, size 22. Caught a? 20-21"? female after a struggle...
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putah 2-11-08
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Had a great day on the creek today.? Perfect weather and not too many people around.? I caught three fish with the biggest one at 17 1/2 inches.? The others were 16 in.? They were not skinny looking spawned out fish.? They were males with some big shoulders on them.? Then, just when I thought that things c...
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Giving up the location!
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Alright, I'll show you where.....here is the location where the browns I posted a while ago were caught. If you're familiar with the area behind the island at #5, this might look familiar to you. This is a shot of my buddy working the small run where the browns were pulled from. It's tricky to get in here a...
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021008 Sunday
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Fished 4 hours midday starting at the usual area. Used my new flies, a copper brassie and then a RS2. At the end of a long drift downstream, the RS2 got slammed and the fish made quite a few knuckle busting runs as I adjusted the drag slightly. The fish was unusually strong but there were no obstacles to bre...
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feb 5, 2008 skunk
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I was the only one out there 1130-230. Sunny, getting warm, water clear, slow, and low. Skunk at the easy spots so I went exploring and found some holes. But again, I didn't see any fish. I threw a little anyways. A lot of o the shoreline is moist, muddy and slippery. Be careful. -- Edited by throwinmetal a...
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bono
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?? spent the goooood part of the day with bono and a friend of mine on the puuuu dident catch put learned some new skills to use next time i go out..all i can say about bono is he knows his s---...i guess that comes from living on the water like he has....THANKS ALOT BONO....
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Fly Fisherman article on "stockers vs. natives"
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The March issue has an interesting and informational article on the effect of the CA stocking program on trout fisheries and ecosystems throughout the state under the Stream Watch byline by Deanna Spooner.? Unfortunately they did not post it as a freebie on their website. It provides a review of the...
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Hey you fly tiers, take a look....
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Check out the fly tying section for info on a fly swap I'm trying to put together. Need 8 more guys to join in.
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My pics at putah...
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sorry they have taken so long, i know its only been a month, figured id get them and post them asap, here you go. thought i had more pics of the putah fish, but i took a lot of the AR steelhead i have been catch. you can check those out in my 2/6 AR post. here are the pics of the putah fish and pig. i am supposed to ha...
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Cat question
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I was fishing the creek a few weeks ago and I think I saw a large cat between the road and the creek around mile marker 1.8.? Has anyone ever seen a mountain lion in the area?? I attempted to scoot after it but then my senses took hold and I made a beeline to another area.? Granted my view was obscured by brush b...
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SEXING
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How do you tell the difference between a male and hen trout?
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Feb 6
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Well....?? I took a lot of pictures...?? ate my roastbeef sandwich...? and thats just about it!!! Water still looked like yoohoo at the island.? Didnt wanna move upstream, but just sitting and listening to the creek relaxed me a bit.
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Fishing sunday......any takers?
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I got my drivers lsicense ( i cant spell it though ;) so i can go places now yeah!!!!!! who wants to fish sunday?????!?!?!?!?!?! hit me up ill be round :)? ill go anyuwhere thats within an hour and a half
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Has anybody Been to Putah creek this week?
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Has anybody been to putah this week? How is the?water?s it clearing up? Im Thinking of heading up tomorow. Also please read the post by Frog under the other rivers and streams forum. It is about a possable closure of the American river. -- Edited by timmosazz at 06:00, 2008-02-06
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This coming weekend
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How do you guys think this weekend will be? I have a 99% chance of going to putah for friday-monday. Just gotta get some tippets, and repair my waders and I am good to go.
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wind
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How do you tell its gonna be windy at Putah? Is there a windy season like Summer? If it is windy in Vacaville, will it be the same at Putah?
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stan
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? whats the latest for the lower stan?????????
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all of uu
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??? out of curiosity who is the oldest person on this blog...IM 53
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Flows 29 Jan 2008
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The flows dropped back down into the 60's this morning.? Does anyone what know what the current water clarity is like in the creek and the lake?? The lake level was at about 82% of capacity?as of?Monday.? It's still got a way to go before?the Glory Hole spills.? Last year it made it to about 93% of capacit...
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Cream with your coffee (anyone)?
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I went out to the creek today just to take a hike and check the water color.? Surprisingly, driving up towards the dam there were green areas between muddy brown, that is, green between the feeder creeks dumping in mud.? Between the dam and where the dry Creek on the Canyon Resort property dumps in, the w...
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Steelhead Spotted!
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A buddy of mine has some property in Healdsburg that has a small trib to the Russian running through it. He was up there last weekend and took these pics. These are adult WILD fish!
See if you can spot the steelhead. He said this is the earliest he's seen them up there in past years.
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Don't Fish on the Redds; General Discussion
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Ok as we all know, there was a post started by "THE CAPTAIN" about an "UNETHICAL GUIDE" that was deleted the other day.?Every single one of?us did not take this guide fishing the redds lightly, and a few of us?took it to the next level. It was deleted for that purpose.?I myself?wo...
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how long does putah take to clear
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?? After a big rain on average how long does it take Putah to clear so that it is fishable?? Would it be fishable by monday or tuesday??? Does the lake get dirty?? I fish the lower Quinault river in washington and when Lake Quinalt gets dirty the Lower Quinault is usually out for about a month just wonderin...
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Ready to hear from a newbie?
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Hello to all! I am new to this website and new to Fly Fishing. No subject here just would like to say that I cant wait to learn more about this amazing sport. Just to see a fish being caught by delivering most natural presentation absolutely blows my mind. Thank you God for giving us such? beautiful rivers...
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