Putah Creek Fly Fishing

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...

shon42073 · shon42073

I recently fished putah with a freind who was bait fishing, yeah i know bait fishin is a terrible thang but anyways. He caught several small what i beleive was a type of sculpin, looked alot like a sal****er "bullhead". So i was thinking that a large streamer that resembled these may be a good choice to us...

101fish · 101fish

Are the really jumping 100 or so cfps then dropping back down every couple of days, or is the system messing up? IT would not be the first time the system messed up, but then if they are working on the damn that could mess it up as well. If this is really happening, how does dramatic changes lik...

Walt · Walt

The flows appear to have dropped dramatically today based on the chart (if reported flows are accurate - - I know that sometimes these are not accurate). Anyone fish this afternoon? How do drops of this magnitude impact the fishing?

shon42073 · shon42073

i think the extreme changes in flows are making for poor fishing. any opinions on this ? I fished all day today and only managed 6 fish landed, average length was 12 inches, all came on red san juan worm and a black leech.

edog7 · edog7

Fished today creek was very low, looked like a river at tidewater when the tide was out all the rocks were sticking out with wet moss all over them. Anyways landed a few fish but was a frustrating day. I lost every fish that had any size to it, I lose more fish on Putah creek than any other place that I fish....

Resolute · Resolute

Hello all, I'm a newbie and I noticed on your posts that some of you use a dry-dropper rig. Can anyone explain that to me with the lengths of all intervals and where to put the splitshots? I was also on another site looking up some Nymphing techniques and I found this: http://www.napav...

JT · JT

I stopped by the creek for about an hour in the morning. I had to meet up with a group from school to work on a project. I figured that I couldn't waste the trip to Davis on the weekend without stopping at the creek. I hooked three fish but landed none. I had one fish, about 19", ten...

dmcc · dmcc

My son is a beginner fly fisher. We want to come to Putah Creek. What kind of flies does he need and where can we get them? Can he fish from the side? Also, someone told me that the creek is too high to fish now. Is that true? -- Edited by dmcc at 14:05, 2006-07-05

Resolute · Resolute

I've seen lots of top water action during the summer months right before you get to the island. I've fished it a few times and haven't had so much as a lick. I would fish it, get nothing, and a bait and chuck guy would throw his in and pull out a trout. How frustrating! Has anyone had...

MotoGP · MotoGP

Be careful out there, it's FRIDAY the 13th. So, today I wont go near the water or my equipment for fear of jinxing it, but ill walk under a ladder or cross a black cats path. Scary stuff!!! So if you don't catch anything don't cry about it, I warned you!!!

MotoGP · MotoGP

I use a 3.5 pound 6x tippet and Ive had two fish break me off twice. The fish were in the 20 inch range, but I figure that should be strong enough. So my questions are... What size tippet do you guys use when nymphing putah? Do you think that i may possibly have too much tension on my line whe...

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	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	1270	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	858	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	959	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	956	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	1078	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	933	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	674	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	1059	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	1342	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	1296	Nov 14, 2006 by JT
	Bogus Flows? (Preview) What are the current flows? The site I use says 531. Is this true?	jcombs	3	979	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	1739	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	2433	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	869	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	842	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	2450	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	1169	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	1670	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	923	Oct 27, 2006 by Matt
	streamers? (Preview) I recently fished putah with a freind who was bait fishing, yeah i know bait fishin is a terrible thang but anyways. He caught several small what i beleive was a type of sculpin, looked alot like a sal****er "bullhead". So i was thinking that a large streamer that resembled these may be a good choice to us...	shon42073	7	1365	Oct 26, 2006 by bono
	what is going on with the flows? (Preview) Are the really jumping 100 or so cfps then dropping back down every couple of days, or is the system messing up? IT would not be the first time the system messed up, but then if they are working on the damn that could mess it up as well. If this is really happening, how does dramatic changes lik...	101fish	2	1001	Oct 24, 2006 by Brundoggy
	creek flows (Preview) The flows appear to have dropped dramatically today based on the chart (if reported flows are accurate - - I know that sometimes these are not accurate). Anyone fish this afternoon? How do drops of this magnitude impact the fishing?	Walt	12	1547	Oct 23, 2006 by lightfoot
	flows (Preview) i think the extreme changes in flows are making for poor fishing. any opinions on this ? I fished all day today and only managed 6 fish landed, average length was 12 inches, all came on red san juan worm and a black leech.	shon42073	2	790	Oct 22, 2006 by Nohackle
	10/16 (Preview) Fished today creek was very low, looked like a river at tidewater when the tide was out all the rocks were sticking out with wet moss all over them. Anyways landed a few fish but was a frustrating day. I lost every fish that had any size to it, I lose more fish on Putah creek than any other place that I fish....	edog7	0	801	Oct 16, 2006 by edog7
	Different Nymphing Techniques (Preview) Hello all, I'm a newbie and I noticed on your posts that some of you use a dry-dropper rig. Can anyone explain that to me with the lengths of all intervals and where to put the splitshots? I was also on another site looking up some Nymphing techniques and I found this: http://www.napav...	Resolute	8	1399	Oct 16, 2006 by flyfishfreak
	Saturday the 14th (Preview) I stopped by the creek for about an hour in the morning. I had to meet up with a group from school to work on a project. I figured that I couldn't waste the trip to Davis on the weekend without stopping at the creek. I hooked three fish but landed none. I had one fish, about 19", ten...	JT	0	728	Oct 15, 2006 by JT
	New fly fisherman (Preview) My son is a beginner fly fisher. We want to come to Putah Creek. What kind of flies does he need and where can we get them? Can he fish from the side? Also, someone told me that the creek is too high to fish now. Is that true? -- Edited by dmcc at 14:05, 2006-07-05	dmcc	7	1431	Oct 14, 2006 by Resolute
	Right Before the Island (Preview) I've seen lots of top water action during the summer months right before you get to the island. I've fished it a few times and haven't had so much as a lick. I would fish it, get nothing, and a bait and chuck guy would throw his in and pull out a trout. How frustrating! Has anyone had...	Resolute	4	1127	Oct 14, 2006 by Resolute
	Fly fishermen are weird like this! (Preview) Be careful out there, it's FRIDAY the 13th. So, today I wont go near the water or my equipment for fear of jinxing it, but ill walk under a ladder or cross a black cats path. Scary stuff!!! So if you don't catch anything don't cry about it, I warned you!!!	MotoGP	2	771	Oct 13, 2006 by KHB
	What am I doing wrong? (Preview) I use a 3.5 pound 6x tippet and Ive had two fish break me off twice. The fish were in the 20 inch range, but I figure that should be strong enough. So my questions are... What size tippet do you guys use when nymphing putah? Do you think that i may possibly have too much tension on my line whe...	MotoGP	6	1164	Oct 10, 2006 by Nohackle
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