Putah Creek Fly Fishing

edog7 · edog7

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...

shon42073 · shon42073

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...

TMS · TMS

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...

bobcb · bobcb

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...

JT · JT

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...

Brundoggy · Brundoggy

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

bono · bono

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...

JT · JT

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,...

shon42073 · shon42073

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...

timmosaz · timmosaz

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...

Shark Diver · Shark Diver

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...

JT · JT

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...

jdogg · jdogg

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?

Frenchie · Frenchie

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...

JT · JT

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...

shon42073 · shon42073

Decided to pickup a sink tip line today and was wondering if theres anything i should expect as i have never tried this before, i plan on swinging some larger flies such as wooly buggers and maybe some steelhead flies. I do find that when i am fishing deep with shot on a floating line i tend to have some trou...

bono · bono

Took a canoe trip with my two boys down a stretch of creek from Diversion dam downstream to the town of Winters.The float takes about 3 hours if you dont stop and fish much,and is really something special.We saw lots of wildlife including a whole bunch of Mountain lion tracks.I did fish a little and land...

flyfishfreak · flyfishfreak

Hello all, I figured I would post today's report since I had some spare time. The weather was overcast, no rain and spots of sunshine here and there. I got on the water a couple hours later than I wanted (around 10a), so I started at #4 and fished the ox-bow abit upstream...

Daara · Daara

howdy, today there were overcast skies w/ patches of sun, no rain. Fish were every were at the bridge, no shortage. Hooked 3 landed 0. The flies the trout were going for were WD-40, Zebra nymph, and the other pattern they were goin for were eggs. Saw a bunch of folks steppin all over a redd, told em to w...

keith bigelow · keith bigelow

lightfoot · lightfoot

Well I played hookie from work and spent a couple of hours on the creek this morning. With all the rain we had Thursday it didn't seem to have any inpact on the water levels or clarity but it might have hampered my fish catching abilities...yeah yeah thats my excuse. Lots of Hooded and Common Mer...

Xnjb707X · Xnjb707X

A friend and myself after a fishing day decided to go look below the deversioin dam and see if there were any salmon hold'n up (because of all the hear say) and sure enough there was atlest 10 to 15 huge salmon splashing around, and they were probily in the 25 to 30+ " range. It was just a awso...

shon42073 · shon42073

hoping to make it up to putah tommorrow, weather permitting. and was curious if anyone's been out the last few days and hows the water clarity, since this is my first winter on the creek was actually curious to know if putah gets blown out easily, it dosent look like a creek that would. hopfully th...

fisherperson · fisherperson

I fished on Wednesday in the bridge area and had a wonderful time. It was heavy overcast and lots of bugs were out, and the fish were eating. I used a caddis pattern as an indicator with a small nymph (brassie, midge, bwo, etc.) about 18" under it with a tiny split, and fished faster water.&n...

Walt · Walt

Was considering fishing Putah on Monday but wasn't sure how the rain would impact fishing. So far the flows haven't changed much. Would be very interested in opinions of those with more experience fishing the creek after storms such as this. Appreciate any comments.

bono · bono

If any of you-all are interested,a very good non-profit org by the name of Putah Creek Council does alot of very good things for the lower Putah creek,meaning from Diversion dam,downstream to the delta.They sometimes are involved in projects in the inter dam area meaning the areas that we all typica...

Matt R · Matt R

Hey Eric from San Ramon I've got your license. Picked it up last night in the #2 parking lot. Get with me somehow someway. Matt R.

Matt · Matt

Are flows really at 43?

Mike Markwith · Mike Markwith

Thanks for the advice on fishing Putah Creek. We did a lot of exploring and found some pretty good water. My buddy and I fished areas 1, 2 and 3 yesterday for about six hours. We caught three on red WD-40s and zebra midges (size 18). Two were 12-inchers and one was a nice 19-inch...

Xnjb707X · Xnjb707X

I had a pretty good day at the creek this morning, above access #2. Only fished for about 3 hours but I landed 3, and lost 2. I was happy that I finally found a spot where I didn't see any redds. So I knew i was in for some good fishing. Here is a pic of the 17 " bow I caught right when I was lea...

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	Have to get this off my chest (Preview) 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...	edog7	17	2718	Feb 5, 2007 by dtp916
	looking at a new rod. (Preview) 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...	shon42073	15	1671	Feb 1, 2007 by shon42073
	Report 1-29-07 (Preview) 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...	TMS	0	839	Jan 30, 2007 by TMS
	When do the fish move back to the lake? (Preview) 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...	bobcb	11	1434	Jan 28, 2007 by JT
	20 Jan 2006 (Preview) 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...	JT	4	1062	Jan 26, 2007 by JT
	Article in The Reporter (Preview) 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	Brundoggy	0	843	Jan 22, 2007 by Brundoggy
	Fishing regs (Preview) 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...	bono	8	1346	Jan 21, 2007 by shon42073
	Friday the 12th (Preview) 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,...	JT	6	1223	Jan 18, 2007 by timmosaz
	odd trout behavoir (Preview) 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...	shon42073	12	1465	Jan 14, 2007 by dumbpig
	Saturday the 14th (Preview) 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...	timmosaz	0	876	Jan 14, 2007 by timmosaz
	Love this creek! (Preview) 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...	Shark Diver	1	858	Jan 11, 2007 by MotoGP
	Spawning beds (Preview) 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...	JT	0	849	Jan 9, 2007 by JT
	white spots on trout? (Preview) 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?	jdogg	8	12521	Jan 6, 2007 by shon42073
	12/29 1 Otter, 1 Bob Cat, 0 Fish (Preview) 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...	Frenchie	2	1044	Jan 4, 2007 by MotoGP
	02 Jan 2006 (Preview) 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...	JT	2	887	Jan 3, 2007 by JT
	fishing a sink tip??? (Preview) Decided to pickup a sink tip line today and was wondering if theres anything i should expect as i have never tried this before, i plan on swinging some larger flies such as wooly buggers and maybe some steelhead flies. I do find that when i am fishing deep with shot on a floating line i tend to have some trou...	shon42073	3	1101	Dec 31, 2006 by Nohackle
	lower putah report (Preview) Took a canoe trip with my two boys down a stretch of creek from Diversion dam downstream to the town of Winters.The float takes about 3 hours if you dont stop and fish much,and is really something special.We saw lots of wildlife including a whole bunch of Mountain lion tracks.I did fish a little and land...	bono	3	1143	Dec 30, 2006 by bono
	12/23 report (Preview) Hello all, I figured I would post today's report since I had some spare time. The weather was overcast, no rain and spots of sunshine here and there. I got on the water a couple hours later than I wanted (around 10a), so I started at #4 and fished the ox-bow abit upstream...	flyfishfreak	12	2142	Dec 29, 2006 by bono
	12/15 (Preview) howdy, today there were overcast skies w/ patches of sun, no rain. Fish were every were at the bridge, no shortage. Hooked 3 landed 0. The flies the trout were going for were WD-40, Zebra nymph, and the other pattern they were goin for were eggs. Saw a bunch of folks steppin all over a redd, told em to w...	Daara	0	569	Dec 25, 2006 by Daara
	12/24 (Preview)	keith bigelow	1	776	Dec 24, 2006 by Patrick
	rain impact and trip report (Preview) Well I played hookie from work and spent a couple of hours on the creek this morning. With all the rain we had Thursday it didn't seem to have any inpact on the water levels or clarity but it might have hampered my fish catching abilities...yeah yeah thats my excuse. Lots of Hooded and Common Mer...	lightfoot	0	700	Dec 22, 2006 by lightfoot
	a sight to see (Preview) A friend and myself after a fishing day decided to go look below the deversioin dam and see if there were any salmon hold'n up (because of all the hear say) and sure enough there was atlest 10 to 15 huge salmon splashing around, and they were probily in the 25 to 30+ " range. It was just a awso...	Xnjb707X	12	1911	Dec 18, 2006 by Fishmom
	water conditions (Preview) hoping to make it up to putah tommorrow, weather permitting. and was curious if anyone's been out the last few days and hows the water clarity, since this is my first winter on the creek was actually curious to know if putah gets blown out easily, it dosent look like a creek that would. hopfully th...	shon42073	1	769	Dec 16, 2006 by Nohackle
	report and fishing the redds (Preview) I fished on Wednesday in the bridge area and had a wonderful time. It was heavy overcast and lots of bugs were out, and the fish were eating. I used a caddis pattern as an indicator with a small nymph (brassie, midge, bwo, etc.) about 18" under it with a tiny split, and fished faster water.&n...	fisherperson	3	1071	Dec 16, 2006 by fisherperson
	fishing conditions (Preview) Was considering fishing Putah on Monday but wasn't sure how the rain would impact fishing. So far the flows haven't changed much. Would be very interested in opinions of those with more experience fishing the creek after storms such as this. Appreciate any comments.	Walt	6	1181	Dec 10, 2006 by Walt
	Putah Volunteers (Preview) If any of you-all are interested,a very good non-profit org by the name of Putah Creek Council does alot of very good things for the lower Putah creek,meaning from Diversion dam,downstream to the delta.They sometimes are involved in projects in the inter dam area meaning the areas that we all typica...	bono	0	669	Dec 9, 2006 by bono
	Fishing license FOUND on 12/08 (Preview) Hey Eric from San Ramon I've got your license. Picked it up last night in the #2 parking lot. Get with me somehow someway. Matt R.	Matt R	2	683	Dec 9, 2006 by Matt R
	Flows (Preview) Are flows really at 43?	Matt	3	798	Dec 9, 2006 by bono
	Nov. 30--Putah (Preview) Thanks for the advice on fishing Putah Creek. We did a lot of exploring and found some pretty good water. My buddy and I fished areas 1, 2 and 3 yesterday for about six hours. We caught three on red WD-40s and zebra midges (size 18). Two were 12-inchers and one was a nice 19-inch...	Mike Markwith	9	1143	Dec 8, 2006 by lightfoot
	12/06 (Preview) I had a pretty good day at the creek this morning, above access #2. Only fished for about 3 hours but I landed 3, and lost 2. I was happy that I finally found a spot where I didn't see any redds. So I knew i was in for some good fishing. Here is a pic of the 17 " bow I caught right when I was lea...	Xnjb707X	10	1352	Dec 7, 2006 by shon42073
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