Putah Creek Fly Fishing

Digital Sickness · Digital Sickness

Speaking of browns, on Friday 6/16 I went out in the afternoon when it was 104 degrees, at about 3pm. I hooked into a monster brown! I had the sucker on for about 20 minutes and just couldn't land him. He didnt start to come to the surface tell the end, and I say he cause when he came to the surface he h...

JT · JT

I've noticed that there are quite a few waterboatmen and backswimmers in Lake Solano and the slower areas on the creek. Does anyone know of any good patterns to imitate them? I'm sure the fish would tear 'em up.

ConcordBob · ConcordBob

I see where a lot of folks view this site, but how come no one has anything to discuss or share ? Is it because we either fish Putah Creek or one of the local lakes/resevoirs and there really isn't much to talk about ? I realize a lot of good trout fishing can be had up north and that we all are limited in terms...

edog7 · edog7

fished last friday landed 4 lost 7, dont know why I lost so many fish just one of those days. Second time fishing the creek. Hooked 3 very nice nice fish. Had two fish come up and hit my indicator so decided to throw on an egg patern same color as my indicator(bright orange) immediately hooked 3 fish lost...

JT · JT

I fished the creek today for a couple of hours. I don't think that I have ever had such a bad landed/hooked ratio. I hooked 8 fish but only landed 2: one a little hatchery fish, the other a 14 inch football. I thought the one was a lot bigger because of how fat he was. ...

ArcherDude · ArcherDude

I was up at Putah for the first time a little while back and ran into a couple of fly fishermen who told me I couldn't fish from the bridge to the dam, that only members of the resort can fish that stretch. So I turned around and ran into another guy who told me I couldn't fish downstream from the bridge...

opdinnerout · opdinnerout

Fished below the bridge early, with the flows where they are a lot of weight is needed to get the bugs in the feeding lanes. Landed two nice fish both 18"-20" (putah footballs) and failed to land a few others. Usual suspects...micro mayflies , pts, and hairs ears. Outnumbered by spin fisherman 5...

strip4bigtail · strip4bigtail

hello, I have just started fishing putah and dont know much about the creek. ( only caught a couple of small bows) I have only ever fished by the bridge and the damn, are these spots too heavily fished, (poached trout)? i guess what i am trying to get at is, are the down stream accesses better in te...

chemdoc · chemdoc

I see that something has changed on the flow link. It no longer has the historical data and covers an entire year instead of 31 days. Is there any chance we can get back the original link? Phil

Matt · Matt

Hey Everyone, I am heading to the creek tomorrow and I was wondering what flies I should bring. I always take some midges along, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend any other flies that I can tie up before I go. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt

shon42073 · shon42073

fished 9 hours and got 8 fish 6 planters and 2 wild, one wild was 12 inches other was 16 inches. not great results but after all catching fish is just a bonus. flows are high but not unfishable, gotta concentrate on small areas at a time and be pateint. I found the resort area right below monticello damn ver...

ConcordBob · ConcordBob

I have fished Putah Creek a number of times. Usually I have used bait however I am also a flyfisherman. I find the waters to be challenging..usually strong flows around the nice rocky areas and some really deep stretches which make wading impossible. I've fished...

Alan C · Alan C

First trip to the creek this year, there were lots of people but everyone got along fine. I took two friends that had never fly fished before one would not listen to advice and got skunked the other guy paid attention and and got his first fish on a fly rod,...

JT · JT

I know it's been over a week, but I fished below the bridge on the evening of May 19th after my last final exam. The final went well and the fishing was okay. It rained the whole time I was there so I wasn't fighting any crowds. I caught two fish, one hatchery and one native. It was...

101fish · 101fish

If anyone lost a trout net (about 16 inches long, shallow dip-net) on Putah, I found one stuck behind a tree right above Lake Salono today. PM me if you lost it, and think it might be yours. Fishing was a little different today, caught 5, missed 3, but they were far between.

JL · JL

Got out for a few hours on Tuesday. Hooked two nice fish in the riffle below access #5 on a small black zebra midge. Landed one. Got one more near the split, but was a dink. Like Yukon Mike - I spent a LOT of time getting the moss off my rig. JL

101fish · 101fish

Can you wade across the creek to the island (right above Salono) yet? Anyone been having much luck? I cant take this anymore, gonna go hit it up this weekend.

shon42073 · shon42073

i was curious if anyone has ever had good luck fishing below the solano lake diversion dam. i caught one 12 inch planter down there the other day, i only tried for about 20 mins at the end of my day. someone told me years ago that there were some big browns down there, could this be true? i have had some really...

chemdoc · chemdoc

I went over to access 5 this morning after seeing that the flows had supposedly dropped to 772 cfs overnight. After having my van broken into in February at the same access, I parked on the highway in plain sight, hoping that it would deter thieves. Unfortunately, that was not the case.&n...

zpomp · zpomp

We all read about the unfortunate happenings on the creek, and we should be more aware of where we park, and what we leave in our vehicles. Thanks Doc for info!!! With that said...How's da fishin..? Anyone fishing out there. I fished up by the resort last weekend and hooked up w...

bigcountryxj · bigcountryxj

hello i`m new a stream fishing and fishing it`s my second year fishing and a friend of mine told me about putah creek i went on opening day and man it was crazy. i hope some one can give me tips on fishing the creek and where to go i tried near the first bridge. well any help well do more than i have no...

101fish · 101fish

I checked the flows this morning, they were at 64 cpf!

Is this a typo on the website, or did the creek just drop 5 ft? Can anyone confirm this? That is really weird.

Davetyer · Davetyer

Fished on Sunday - find the side channels that have short deep runs and back eddys

- hooked 9, landed 8, nothing over 16 inches, 3 natural, 5 planters. Used #10 weighted prince nymph, #16 cream bead headed emerger, #16 tan fox's poopah, caught fish on all 3 with the prince nymph per...

sbritten · sbritten

It's nice to see that putah's water levels are declining (slowly), but i'm hoping that since we recieved so much rain this winter/spring, they won't release as much water this summer for farming; maybe summer levels will be more like fall levels this year! Does anyone think this is possible?&...

jcombs · jcombs

I go to UC Davis and I was just wondering if anyone knows of any other places to fish while the creek is flooded. I'll fish for anything. Bass, trout, panfish, you name it. Thanks for the help.

lightfoot · lightfoot

You remember this? EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 81,000 ft3/s, Feb. 27, 1940, gage height, 30.5 ft, present datum, from rating curve extended above 30,000 ft3/s; no flow Sept. 6-15, 1950, July 26 to Sept. 1, Sept. 6-9, 1955. Since completion of Monti...

rich · rich

I've read the posts about opening weekend. I've got to be the biggest idiot in the Bay area, I thought NEXT weekend was the opener.

fishingitup · fishingitup

Will the creek be fishable this weekend??????? I see the flows are 1800 and dropping fast????

JT · JT

I headed up to creek to check out the flows yesterday between classes. At 7140 cfs, they were incredible! The creek has since receeded to 6500 cfs. We saw some changes in the areas around the creek with the last high water and I'm sure we'll see many more changes when the flows...

sbritten · sbritten

This pretty much sucks

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	browns (Preview) Speaking of browns, on Friday 6/16 I went out in the afternoon when it was 104 degrees, at about 3pm. I hooked into a monster brown! I had the sucker on for about 20 minutes and just couldn't land him. He didnt start to come to the surface tell the end, and I say he cause when he came to the surface he h...	Digital Sickness	3	941	Jun 23, 2006 by bono
	Waterboatmen (Preview) I've noticed that there are quite a few waterboatmen and backswimmers in Lake Solano and the slower areas on the creek. Does anyone know of any good patterns to imitate them? I'm sure the fish would tear 'em up.	JT	3	784	Jun 18, 2006 by JT
	Why no posts ? (Preview) I see where a lot of folks view this site, but how come no one has anything to discuss or share ? Is it because we either fish Putah Creek or one of the local lakes/resevoirs and there really isn't much to talk about ? I realize a lot of good trout fishing can be had up north and that we all are limited in terms...	ConcordBob	6	930	Jun 17, 2006 by bono
	last friday 6/2 (Preview) fished last friday landed 4 lost 7, dont know why I lost so many fish just one of those days. Second time fishing the creek. Hooked 3 very nice nice fish. Had two fish come up and hit my indicator so decided to throw on an egg patern same color as my indicator(bright orange) immediately hooked 3 fish lost...	edog7	4	951	Jun 17, 2006 by bono
	15 June (Preview) I fished the creek today for a couple of hours. I don't think that I have ever had such a bad landed/hooked ratio. I hooked 8 fish but only landed 2: one a little hatchery fish, the other a 14 inch football. I thought the one was a lot bigger because of how fat he was. ...	JT	1	686	Jun 17, 2006 by bono
	Putah access (Preview) I was up at Putah for the first time a little while back and ran into a couple of fly fishermen who told me I couldn't fish from the bridge to the dam, that only members of the resort can fish that stretch. So I turned around and ran into another guy who told me I couldn't fish downstream from the bridge...	ArcherDude	3	760	Jun 17, 2006 by bono
	6/13 (Preview) Fished below the bridge early, with the flows where they are a lot of weight is needed to get the bugs in the feeding lanes. Landed two nice fish both 18"-20" (putah footballs) and failed to land a few others. Usual suspects...micro mayflies , pts, and hairs ears. Outnumbered by spin fisherman 5...	opdinnerout	0	571	Jun 13, 2006 by opdinnerout
	golden stone hatch?? (Preview) hello, I have just started fishing putah and dont know much about the creek. ( only caught a couple of small bows) I have only ever fished by the bridge and the damn, are these spots too heavily fished, (poached trout)? i guess what i am trying to get at is, are the down stream accesses better in te...	strip4bigtail	1	710	Jun 9, 2006 by JT
	Putah Creek Flow Link? (Preview) I see that something has changed on the flow link. It no longer has the historical data and covers an entire year instead of 31 days. Is there any chance we can get back the original link? Phil	chemdoc	1	617	Jun 4, 2006 by keith bigelow
	Hot Flies ? (Preview) Hey Everyone, I am heading to the creek tomorrow and I was wondering what flies I should bring. I always take some midges along, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend any other flies that I can tie up before I go. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt	Matt	5	861	Jun 4, 2006 by Rasheiney
	fished this last sunday (Preview) fished 9 hours and got 8 fish 6 planters and 2 wild, one wild was 12 inches other was 16 inches. not great results but after all catching fish is just a bonus. flows are high but not unfishable, gotta concentrate on small areas at a time and be pateint. I found the resort area right below monticello damn ver...	shon42073	6	1296	Jun 4, 2006 by Rasheiney
	Fishing Putah (Preview) I have fished Putah Creek a number of times. Usually I have used bait however I am also a flyfisherman. I find the waters to be challenging..usually strong flows around the nice rocky areas and some really deep stretches which make wading impossible. I've fished...	ConcordBob	2	676	Jun 3, 2006 by ConcordBob
	5/28/06 (Preview) First trip to the creek this year, there were lots of people but everyone got along fine. I took two friends that had never fly fished before one would not listen to advice and got skunked the other guy paid attention and and got his first fish on a fly rod,...	Alan C	0	553	May 31, 2006 by Alan C
	May 19th (Preview) I know it's been over a week, but I fished below the bridge on the evening of May 19th after my last final exam. The final went well and the fishing was okay. It rained the whole time I was there so I wasn't fighting any crowds. I caught two fish, one hatchery and one native. It was...	JT	0	533	May 30, 2006 by JT
	Net found (Preview) If anyone lost a trout net (about 16 inches long, shallow dip-net) on Putah, I found one stuck behind a tree right above Lake Salono today. PM me if you lost it, and think it might be yours. Fishing was a little different today, caught 5, missed 3, but they were far between.	101fish	0	541	May 27, 2006 by 101fish
	Tuesday Fishing (Preview) Got out for a few hours on Tuesday. Hooked two nice fish in the riffle below access #5 on a small black zebra midge. Landed one. Got one more near the split, but was a dink. Like Yukon Mike - I spent a LOT of time getting the moss off my rig. JL	JL	0	614	May 24, 2006 by JL
	Putah Question (Preview) Can you wade across the creek to the island (right above Salono) yet? Anyone been having much luck? I cant take this anymore, gonna go hit it up this weekend.	101fish	4	1085	May 24, 2006 by 101fish
	trout below solano lake dam ??? (Preview) i was curious if anyone has ever had good luck fishing below the solano lake diversion dam. i caught one 12 inch planter down there the other day, i only tried for about 20 mins at the end of my day. someone told me years ago that there were some big browns down there, could this be true? i have had some really...	shon42073	1	882	May 18, 2006 by bono
	Another #@*%$ Break-In (Preview) I went over to access 5 this morning after seeing that the flows had supposedly dropped to 772 cfs overnight. After having my van broken into in February at the same access, I parked on the highway in plain sight, hoping that it would deter thieves. Unfortunately, that was not the case.&n...	chemdoc	18	1562	May 9, 2006 by JT
	"Lets Talk Fishing! (Preview) We all read about the unfortunate happenings on the creek, and we should be more aware of where we park, and what we leave in our vehicles. Thanks Doc for info!!! With that said...How's da fishin..? Anyone fishing out there. I fished up by the resort last weekend and hooked up w...	zpomp	1	702	May 9, 2006 by Patrick
	new a fishing (Preview) hello i`m new a stream fishing and fishing it`s my second year fishing and a friend of mine told me about putah creek i went on opening day and man it was crazy. i hope some one can give me tips on fishing the creek and where to go i tried near the first bridge. well any help well do more than i have no...	bigcountryxj	2	688	May 8, 2006 by bono
	Flows (Preview) I checked the flows this morning, they were at 64 cpf! Is this a typo on the website, or did the creek just drop 5 ft? Can anyone confirm this? That is really weird.	101fish	6	978	May 8, 2006 by bono
	Fished Sunday (Preview) Fished on Sunday - find the side channels that have short deep runs and back eddys - hooked 9, landed 8, nothing over 16 inches, 3 natural, 5 planters. Used #10 weighted prince nymph, #16 cream bead headed emerger, #16 tan fox's poopah, caught fish on all 3 with the prince nymph per...	Davetyer	0	657	May 2, 2006 by Davetyer
	Putah Creek (Preview) It's nice to see that putah's water levels are declining (slowly), but i'm hoping that since we recieved so much rain this winter/spring, they won't release as much water this summer for farming; maybe summer levels will be more like fall levels this year! Does anyone think this is possible?&...	sbritten	1	710	May 1, 2006 by lightfoot
	Other Places to Fish While Putah is Flooded (Preview) I go to UC Davis and I was just wondering if anyone knows of any other places to fish while the creek is flooded. I'll fish for anything. Bass, trout, panfish, you name it. Thanks for the help.	jcombs	6	1149	Apr 29, 2006 by lightfoot
	Hey Bono...Rain (Preview) You remember this? EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 81,000 ft3/s, Feb. 27, 1940, gage height, 30.5 ft, present datum, from rating curve extended above 30,000 ft3/s; no flow Sept. 6-15, 1950, July 26 to Sept. 1, Sept. 6-9, 1955. Since completion of Monti...	lightfoot	4	1242	Apr 27, 2006 by yukon mike
	What an idiot.... (Preview) I've read the posts about opening weekend. I've got to be the biggest idiot in the Bay area, I thought NEXT weekend was the opener.	rich	0	706	Apr 26, 2006 by rich
	Fishing this weekend (Preview) Will the creek be fishable this weekend??????? I see the flows are 1800 and dropping fast????	fishingitup	2	671	Apr 26, 2006 by Fishermans Friend
	Flows (Preview) I headed up to creek to check out the flows yesterday between classes. At 7140 cfs, they were incredible! The creek has since receeded to 6500 cfs. We saw some changes in the areas around the creek with the last high water and I'm sure we'll see many more changes when the flows...	JT	3	945	Apr 18, 2006 by Clayton
	Still raining (Preview) This pretty much sucks	sbritten	2	872	Apr 6, 2006 by sbritten
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