Putah Creek Fly Fishing

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...

101fish · 101fish

Took the canoe out today today with the roommate...puttered around the top of solano for a net total of one strike. Then moved up below the dam. Saw some fisherman fishing above the resort there, seemed to be doing ok when we went by. When we made it up to the pond the move was worth it....

drhays · drhays

What is your favorite combination when using a dropper. I like to use a red X-Tend Abody Midge on top with a hare's ear as the dropper. I think the red attracts the fish. I get most of my fish on the dropper. Good Fishing to all.

shon42073 · shon42073

I thought this may be interesting topic. The question is what 5 dryflys and what 5 wets would you use if those were the only 10 you could use in putah creek? Any of you guys ever stop and pickup some fly's at the winter's store? I got a few red midges last weekend and everyone single one of them startin...

Mike Markwith · Mike Markwith

After reading your greats posts practically every day for a couple of years now, I am finally going to fish Putah with a friend on Thursday. Any suggestions for a newbie to this area? I believe there are five major areas to park, but any pointers on where to start and a coupl...

PattyJ · PattyJ

I fished behind the Resort for two days this weekend and caught nothing! I got some good hits from some smaller trout using Blue Dunns. I actually saw a small greyish fly buzz across the water and get taken down by a small trout. My fly looks much like the real fly. They were jum...

MotoGP · MotoGP

Im a novice when it comes to knowing when and where fish spawn and that seems to be a concern on this page for this time of year. So a few questions are what kind of water and or bedding on the bottom does this occure (also areas on the creek to avoid). Also Ive caught some rainbows that are a real bright...

Clayton · Clayton

Hit the creek with my brother from 8am to 12am. only managed 1 fish at about 10inches. saw alot of what looked like pre-spawn behavior so we stayed away from that area. the creeks lookin really pretty now, it was great to finally get out again. Good luck everybody, Clayton

Brundoggy · Brundoggy

Went out today from 8-430. Started out down by access 3, didn't have any luck. Moved up below th resort just above the fast water. There were 10 to 12 fish in the 20+ range just setting in the riffle. I tried everything I had, dries, nymphs. They look, but no takers. They would occassionally hit on t...

edog7 · edog7

Fished today hooked and landed a rainbow 24inches long. It was very skinny and did not fight at all I think it already spawned, it reminded me of a spawned out steelhead. Do the fish typically spawn now or is this one just early. edog

shon42073 · shon42073

fished nearly 6 hours saturday and i will say putah kicked my butt, been doin pretty decent lately and only managed 2 12 inch wild bows yesterday, think i am having a little trouble adjusting to the winter flows, seems like most spots are just too shallow to hold fish, good example is the riffle ar...

jcombs · jcombs

What are the current flows? The site I use says 531. Is this true?

chemdoc · chemdoc

I was up at the Silver Fork yesterday, and while standing is a pool, noticed the largest rainbow I have seen in that river, about 18 in long. It was only about 10 ft away and in less than a foot of water. I thought perhaps it was spawning, but a friend, who is much more knowledgable about fish th...

edog7 · edog7

Went into my closet and found that my cat had chewed and snapped my flyline on both of my rods. I guess thats what I get for being lazy and not putting them away. They are both wf 6 floating lines and are are cut about 4 feet from where the leader attaches. Question is this repairable or do I need to but new...

lightfoot · lightfoot

Played hookie from house duties today and headed up to the creek arriving just after noon. Geared up and started fishing a section below the old caretakers trailer (seems there was a fire there and the trailer is gone now). I had a couple of grabs and landed 1 fish around 12" or so on a #18 red midge. I reali...

JT · JT

I just checked the flows, and they appear to have jumped from 77 cfs to 590 cfs in a period of an hour. A change like that can put a serious damper on the fishing. If true, why would they change the flows so quickly? The glory hole couldn't be spilling over yet.

bono · bono

Last Thurs afternoon/eve I fished Putah with my buddy Ricky aka "Ricardo" Lopez at access #3.Ricky got there late and only was able to fish about an hour,but I was able to get about 3 hours of quality fish time.With the low flows I decided to start off with very small flies but managed only one fish within...

101fish · 101fish

Went out in the afternoon/evening with a friend of mine in the canoe. Took it up below the dam, the water is really low, btw. Caught several on small woolly buggers, (color scheme is a secret) with a zug bug dropper, one of the best days I have had in a long time. Caught 1 over 20 and real...

beachboy · beachboy

Hi everybody: This is my 1st posting to the forum. A little background on me: My username indicates that most of the time I spend surf casting big topwater lures for stripers, and pulling out the 10 weight on the rare occasions where the Pacific Ocean is calm enough and the fi...

MotoGP · MotoGP

When I cant get up to the creek to fish because of lesser important things like school, and yard work and so on (J/k), I really enjoy looking at the photos. In a way they kinda bring me to the creek even when I cant be there. So if you have any new one's could you post them because like I said I really enjoy them a...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	12/24 (Preview)	keith bigelow	1	553	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	537	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	1709	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	586	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	861	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	971	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	481	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	510	Dec 9, 2006 by Matt R
	Flows (Preview) Are flows really at 43?	Matt	3	599	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	960	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	1114	Dec 7, 2006 by shon42073
	12/2 (Preview) Took the canoe out today today with the roommate...puttered around the top of solano for a net total of one strike. Then moved up below the dam. Saw some fisherman fishing above the resort there, seemed to be doing ok when we went by. When we made it up to the pond the move was worth it....	101fish	6	1076	Dec 6, 2006 by shon42073
	droppers (Preview) What is your favorite combination when using a dropper. I like to use a red X-Tend Abody Midge on top with a hare's ear as the dropper. I think the red attracts the fish. I get most of my fish on the dropper. Good Fishing to all.	drhays	3	676	Dec 2, 2006 by shon42073
	putah fly selection (Preview) I thought this may be interesting topic. The question is what 5 dryflys and what 5 wets would you use if those were the only 10 you could use in putah creek? Any of you guys ever stop and pickup some fly's at the winter's store? I got a few red midges last weekend and everyone single one of them startin...	shon42073	2	782	Nov 30, 2006 by Xnjb707X
	Fishing Thursday (Preview) After reading your greats posts practically every day for a couple of years now, I am finally going to fish Putah with a friend on Thursday. Any suggestions for a newbie to this area? I believe there are five major areas to park, but any pointers on where to start and a coupl...	Mike Markwith	4	772	Nov 28, 2006 by 101fish
	Nov 25 & 26 (Preview) I fished behind the Resort for two days this weekend and caught nothing! I got some good hits from some smaller trout using Blue Dunns. I actually saw a small greyish fly buzz across the water and get taken down by a small trout. My fly looks much like the real fly. They were jum...	PattyJ	4	808	Nov 27, 2006 by Frenchie
	What to look for? (Preview) Im a novice when it comes to knowing when and where fish spawn and that seems to be a concern on this page for this time of year. So a few questions are what kind of water and or bedding on the bottom does this occure (also areas on the creek to avoid). Also Ive caught some rainbows that are a real bright...	MotoGP	1	716	Nov 23, 2006 by lightfoot
	nov 23 (Preview) Hit the creek with my brother from 8am to 12am. only managed 1 fish at about 10inches. saw alot of what looked like pre-spawn behavior so we stayed away from that area. the creeks lookin really pretty now, it was great to finally get out again. Good luck everybody, Clayton	Clayton	0	507	Nov 23, 2006 by Clayton
	Nov 20 (Preview) Went out today from 8-430. Started out down by access 3, didn't have any luck. Moved up below th resort just above the fast water. There were 10 to 12 fish in the 20+ range just setting in the riffle. I tried everything I had, dries, nymphs. They look, but no takers. They would occassionally hit on t...	Brundoggy	3	860	Nov 22, 2006 by Brundoggy
	nov 15th (Preview) Fished today hooked and landed a rainbow 24inches long. It was very skinny and did not fight at all I think it already spawned, it reminded me of a spawned out steelhead. Do the fish typically spawn now or is this one just early. edog	edog7	6	1113	Nov 20, 2006 by chemdoc
	novemeber 11th (Preview) fished nearly 6 hours saturday and i will say putah kicked my butt, been doin pretty decent lately and only managed 2 12 inch wild bows yesterday, think i am having a little trouble adjusting to the winter flows, seems like most spots are just too shallow to hold fish, good example is the riffle ar...	shon42073	3	1110	Nov 14, 2006 by JT
	Bogus Flows? (Preview) What are the current flows? The site I use says 531. Is this true?	jcombs	3	776	Nov 8, 2006 by JT
	When do Rainbows Spawn? (Preview) I was up at the Silver Fork yesterday, and while standing is a pool, noticed the largest rainbow I have seen in that river, about 18 in long. It was only about 10 ft away and in less than a foot of water. I thought perhaps it was spawning, but a friend, who is much more knowledgable about fish th...	chemdoc	3	1519	Nov 5, 2006 by JT
	my flyline broke can I repair it? (Preview) Went into my closet and found that my cat had chewed and snapped my flyline on both of my rods. I guess thats what I get for being lazy and not putting them away. They are both wf 6 floating lines and are are cut about 4 feet from where the leader attaches. Question is this repairable or do I need to but new...	edog7	3	2182	Nov 4, 2006 by Nohackle
	short report (Preview) Played hookie from house duties today and headed up to the creek arriving just after noon. Geared up and started fishing a section below the old caretakers trailer (seems there was a fire there and the trailer is gone now). I had a couple of grabs and landed 1 fish around 12" or so on a #18 red midge. I reali...	lightfoot	0	675	Nov 4, 2006 by lightfoot
	Flows 11/04 (Preview) I just checked the flows, and they appear to have jumped from 77 cfs to 590 cfs in a period of an hour. A change like that can put a serious damper on the fishing. If true, why would they change the flows so quickly? The glory hole couldn't be spilling over yet.	JT	3	616	Nov 4, 2006 by lightfoot
	Yellow Jacket Fly (Preview) Last Thurs afternoon/eve I fished Putah with my buddy Ricky aka "Ricardo" Lopez at access #3.Ricky got there late and only was able to fish about an hour,but I was able to get about 3 hours of quality fish time.With the low flows I decided to start off with very small flies but managed only one fish within...	bono	9	2173	Nov 3, 2006 by bono
	10-29 (Preview) Went out in the afternoon/evening with a friend of mine in the canoe. Took it up below the dam, the water is really low, btw. Caught several on small woolly buggers, (color scheme is a secret) with a zug bug dropper, one of the best days I have had in a long time. Caught 1 over 20 and real...	101fish	3	989	Nov 2, 2006 by Otter
	My first trip to Putah - Crayfish (Preview) Hi everybody: This is my 1st posting to the forum. A little background on me: My username indicates that most of the time I spend surf casting big topwater lures for stripers, and pulling out the 10 weight on the rare occasions where the Pacific Ocean is calm enough and the fi...	beachboy	3	1375	Oct 27, 2006 by shon42073
	New Photos (Preview) When I cant get up to the creek to fish because of lesser important things like school, and yard work and so on (J/k), I really enjoy looking at the photos. In a way they kinda bring me to the creek even when I cant be there. So if you have any new one's could you post them because like I said I really enjoy them a...	MotoGP	2	747	Oct 27, 2006 by Matt
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