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Trinity Report 10/28-10/29
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Made it all the way up to the Trinity only to catch a handful of smolts and a 8" brown. The big fish were definitely there, as well as huge crowds of both wading and boat anglers. Had a big fella on for a split second and lost him as soon as he rocketed upstream and into the air. There were alot of salmo...
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Ty
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RedBluff
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Im headed up to Redbluff monday and tuesday. I hear the lower Sac runs though it. I have never fished it. Can anyone give me some pointers on flies and where to enter the river? I will be wadding of course. Thanks for any input.
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Rossflyguy
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Big fish on the Stanislaus...
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Some guy caught this big fish on the Lower Stan.
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Otter
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Rainy Day
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Went for a little drive in the rain yesterday for an itch to do some fishing on my favorite river, and it paid off well. For the most of the time it was raining but there were a few breaks through out the day. I was set on this river for a certain hatch but the cold weather kept them sleeping but midges and an epi...
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Xnjb707X
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Feather
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The Pit was a bust, just didn't want to spend the gas money so hit up the Feather instead for a couple of hours this morning. One pike minnow/squafish or whatever they call em about 16" One red sided sucker or whatever they call em...about 20" or so One nice steelie that took me for a tailwalk an...
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lightfoot
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Hitting the Trinity tomorrow
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Heading north for some steel. Anyone have any tips on flies, access, tactics? We'll be wading and staying in Weaverville.
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Ty
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Pit question
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I pulled this report from the Redding Fly shop......Some changes have occurred over the past two years. All anglers should be aware of the new increased flows in Pit reaches 3, 4, 5. Pit 3 now has a minimum flow of 280 to 350 cfs which is up from 150 cfs. Pit 4 now has a minimum flow between 350 and 450 cfs whic...
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lightfoot
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The skinny Yuba
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Fished the 850 cfs flows with MX19 and Dr. Chris below the 20 bridge. Man, what skinny water. Salmon on redds with their backs out of the water, riffles so shallow the boat got hung up twice, normal high water mark over 3 feet above the water level, pulling the boat back up rather than rowing to repeat a dri...
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SK60
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4 days in Bridgeport
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I spent last Thursday to Sunday in Bridgeport with 3 other guys for a Fall fishout. We fished the East Walker on Thursday and Friday. We caught a good number of fish but nothing of much size as compared to past Fall trips up there. That report seemed consistent with other fishermen we talked to on the wate...
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Packrat
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Gualala River Steelhead questions
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I'm going camping this weekend up to Gualala, right on the banks of the river and I'd hate to go all that way and not wet my line. I've never been steelhead fising before, is it too early? any pointers for a rookie? is my 6 weight rod too light? All the DFG regs say is artificial lures, barbless hooks, and ze...
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Bob Loblaw
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20 in fatty on a # 20 wd40
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landed a huge rainbow well I had help a fishing buddy did net the thing . I probibley would not have been able to net the thing as it was really big well over 4 pds . It was really cool U could feel it getting up its speed and then going airborn. totally differnt than the little ones . but patients and skil...
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rgloft
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Busy Weekend - Yuba and East Carson
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I drfited the Yuba last Friday, October 7, with Ryan J. and a friend of mind. There were quite a number of salmon in the river, especially in the Hammon/Sycamore stretch. Where there were salmon, there were lots of hungry, aggressive trout, and different from a lot of recent reports and my own recent...
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DJ Cal
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Unexpected Salmon encounter
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So I hit the North Yuba a couple days ago and while fishing one of my favorite spots, I noticed something moving in the shallows right by my feet. I looked down, only to see a kokanee that had made the run up from bullards bar res. A few minutes later, another one. They looked really close being "do...
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Ty
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west walker ?
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I went to bridgeport this weekend and fished my ass off. Saterday, sun. and most of the day monday . Lots of other people doing the same . On my way home late monday I got a good look at the West Walker besides the flows being pretty high How does it fish ? Lots of really fast water , and it looks really s...
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rgloft
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What's with the flows!!??
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Before the thread question starts again for this October about whats up with the drastic drops soon followed by sudden jumps back up in the flows, I can tell you that its due to the cleaning of the Putah South Canal by Solano County Water Agency. They drop the flows to muck out the sediment and weeds in th...
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SK60
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10/2/Yuba Report
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I had a good friend, who I fish with some and goes on our annual Montana, trip pass away this last Friday. I was pretty bummed and felt like a day to myself, so I ran up to the Yuba to fish and pass some memories for the day. It was the first time I have been up there since the flows went down and WOW! There hav...
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ONEWEIGHT
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Questioning guided fishing.
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I just got back from a guided trip on the lower Sac and have been thoughtful about the entire experience since. My friend and I caught big fish, but it somehow felt unsatisfying. At one point we were fishing the "Whorehouse" riffle and at that point it hit me that a guided trip is something l...
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iamamultitasker
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Local panfish spot near Davis?
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Anyone know a place where I can take my two kids fishing for bluegill or other "easy" fish to catch? Preferrably within ~ 30 - 40 minutes from Davis. I know about the "Big M" pond but it's a haul to get to. I have been to the lower Putah but I'm not sure exactly where to go and access i...
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DrDan
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Trinity guides?
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Anyone body got any recommendations for guides on the Trinity?
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Ty
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North Fork of the Stanislaus
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Drove up 120 yesterday to the North Fork of the Stanislaus to join a bunch of guys from the Orvis store in SF. They had 4 guides, about 15 beginner/intermediate anglers, and it was completely free...did I mention they cooked lunch for us too? IN the morning we got a quick lesson in high sticking a nymph...
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Bob Loblaw
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Pool with big fish
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Saw some big fish in this pool in the morning, we decided to fish it on the way back. It was loaded. This was an August trip
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Black Cloud
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Where are the Yuba Salmon?
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Two of us went fishing on the Lower Yuba yesterday. After a good start in the morning (3 fish to 12", one each on a Brown RL stone, olive poopah, and tangerine bead), things slowed down late morning and through the early afternoon, and so we went exploring. The water is clear and the bottom looks cl...
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DJ Cal
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A new salmon technique...looks like a winner.
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http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/11/04/vo.dog.gets.fish.kiro
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Bob Loblaw
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Merced River -Yosemite Valley
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I spend the weekend camping with the family at Upper Pines in Yosemite Valley...not my favorite place in the world to camp, kinda crowded, but there's nothing like waking up in the morning in a tent to the sound of running water. I managed to sneak away for a few hours and get my line wet. I fished a couple...
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Bob Loblaw
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American R
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I will have an opportunity to fish the American, below Nimbus, in a couple of weeks, which is not water I am familiar with, as I typically hit the Lower Yuba this time of year. I would appreciate any advice you all may have for me: location (I will be wading, not drifting), patterns (beads, RLS and Poopa...
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DJ Cal
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Houston ! The Eagle Has Landed
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Just wanted to report a great fishing story . I usally go fishing and have fair results . Not this time . I went out for six hours yesterday and landed six one over two lbs . I really need to start bringing a camera no ones going to belive me . This thing was crazy big . I am sold on small flys . anyway dont give u...
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rgloft
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Eggs and Rubberlegs
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If anyone asks you any questions about fishing the next two months. Your answer should be eggs and rubberlegs... Sometimes more eggs and sometimes more rubberlegs. I talked with Fish and Game on the Feather yesterday and they are issuing big tickets for targeting salmon in the low flow!! They ha...
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Otter
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Lower Yuba report
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Hit the Yuba up one last time above the HWY 20 bridge before it closes in 2 weeks. The flows are still high and the water is absolutely gin clear. I'm sure every fish can spot an angler moving along the banks in no time at this clarity. It was a rather steamy 97 degrees during the day and I'm glad I brought 2...
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ONEWEIGHT
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Inyo National Forest - Another eight day backpacking trip.
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After last year’s trip into Inyo National Forest I couldn’t help but go back again for another eight day stint in the wilderness. This year however I dragged not only the Mrs. but two of my buddies from back home to experience the breathtaking magnitude of the Eastern Sierras. We followed the same 70m...
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Iasc Beag
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The Tuolumne
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I've hit the south fork two weekends in a row, truly outstanding dry fly action!! Caddis, beetles and hoppers were really doing the trick. Also ventured down to the Merced right at El Portal and did very well with nymphs; in fact caugh my biggest trout to date on a #20 green copper john
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KW
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