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Feb 16,17
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Well after a heartbraking day on Putah I was relieved to see that others shared my misfortune (except JT? ).? Fished all day on wednesday up the creek and back from #3 to #1 with #20 flashback pheasant tails and got nothing.? Not even a nibble.? Fished all day friday in all the same spots and struc...
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I got a new rod
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I just bought a new 9'?Yellowstone 4 pc. 5 weight rod, and a new Pflueger Trion 1934 reel. Is this a good rod and reel? Got it all for $230.
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2/13
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Hit the creek about 4 pm to see if the fish were still biting.? I fished my go to spot and am happy to say the fish are still biting.? Landed 3 on three different flies.? One on a size 18 micro mayfly, one on a size 16 tan and olive Barr emerger and one on a size 22 neon green midge.? The water is a little off color,...
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Spawning Redds
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Hey everyone I'm new to the board and also to Putah.? She's been kicking my butt lately but I'm not giving up!? Anyways I was looking over the forum and I had some concern over a post about a guy walking all over the redds of some fish.? I realized that I don't know what they look like or wha...
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Here is why I'm leaving...
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POST removed by "kbigelow", the webmaster. This type of language will NOT be tolerated !!!!!!!!! -- Edited by?kbigelow at 07:53, 2007-02-10 -- Edited by bono at 07:53, 2007-02-10
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10 Feb 2007
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I fished the creek again this morning.? The flows dropped another 10 CFS since yesterday.? They were already too low yesterday.? Yesterday they were at 55 CFS, and?today they were 45 CFS.? Anyway, the hole?that I found fish in yesterday was void of fish.? I moved to a slow-moving deeper hole and found...
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09 Feb 2007
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I fished the creek this morning.? It started out really slow.? The creek was a little lower than it has been.? At the first spot I fished there was a nice hatch going on, but I only saw one fish.? I couldn't find any takers, so I moved on to greener pastures.? The next spot had a nice Baetis hatch as well....
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Need a rod and reel
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I'm looking for a new rod and reel, and was wondering what the best 250 dollar combo is? I'm a new fly fisherman, so I don't know what the good rods and reels are.  Any advice? -- Edited by LilWhippersnapper at 19:57, 2007-02-06
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new rod&reel
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A while back i asked you guys on advice on purchasing a new setup, i must say thanx for all your advice, i casted a few sage rods, not as many as i wanted, but i decided on my original plan and purchased a thomas& thomas 8 foot 3 peice 4 weight rod,rod is meduim action?,a abel super series reel, and a rio. g...
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Report for 2/6 and 2/8
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I got out for a couple of hours Tuesday and today.? I caught several fish each time, but it does seem to be slower than last week.? There was a little rain this morning, but the water is still very clear. All but one fish was caught on a size 16 olive Mercer's Micromayfly.? My top fly (a BWO nymph) was ign...
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Report for 2-1 and 2-3
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This was?my first time Fly Fishing. On?Feb. 1st?I fished all day and caught 1 about 8 inches. Still had a great time though. Flies I used were the red copper john, WD40, and one I think is called the May Olive. Saw a couple of fish caught It was a thursday so I had the creek to myself. Only spot I saw people fis...
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Report 2/7
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Got out on the water today with my buddy around 10:30. Water was super low, making fishing tough. We hooked into a few fish that morning, I caught a couple 10-11 inchers that fell for a #18 black midge larva, and a 16" that ate a #20 Black Beadhead Olive Midge larva. My buddy caught his 3 on a "som...
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jan. 27th a good day on putah
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Today i fished btween areas #4 and #5, at least 15 fish hooked and 9 landed, all between 14 and 16 inches with one going 17 inches, this was a really good feeling after going the last 3 trips without a single bite, all fish were caught in one specific run, they were stacked up like cord wood most of...
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Run and Gun
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Some tips for people that don't like to fish in crowds.? Try fishing new areas each time you go out to the creek.? I have been fishing Putah for about five or six years now, and I still am finding new areas to fish the creek.? If you catch a fish or two from one spot, take a hike upstream or downstream to tr...
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Putah Creek non-profit organization
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I am currently looking into starting an organization to protect the fish and Putah's surroundings in the inner dam region(the area we all fish).To date there is nobody doing this and I think it's about time.The issues to look at would include monitoring the flows with a wintertime increase...
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Have to get this off my chest
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I know this is going to piss people off but I have to write this. I go on this site a lot and read all the reports and for the most part its very informative but I feel like if you have a great day on Putah and catch 20 fish keep it to yourself, there are so many people that view this site on a daily basis that the amo...
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looking at a new rod.
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I want to purchase a 4 weight rod for the smaller sierra waters i plan to fish this year, i am most likely leaning towards a thomas and thomas lt. presentation lps 804-3 or an lps 764, and was wondering if anyone has experience with thomas and thomas rods and how you feel about them. I'd really like to hear f...
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Report 1-29-07
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Got out to the Creek for the first time this Winter. Fish the AM and had the creek to myself. I've forgotten what a good time of the year it is. Being able to wade in areas that are to deep in the Summer is fun. AM temps in the 40's-50's, little breeze and bright sunshine. Fished above and below the bridge and d...
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When do the fish move back to the lake?
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Three weeks ago I fished below the bridge and caught four nice fish, 14, 16, 17 and 21 inches in a couple of hours. On?18-20 zebra midges, 18-20 micro mayflies and a 14 PT. There were a lot of large fish swimming around and activity was high and other anglers were catching fish.?Yesterday I went back and i...
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20 Jan 2006
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I fished the creek on Saturday, the 20th.? I got there about noon and fished until about 4 pm.? There was a nice Baetis hatch, and the fish were rising all over the place.? I used a small mayfly, an egg, and a midge pupa.? At one point,?I even tried a caddis?pupa.? I hooked about 20 fish but only managed to la...
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Article in The Reporter
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Here is an article about salmon spawning in the creek below the diversion dam. Check it out: http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_5060741 Mike
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Fishing regs
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While guiding last Monday I encountered two individuals with spinning rigs with trebel hooks,I politeley told them that it is illegal.They in turn politeley told me that it was not because the regs state the use of barbless artificial lures is okay and says nothing about single hook or treble hook.S...
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Friday the 12th
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I fished the creek this morning with KHB. The day started out nice with no clouds in site, but it was freezing cold. The cold didn't bother me too much, though, because I was wearing LOTS of clothes. Anyway, the fishing was good. I hooked five and landed four--a 10"er,...
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JT
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odd trout behavoir
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Today i fished putah all day and didnt get anything, tried pretty much everything in the flybox. But i did see something i found very odd, this happened at least 6 different occasions today, there were very large trout 25 to 30 inches possibly larger that would out of know were just explode, tailwalk, p...
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Saturday the 14th
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Fished putah behind the campground store. Picked up the bigest trout I have aver had on a fly rod. Big I dont even know what a fish like this weighs. I would have to say over 5lbs easy. The fish was relly showing some color and had smoe serrious girth. Had him on for about 15 min and as I wa...
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Love this creek!
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Damn,
I added about 30K miles on the old SUV last year in search of good trout waters. From Mt.Whitneys Cottonwood Lakes to the Upper Sac and back. There wasn't a side water, riffle, or pond I didn't hit...hard.
I am happy to report that ol' Putah has them all beat and my CPF (cost per fish) has gon...
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Spawning beds
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I have seen quite few people standing in or walking across spawning beds in the past couple of weeks. When I've informed them what they were doing, most people have moved off of them with no problems. A couple of people are prideful and try to argue. I don't think they l...
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white spots on trout?
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fished putah creek on 12/30 for the second time(i think access 4). Didn't catch any thing, but saw alot of fish.A 4lber got about 5 feet of air trying to eat something. Saw some trout that looked awfully beat up, with big white spots on them, almost salmon looking. What are the spots from?
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12/29 1 Otter, 1 Bob Cat, 0 Fish
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My father and I started fishing by the lower camp ground, below the bridge, around 9:00am. A river otter started cruising the area and eating crayfish on the rocks....and scaring fish.
While the otter was munching away, a small bob cat jumped out of the woods to take the food away from the otte...
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02 Jan 2006
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I fished the creek on Tuesday. It was a really nice day with crowds at a minimum. There was a decent hatch of BWOs in the early afternoon. It was neat to see some of the monster fish actually rise to these tiny insects. I hooked some really nice fish but none in the net.&nb...
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