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9/24
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Fished the area around the bridge today and landed 5 fish from 6" to about 16". I hooked a very large fish that looked to be at least 22" to 24" that i fought for a few mins then took off downstream and tangled me around a boulder and log and snapped off. That fish pretty much did wh...
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GLMann
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Canoeing the Putah
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I was out that creek last saterday with a friend of mine, his first trip out on the creek. Did pretty well, 6 landed, from 8 in to 16 in all natives, and countless hook ups and strikes. Anyway, as we were walking above access 2 and later, above the capground by the damn, we both decided t...
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Steelhead ?
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Has anyone ever noticed that Putah is listed on the steelhead card and all rainbows over 16" are considered steelhead ?!? This strikes me as very odd, especially when F&G stocks rainbows in the creek that are somtimes pushing the 17" range. Am I really supposed to call those 1...
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Rigging for putah?
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I've made two trips to the creek this month and got skunked both times. I fished #5 over the island beneath the storm pipe and above the bridge at the north end of the campground. I have been drifting wd 40s, fox pupas, zebra heads and pheasant tails all small size 22 except the fox. I gotta figure I am not ge...
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Michael
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15 Sep
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Yesterday wasn't my best day on the creek. The wind was howling which made casting and mending difficult, and it was COLD. The past few times that I've fished the creek I have wet waded because it was too hot. Yesterday was a big change. I only hooked three fish and land...
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JT
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Cell Phone Reception on the Creek?
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Does anyone know if you get cell phone reception while fishing in the creek?
I have Nextel.
Thanks
-- Edited by flyfishmike at 16:14, 2006-09-08
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9/11
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Today was a pretty good day on the creek. I hooked eleven and landed three. Four of the fish hooked were 20"+ bruisers. I was only able to land one of these, a 21" rainbow. He took a #16 caddis pupa. One of the fish that got away was about 24".&n...
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JT
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this is getting old
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so me and my brother karl fished the creek today. we got out there around 430ish, we didnt really fish to much we were just exploring looking for new less crowded places.. well while we were walking threw the trees on the way back to the car i hear this really loud bang. so i ask karl if he heard it and he didnt...
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Clayton
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aug. 10th trip.
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fished from about 11 am to 5 p.m on saturday, didnt do to good hooked and landed 4 fish all were bueatiful wild rainbows 3 were about 12 inchers and just as i was about to leave i got a very hard fighting 16 incher. all were near access area three, i find alot of good spots to fish there but not many fish, i think...
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My Favorite Time of Year
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I love this time of year. My favorite time to fish the creek is when the flows are around 400 cfs. I have been hooking into some really nice fish the past couple of weeks. They haven't planted any fish for a while and the bait fishermen have been pounding away all Spring and Summer, so t...
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JT
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Labor Day
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When I pulled up on Labor Day, it reminded me of winter with all of the cars. There were quite a few people early, but luckily they didn't stay too long. They must have had barbecues to go to. It was a pretty good day on the creek. I hooked 12 fish and la...
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JT
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31 Aug 2006
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I haven't been able to fish the creek for a couple of months but made it out today. I fished for a few hours near the bridge and landed a fat 22" rainbow. I caught him on a #18 beadhead baetis nymph. I hooked a couple of other fish but didn't land them.
I coul...
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JT
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01 Sep 2006
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I was able to get up to the creek 2 days in a row. It was ridiculously hot, though. I sweated like crazy any time I wasn't in the water. I think next time I'll try wet wading. It will be nice and cool in the water but bearable when I'm walking from spot to spot. Anyway, I hooke...
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JT
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Greased line technique ?!?!?
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Can anyone please explain to me what a "greased line" technique is ? 
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rich
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creek flows????
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planning to hit it early tommorrow morning, just checking the flows and it reads 35 cfm, this is impossible, isn't it ? was reading 470 early today. anyways anyone been having any luck? I managed 3 fish last weekend for almost 6 hours, a 14 inch bright wild, a 8 inch planter, and a very nice looking holdov...
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shon42073
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How's Putah fishing?
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Hi Everyone,
I'm planning a putah trip on monday, but wanted to see if it was going to be worth the trip.
Any feedback, tips, access info would be helpful. I'm still not sure which access number is which. If by chance anyone fishes it monday the 21st, let's hook up for some coffee and fish stories.
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Tight_Lines
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Wading access?
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I am hoping to stop by Putah on my way home from Chico and was wondering if there are any other spots besides #5 and below 128 to wade fish. I remember #4 fishing great this time of year last year, but I almost killed myself trying to cross above the riffle. Any info. will help. Thanks.
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Notch
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anyone fishing in this heat?
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no posts lately, assume not to many people getting out in this heat. cant say i blame ya.
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shon42073
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Fish of the Day
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Here is the fish of the day. When I hooked this fish it went crazy. It screamed across the creek one way then the other. Usually I lose fish when I get this much line out, but I managed to land it. I tied up a new fly. Fox poopah on a size 20 Tiemco 100. [img]https://i4...
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Otter
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08/13/2006
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Second time fishing putah creek. I hooked 3 and landed 1 all above access point #1 in fast water. I was using a tan fox pupa with a wd40 on the dropper. All fish seemed to be planters. Does the slower moving water right below access #5 produce or are there any suggestions on wher...
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GLMann
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wader repair ?
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i managed to stick a fillet knife into a new set of rather expensive gortex waders this past weekend and was wondering if anyone has any experience repairing them, suggestions on what to use would be greatly appreciated. and what the heck is up with no posts in 11 days? isnt anyone fishing. i'm kinda tir...
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shon42073
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wet wading the creek
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Hey,
Even with the heat, if you are wading without waders it feels great. Two of the largest arteries
run down through the legs and guess what? The heat is very tolerable. I fished yesterday and
hooked up two which I lost but what the heck. I used a 16 hare's ear on the upper and a 18 micro mayfly on the...
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yukon mike
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interesting day on the water july 4th
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fished all day on the back side of the first island above lake solano, fish caught,8 total ,5wild all around 10 to 14 inches. I really thought i was gonna get my first nice brown trout, i fished a nice looking area and seen a nice brown of at least 25 inches rise three times in the same spot, i tossed everythi...
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shon42073
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putah creek flows ???
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was curious when do the high summer flows normally start to come down to say 400 or less. these flows and this heat is making fishing rather diffucult !
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shon42073
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Friday eve Repot (July 14th)
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Got onto the creek around 6:00 PM. Decent hatch of small yellow bodied mayflies and some bigger peach colored caddis with green bodies. Took a sample of insects with my kick-net and found mostly small mayfly nymphs, tiny midge larvae, and a few larger green caddis larvae....
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JL
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Big Fish Small Flies
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https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e343/cyama82232/a465f1d0.jpg
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July 9th (evening)
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Another beautiful evening on the creek. My favorite new hole has been producing on the dry/dropper combination. Caught 5 or 6 decent fish - all wild (biggest 14 inches) on the dropper and 2 or 3 more on the dry, including a nice football right at dark.
E/C caddis with a midge pupa d...
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JL
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putah is picking up
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Have been fishing the creek lately mostly up near the resort on the resort side of the river and mainly in the evenings,its been fishing decent with periods of real hot action.Yesterday I fished for less than 2 hours and landed 8 fish and lost 3.One fish about yanked the rod out of my hand,and fought like...
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bono
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Help on choosing a boat motor
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I am interested in purchasing a new 15 hp four stroke boat motor for my 13 ft aluminum boat. The motor may also be used as a kicker for a larger Crestliner that I may be purchasing later this year. Does anyone have any advice on which brand motor I should buy?
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june report
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the 28th i was fishing a spot just before the 30 mile and hour left hand turn before canyon creek. i caught a 22 inch 3.5 lb native rainbow on the 28th on a gold/red kastmaster. on the 29th i caught 3 planter/farm fish a little upstream from the "y" or split. last weekend i was fishing ne...
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