Putah Creek Fly Fishing

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

jcombs · jcombs

I am currently using a foam indicator. However, I am having troubling netting fish because the indicator will not slide through the guides. How do you guys get around this problem?

Packrat · Packrat

I saw a post by Bono in another thread where he mentions talking to DFG about designating Putah as a wild trout fishery. Making Putah a wild trout fishery would be a great idea. The only problem with that is since it's so close to an urban area there had better be some DFG enforcement on the regs., like a f...

mx19 · mx19

Worked the creek from mid day till evening.I wanted to fish a spot so bad I broke my rod down and crawled under the bushes and made a tunnel about 25 ft long...I have fished it before but the flows were always a lot lower and I was able to wade to it.I new if I could get to it at a higher flow it would be epic.That i...

Shark Diver · Shark Diver

Man, what a Tuesday I had on the creek. Normally I wait until late October and sight fish the bigguns who are milling around on the low flows. You gotta present to these guys just right or they just brush you off. I took some solid advice and went south of #5 and followed the river down to two sections of rive...

JL · JL

So, while Brian was busy breaking his new rod, I was busy setting?a new personal record for hooked fish, every single one a native, most between 10 and 17 inches, and countless - I mean countless hooked and lost PIGs.? I hooked a PIG that was so strong, the hook melted from the friction as it sped down stre...

JT · JT

I fished the creek this afternoon with Brian Clemens.? He was making me look bad when we started.? It was like I couldn't remember how to get a hit.? That was until I landed a FAT 19"er.? I got him on a drowned bwo pattern I've been working on.? I?hooked two fish that?were 20+".? They both broke...

brian clemens · brian clemens

i bet that title really gotcha wondering huh, and considering most of you know i had a great day on thursday with jt and i just got some new equipment, you figured?lets see what the?rookie got.?well the only thing epic about it is that on the third roll cast 5th of the morning SNAP, yup thats right broke th...

Shark Diver · Shark Diver

Howdy all, I am dropping by tomorrow for the day and wanted some good intel on where to fish. Usually in the winter I do not drop much past the bridge, sometimes about a mile past. Anyone have a good thought for fishing in late summer. Deep pools, close to the dam, the bridge? Thanks for the intel, makes the...

brian clemens · brian clemens

just wondering how do i go about using the bwo cdc emerger, it looks like thats what would work great in the morning time on putah, just tryin to up my chances in the morning its really slow for me until about 10 am, so whats good to use in the morning, and how do i use the emerger, thanks guys

Packrat · Packrat

Made it to the creek by 8:00 and started at #5. Had a nice fish on right off the bat on the second or third cast. It was about 14 inches and a wild fish. Hooked but did not land another from the same run a few casts later, same size possibly a little smaller. Moved up stream a little and caught another smaller pl...

flygirl1 · flygirl1

Had a good day yesterday with about 16 on and 9 landed...one 20 incher. Found three nice flies in one of the bushes by the creek...added them to my collection. Flow is getting lower which makes it so much easier for a smaller person like me to wade. Thank you Matt R for the dry fly lesson. I defintely need to...

deaddrift · deaddrift

ever think of starting some kind of club for all these nice people that are locals to get together and make friendships and fish the creek was just thinking this as I read your forum tonight maybe everyone should share their 2 cents like I said just a thought deaddrift

ChucktheDuck · ChucktheDuck

I made it out to the creek at about 6pm after work today.? Did a little streamer fishing around access 5 with no luck, but I was mostly just poking around and exploring.? Around sundown I began to notice some duns on the surface so I broke out my dip net an started taking a closer look.? I was surprised by the...

SCM · SCM

How do you differentiate?subtle takes?from your weight simply dragging on the bottom?? I fished the Creek yesterday with marginal success; one fish to hand, and several hard hits felt on the rod.??Throughout the day?I watched my indicator bounce and dive quite a bit, but I passed?these movements...

JL · JL

Got to the creek about 3:30 PM in my new favorite spot. No one else was in sight, which was cool by me, though I do look forward to fishing with my fellow posters some day. Tied on a #16 Pheasant tail and a black midge dropper. First cast, first fish, a native, who after 3 jumps (so awesome to see fish like that...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	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	1506	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	1340	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	1009	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	1159	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	1153	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	765	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	672	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	530	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	818	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	1045	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	1173	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	1157	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	1038	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	2774	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	426	Oct 5, 2007 by jcombs
	Indicator Woes (Preview) I am currently using a foam indicator. However, I am having troubling netting fish because the indicator will not slide through the guides. How do you guys get around this problem?	jcombs	9	856	Oct 5, 2007 by Nohackle
	Topic of a wild trout fishery on Putah (Preview) I saw a post by Bono in another thread where he mentions talking to DFG about designating Putah as a wild trout fishery. Making Putah a wild trout fishery would be a great idea. The only problem with that is since it's so close to an urban area there had better be some DFG enforcement on the regs., like a f...	Packrat	12	969	Oct 4, 2007 by Otter
	monday oct 1st reports "epic" (Preview) Worked the creek from mid day till evening.I wanted to fish a spot so bad I broke my rod down and crawled under the bushes and made a tunnel about 25 ft long...I have fished it before but the flows were always a lot lower and I was able to wade to it.I new if I could get to it at a higher flow it would be epic.That i...	mx19	10	1236	Oct 3, 2007 by mx19
	When it's good... (Preview) Man, what a Tuesday I had on the creek. Normally I wait until late October and sight fish the bigguns who are milling around on the low flows. You gotta present to these guys just right or they just brush you off. I took some solid advice and went south of #5 and followed the river down to two sections of rive...	Shark Diver	3	726	Oct 3, 2007 by brian clemens
	Sunday the 30th - it was an epic morning part deux (Preview) So, while Brian was busy breaking his new rod, I was busy setting?a new personal record for hooked fish, every single one a native, most between 10 and 17 inches, and countless - I mean countless hooked and lost PIGs.? I hooked a PIG that was so strong, the hook melted from the friction as it sped down stre...	JL	14	1010	Oct 2, 2007 by WytEurp
	Thursday, 27 Sep 2007 ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I fished the creek this afternoon with Brian Clemens.? He was making me look bad when we started.? It was like I couldn't remember how to get a hit.? That was until I landed a FAT 19"er.? I got him on a drowned bwo pattern I've been working on.? I?hooked two fish that?were 20+".? They both broke...	JT	32	1679	Oct 2, 2007 by brian clemens
	Sunday 30 Sept it was an epic morning (Preview) i bet that title really gotcha wondering huh, and considering most of you know i had a great day on thursday with jt and i just got some new equipment, you figured?lets see what the?rookie got.?well the only thing epic about it is that on the third roll cast 5th of the morning SNAP, yup thats right broke th...	brian clemens	18	1058	Oct 2, 2007 by JT
	Suggestions-where to and what for tomorrow (Preview) Howdy all, I am dropping by tomorrow for the day and wanted some good intel on where to fish. Usually in the winter I do not drop much past the bridge, sometimes about a mile past. Anyone have a good thought for fishing in late summer. Deep pools, close to the dam, the bridge? Thanks for the intel, makes the...	Shark Diver	5	666	Oct 1, 2007 by Shark Diver
	question on using a fly (Preview) just wondering how do i go about using the bwo cdc emerger, it looks like thats what would work great in the morning time on putah, just tryin to up my chances in the morning its really slow for me until about 10 am, so whats good to use in the morning, and how do i use the emerger, thanks guys	brian clemens	1	595	Oct 1, 2007 by Packrat
	Sunday the 23rd report (Preview) Made it to the creek by 8:00 and started at #5. Had a nice fish on right off the bat on the second or third cast. It was about 14 inches and a wild fish. Hooked but did not land another from the same run a few casts later, same size possibly a little smaller. Moved up stream a little and caught another smaller pl...	Packrat	14	1140	Sep 28, 2007 by shon42073
	Wed 9/26 (Preview) Had a good day yesterday with about 16 on and 9 landed...one 20 incher. Found three nice flies in one of the bushes by the creek...added them to my collection. Flow is getting lower which makes it so much easier for a smaller person like me to wade. Thank you Matt R for the dry fly lesson. I defintely need to...	flygirl1	4	664	Sep 28, 2007 by Matt R
	bono,just a thought ( 1 2 ) (Preview) ever think of starting some kind of club for all these nice people that are locals to get together and make friendships and fish the creek was just thinking this as I read your forum tonight maybe everyone should share their 2 cents like I said just a thought deaddrift	deaddrift	50	2907	Sep 25, 2007 by brian clemens
	Entomology ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I made it out to the creek at about 6pm after work today.? Did a little streamer fishing around access 5 with no luck, but I was mostly just poking around and exploring.? Around sundown I began to notice some duns on the surface so I broke out my dip net an started taking a closer look.? I was surprised by the...	ChucktheDuck	34	2237	Sep 24, 2007 by Matt
	Detecting Subtle Strikes While Nymphing (Preview) How do you differentiate?subtle takes?from your weight simply dragging on the bottom?? I fished the Creek yesterday with marginal success; one fish to hand, and several hard hits felt on the rod.??Throughout the day?I watched my indicator bounce and dive quite a bit, but I passed?these movements...	SCM	13	2259	Sep 24, 2007 by shon42073
	Sun 16th, afternoon to remember! (Preview) Got to the creek about 3:30 PM in my new favorite spot. No one else was in sight, which was cool by me, though I do look forward to fishing with my fellow posters some day. Tied on a #16 Pheasant tail and a black midge dropper. First cast, first fish, a native, who after 3 jumps (so awesome to see fish like that...	JL	26	1203	Sep 23, 2007 by JT
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