Putah Creek Fly Fishing

greg · greg

As a newbie to the Putah, I undersatnd that the creek flows are subject to the upstream dam, however why are there such large fluctuations and why is the flow down all the time in the winter? Is it always low in the winter?

brian clemens · brian clemens

do you remember that show, ya well thats what happened to me on the 12th, putah showed me whos the boss! what a day. so me and eric started at 5, work up to the old damn, and we both caught a few lost a few. then moved to the bridge area, where at that time it started to rain hard, meet flygirl, nice meeting you fl...

mykissman · mykissman

It was a dark and stormy night, well it was cloudy, windy, and threatening rain. I fished from 3:30 to 7:00 above #1? in a couple of spots and saw only one other fisherman on the opposite bank.? It was actually very beautiful out, colors and contrast. I had some action, 3 little ones and than a 12" and...

JT · JT

I fished the creek Saturday morning with chucktheduck.? The flows had dropped quite a bit, and the fishing was tough.? We came across a monster brown in a deep depression behind some rocks.? Chucktheduck made a couple of casts to him when, out of nowhere, the fish rocketed out of the water right in fron...

Shark Diver · Shark Diver

Hi All, As you know we play with some very big fish each year at this time. I missed last weeks adventure to Isla Guadalupe and fished Putah instead. It was a toss-up. Catch a pile of great little fighters under clear skies and perfect conditions....or miss a once-in-a-lifetime Great White Shark attac...

iamamultitasker · iamamultitasker

Now that the flows have been choked back, I am curious about how deep we should be fishing.? It seems to me that fast water dictates that fish are either going to be at the seam of slow/fast water or right on the bottom behind a rock.? With slower water the fish can be anywhere. I've not fished this creek muc...

Flyfish_addict · Flyfish_addict

Hey guys, I'm coming in from out of town on business and was wanting to sneak away Tuesday afternoon to the Putah but I just noticed the flows were dropping rapidly....is it still fishable ? I've fished the Putah a couple of other times but it was always 250-500 cfs....any advice appreciated.? Thanks,...

ez · ez

? HEY BRIAN?? WHAT ABOUT THE SNAKES???? SEEN PICS.. NEED I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM....?????

ez · ez

? in my last message i meant to say??? im not to good at this...to much coffee this a.m. SORRY

JL · JL

So, with horrible traffic, my pleasant Friday evening of fishing turned into a mad scramble to get on the creek in time to catch a few. Got on the creek about 6:00 which nowadays is 1 hour from dark.? Got a few grabs tightlining, nothing to hand. Got up to a certain 'rock' and got three fish to hand, biggest...

shon42073 · shon42073

Chuck's post on finding fish on putah got me thinking about something I'd like to ask your guys opinion on. When it comes to current how fast do you guys think is to fast to hold fish. Do any of ya actually have success in fast white water sections, Like the one at access #1 below the long slow section, that w...

Frenchie · Frenchie

After drifting the Lower Sac on Saturday I stopped in to fish Putah on Sunday for a couple of hours. Caught a nice rainbow?within a few minutes time and then almost stepped on a rattle snake?when crossing the island at access point 3.? It didn't give any pre-warning and I didn't see it until I was only a fe...

ChucktheDuck · ChucktheDuck

It has been said that 90% of the fish hold in 10% of the water.? So I was wondering if the10% of the fishermen who catch 90% of the fish would be willing to reflect on some types of water that 90% of fish hold in 10% of the time.? Good, now that everyone is thoroughly confused I was basically trying to narrow do...

keith bigelow · keith bigelow

I saw this notice on the Napa Valley Fly Fishers Web Site about their Putah Creek Cleanup Day.? Maybe we can get a group together to join them. November 17 is Putah Creek Cleanup Day. Meet at parking area 1, cleanup from 9-noon, lunch and raffle from 12:00 - 1:00, and then fishem' if you brought em'! http:...

mk · mk

hi everyone -- this is a cool website/message board?you have. while searching around, I noticed an old post on float tubing in the upper part of Solano lake.? my questions is, is now a productive time to do that, or have the fish mostly moved up higher in the river?? any insight is helpful. thanks, matt

JT · JT

I got out of lab early today, so I had to make a run for the creek.? I took a look in one of my fly boxes and realized that I was running low on two of my favorite patterns--that figures!? I tied a few of each and a few of a new pattern that I've been working on (a drowned bwo).? Then, I was off to the creek.? I got the...

brian clemens · brian clemens

well i use my normal 3x to first fly 5x to second fly, i dont keep my tippet in the car or near heat or anything like that, was doing some tying last night, and noticed that i keep on breakin my 5x tippet everytime i tightened a tie on my fly, so then just pulled a peice off the spool pulled and snap, i was like ok m...

brian clemens · brian clemens

just wondering how is the fishing when its raining at putah, is it harder easier, i know the fish cant spot you or your indicator as well. looks like there is a 60% chance of rain on friday, so eric and annie if you are gonna go bring your rain jackets, and ill be in my military gortex, but wait then you might n...

Matt R · Matt R

Not fly fishing but a few of you know what I've been up to lately on the weekends.? Its been a great deer season with perfect weather at times.? After passing on several legal but smaller variety of blacktails. My buddy Gary and I went back deep into the hills in search of the big ones that we knew were out th...

brian clemens · brian clemens

well were do i start. got my new redington yesterday in the mail. and eric got his flies, so knew we would have a decent day. went to a spot that jl told me about, def a lil walk to get back there, but can see why its soooo good. had a few on think about 4 all popped off, lilwhippersnapper, ERIC, also hooked into...

Xnjb707X · Xnjb707X

?It's been along time since i threw out a post, and its been a real long while since i fished the creek, well about 5 weeks. Which is way too long for me not to be fishing (since i usially fish the creek 2-3 times aweek, for the past 5 years), but?my time off from the creek was?all for good reason with my wife ju...

ChucktheDuck · ChucktheDuck

It was a good afternoon out on the creek Saturday. I stopped outside access three at around 3pm and worked the pocket water up from there with a #18 BWO and a #22 midge pupae dropper. It was slow at first, hooked a nice 15-16" bow that shook me off almost instantly. Moved upstream a little and fished f...

brian clemens · brian clemens

well just got off the phone with them, looks like they will be replacing the broken part, and hopefully the will also take a look at the loose handle, just think that part needs reglueing, i should have my st croix imperial 9ft 5wt 4pc back to me by the 19th, which as you all know is a friday, and my fishing da...

JL · JL

So - Jcombs and I hit the creek about 2:30 and as soon as we got in the water, I noted that the flows seemed higher than on Friday.? (Jordan -? you'll recall me mentioning that a few times).? When I got home I checked, and sure enough, they bumped them by 60 CFS - but it seemed like more than that to me.? Well, as...

JL · JL

It's amazing what a difference a week makes.? MX-19 - that rock produced zero fish for me today, but the fast water below and above produced countless natives to 17 inches. I spent the afternoon fighting my way through bushes and fast water to get to areas that haven't been fished in a while.? Seemed lik...

Otter · Otter

On Saturday I was fishing on the far side of the creek and thought I was seeing double.? I hooked a fat fish and almost had the fish to net but he decided that he would hold in the current.? I was watching the fish in the clear water and there was an almost identical image in the current.? Both fish were 18 to 20...

bigjohn · bigjohn

Greetings, It has been a while since I've posted but I have been jealously reading about all the activity at Putah Creek. This last Saturday I had a chance to get up there (coming from San Jose). Boy did I miss this place, it being the place I first caught a fish on a fly, a thrill I will never forget. Anyway,...

Lahontan · Lahontan

Hey All.... I've been lurking about the board since late August.? You are one hilarious crew!? Been tempted to post, but kind of held myself quiet out of respect, and not sure what I could contribute. A big public shout out THANKS to you all for being so entertaining and helpful. I was feeling Brian's pa...

jcombs · jcombs

I am currently using a 4x leader with 5x tippet and I have been breaking fish off at the knot that connects my leader to my tippet. I recently switched from a double surgeon's knot to an orvis knot to make this connection stronger. However, I am wondering if I can buy a higher quality tippet to make this con...

jcombs · jcombs

Caught three small native bows this afternoon in 2 hours of fishing. One came on a size 16 pt and the other 2 on a size 18 pt. Only one long distance release. Overall, it was a great time at Putah creek. -- Edited by jcombs at 20:56, 2007-10-05

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Putah Flows (Preview) As a newbie to the Putah, I undersatnd that the creek flows are subject to the upstream dam, however why are there such large fluctuations and why is the flow down all the time in the winter? Is it always low in the winter?	greg	8	877	Oct 17, 2007 by bono
	WHOS THE BOSS?? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) do you remember that show, ya well thats what happened to me on the 12th, putah showed me whos the boss! what a day. so me and eric started at 5, work up to the old damn, and we both caught a few lost a few. then moved to the bridge area, where at that time it started to rain hard, meet flygirl, nice meeting you fl...	brian clemens	31	1421	Oct 16, 2007 by opdinnerout
	October 9 evening (Preview) It was a dark and stormy night, well it was cloudy, windy, and threatening rain. I fished from 3:30 to 7:00 above #1? in a couple of spots and saw only one other fisherman on the opposite bank.? It was actually very beautiful out, colors and contrast. I had some action, 3 little ones and than a 12" and...	mykissman	27	1132	Oct 15, 2007 by LilWhippersnapper
	14 October 2007 (Preview) I fished the creek Saturday morning with chucktheduck.? The flows had dropped quite a bit, and the fishing was tough.? We came across a monster brown in a deep depression behind some rocks.? Chucktheduck made a couple of casts to him when, out of nowhere, the fish rocketed out of the water right in fron...	JT	2	621	Oct 15, 2007 by JT
	OT-Our Fish Are Bigger-And Meaner Too! (Preview) Hi All, As you know we play with some very big fish each year at this time. I missed last weeks adventure to Isla Guadalupe and fished Putah instead. It was a toss-up. Catch a pile of great little fighters under clear skies and perfect conditions....or miss a once-in-a-lifetime Great White Shark attac...	Shark Diver	9	787	Oct 15, 2007 by brian clemens
	Question about fishing depth. (Preview) Now that the flows have been choked back, I am curious about how deep we should be fishing.? It seems to me that fast water dictates that fish are either going to be at the seam of slow/fast water or right on the bottom behind a rock.? With slower water the fish can be anywhere. I've not fished this creek muc...	iamamultitasker	4	701	Oct 15, 2007 by JT
	What's up with the flow? (Preview) Hey guys, I'm coming in from out of town on business and was wanting to sneak away Tuesday afternoon to the Putah but I just noticed the flows were dropping rapidly....is it still fishable ? I've fished the Putah a couple of other times but it was always 250-500 cfs....any advice appreciated.? Thanks,...	Flyfish_addict	5	666	Oct 14, 2007 by brian clemens
	REPTIALES (Preview) ? HEY BRIAN?? WHAT ABOUT THE SNAKES???? SEEN PICS.. NEED I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM....?????	ez	2	782	Oct 14, 2007 by ez
	oh oh (Preview) ? in my last message i meant to say??? im not to good at this...to much coffee this a.m. SORRY	ez	10	676	Oct 14, 2007 by ez
	Friday evening 13th and Saturday morning 14th oct (Preview) So, with horrible traffic, my pleasant Friday evening of fishing turned into a mad scramble to get on the creek in time to catch a few. Got on the creek about 6:00 which nowadays is 1 hour from dark.? Got a few grabs tightlining, nothing to hand. Got up to a certain 'rock' and got three fish to hand, biggest...	JL	2	495	Oct 14, 2007 by JT
	how fast is to fast ? (Preview) Chuck's post on finding fish on putah got me thinking about something I'd like to ask your guys opinion on. When it comes to current how fast do you guys think is to fast to hold fish. Do any of ya actually have success in fast white water sections, Like the one at access #1 below the long slow section, that w...	shon42073	5	743	Oct 13, 2007 by JL
	Sunday September 30th (Preview) After drifting the Lower Sac on Saturday I stopped in to fish Putah on Sunday for a couple of hours. Caught a nice rainbow?within a few minutes time and then almost stepped on a rattle snake?when crossing the island at access point 3.? It didn't give any pre-warning and I didn't see it until I was only a fe...	Frenchie	20	1025	Oct 13, 2007 by WytEurp
	Finding fish on Putah (Preview) It has been said that 90% of the fish hold in 10% of the water.? So I was wondering if the10% of the fishermen who catch 90% of the fish would be willing to reflect on some types of water that 90% of fish hold in 10% of the time.? Good, now that everyone is thoroughly confused I was basically trying to narrow do...	ChucktheDuck	12	887	Oct 13, 2007 by cole
	Putah Creek Cleanup Day Nov. 17th (Preview) I saw this notice on the Napa Valley Fly Fishers Web Site about their Putah Creek Cleanup Day.? Maybe we can get a group together to join them. November 17 is Putah Creek Cleanup Day. Meet at parking area 1, cleanup from 9-noon, lunch and raffle from 12:00 - 1:00, and then fishem' if you brought em'! http:...	keith bigelow	13	757	Oct 13, 2007 by bono
	floating upper Solano (Preview) hi everyone -- this is a cool website/message board?you have. while searching around, I noticed an old post on float tubing in the upper part of Solano lake.? my questions is, is now a productive time to do that, or have the fish mostly moved up higher in the river?? any insight is helpful. thanks, matt	mk	2	576	Oct 13, 2007 by bono
	10 October 2007 (Preview) I got out of lab early today, so I had to make a run for the creek.? I took a look in one of my fly boxes and realized that I was running low on two of my favorite patterns--that figures!? I tied a few of each and a few of a new pattern that I've been working on (a drowned bwo).? Then, I was off to the creek.? I got the...	JT	7	1378	Oct 12, 2007 by JT
	question about tippet (Preview) well i use my normal 3x to first fly 5x to second fly, i dont keep my tippet in the car or near heat or anything like that, was doing some tying last night, and noticed that i keep on breakin my 5x tippet everytime i tightened a tie on my fly, so then just pulled a peice off the spool pulled and snap, i was like ok m...	brian clemens	7	1221	Oct 10, 2007 by brian clemens
	FISHING PUTAH IN THE RAIN (Preview) just wondering how is the fishing when its raining at putah, is it harder easier, i know the fish cant spot you or your indicator as well. looks like there is a 60% chance of rain on friday, so eric and annie if you are gonna go bring your rain jackets, and ill be in my military gortex, but wait then you might n...	brian clemens	10	870	Oct 10, 2007 by Matt R
	Here's one for steaks, caught but no release (Preview) Not fly fishing but a few of you know what I've been up to lately on the weekends.? Its been a great deer season with perfect weather at times.? After passing on several legal but smaller variety of blacktails. My buddy Gary and I went back deep into the hills in search of the big ones that we knew were out th...	Matt R	7	1026	Oct 9, 2007 by Matt R
	BLESSED FROM THE PIG GODS (Preview) well were do i start. got my new redington yesterday in the mail. and eric got his flies, so knew we would have a decent day. went to a spot that jl told me about, def a lil walk to get back there, but can see why its soooo good. had a few on think about 4 all popped off, lilwhippersnapper, ERIC, also hooked into...	brian clemens	25	1015	Oct 9, 2007 by mykissman
	It's been awhile (Preview) ?It's been along time since i threw out a post, and its been a real long while since i fished the creek, well about 5 weeks. Which is way too long for me not to be fishing (since i usially fish the creek 2-3 times aweek, for the past 5 years), but?my time off from the creek was?all for good reason with my wife ju...	Xnjb707X	6	667	Oct 8, 2007 by JL
	Sat. Oct. 6 (Preview) It was a good afternoon out on the creek Saturday. I stopped outside access three at around 3pm and worked the pocket water up from there with a #18 BWO and a #22 midge pupae dropper. It was slow at first, hooked a nice 15-16" bow that shook me off almost instantly. Moved upstream a little and fished f...	ChucktheDuck	2	528	Oct 8, 2007 by Matt R
	my st croix rod at st croix (Preview) well just got off the phone with them, looks like they will be replacing the broken part, and hopefully the will also take a look at the loose handle, just think that part needs reglueing, i should have my st croix imperial 9ft 5wt 4pc back to me by the 19th, which as you all know is a friday, and my fishing da...	brian clemens	0	429	Oct 8, 2007 by brian clemens
	Sunday afternoon - flows up and fish down (Preview) So - Jcombs and I hit the creek about 2:30 and as soon as we got in the water, I noted that the flows seemed higher than on Friday.? (Jordan -? you'll recall me mentioning that a few times).? When I got home I checked, and sure enough, they bumped them by 60 CFS - but it seemed like more than that to me.? Well, as...	JL	3	682	Oct 8, 2007 by brian clemens
	Oct 5th afternoon - another epic (Preview) It's amazing what a difference a week makes.? MX-19 - that rock produced zero fish for me today, but the fast water below and above produced countless natives to 17 inches. I spent the afternoon fighting my way through bushes and fast water to get to areas that haven't been fished in a while.? Seemed lik...	JL	11	938	Oct 8, 2007 by JT
	Double Vision (Preview) On Saturday I was fishing on the far side of the creek and thought I was seeing double.? I hooked a fat fish and almost had the fish to net but he decided that he would hold in the current.? I was watching the fish in the clear water and there was an almost identical image in the current.? Both fish were 18 to 20...	Otter	21	1015	Oct 7, 2007 by shon42073
	Last Saturday 09/29 (Preview) Greetings, It has been a while since I've posted but I have been jealously reading about all the activity at Putah Creek. This last Saturday I had a chance to get up there (coming from San Jose). Boy did I miss this place, it being the place I first caught a fish on a fly, a thrill I will never forget. Anyway,...	bigjohn	7	1026	Oct 7, 2007 by LilWhippersnapper
	Sat, Oct 6 , Do Trout Laugh? (Preview) Hey All.... I've been lurking about the board since late August.? You are one hilarious crew!? Been tempted to post, but kind of held myself quiet out of respect, and not sure what I could contribute. A big public shout out THANKS to you all for being so entertaining and helpful. I was feeling Brian's pa...	Lahontan	4	871	Oct 7, 2007 by brian clemens
	Problems with tippet breakage ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I am currently using a 4x leader with 5x tippet and I have been breaking fish off at the knot that connects my leader to my tippet. I recently switched from a double surgeon's knot to an orvis knot to make this connection stronger. However, I am wondering if I can buy a higher quality tippet to make this con...	jcombs	31	2524	Oct 6, 2007 by bono
	October 5th (Preview) Caught three small native bows this afternoon in 2 hours of fishing. One came on a size 16 pt and the other 2 on a size 18 pt. Only one long distance release. Overall, it was a great time at Putah creek. -- Edited by jcombs at 20:56, 2007-10-05	jcombs	2	327	Oct 5, 2007 by jcombs
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