Now you can see what I look like! Anyways I'm fundraising for this bike ride event in Napa to raise money for the ADA (American Diabetes Association) in their fight against Diabetes. I have type 2 and it sucks sometimes. For example, I don't have the strength to go several hours of fishing like I used to P...
I am wondering if someone can describe how to correctly measure the amount of dubbing to apply on a fly.? I have been having a heck of a time trying to get properly tapered nymph bodies on #18 and smaller hook sizes.? I seem to?consistently apply?to much dubbing, even when I pinch a very sparse amount of m...
I got out to the stream for four hours early this morning.? I caught only two fish, but they were both good ones.? Both were 21 inchers.? These were the only strikes I had all morning so I was very fortunate to land both.? Both were caught on bead-head mayfly nymphs.? As JT talked about in another post, the...
Tomorrow Highway 128 will be closed from some time in the morning until at least noon for the Tour of California bicycle event. They are coming across from Santa Rosa past Berryessa, into Winters then on to Davis and Sacramento. One road side Sign from the Winters side said 10:30-12. I'm going to try to...
just wondering has anyone heard or fished any of the local rivers lately, like the yuba, feather, maybe some of the coastal rivers say withing 2 hours or so of say sac or surrounding areas. dont care if its trout or steelhead, would prefer steelhead but just looking to get away from the AR crowd, was gonn...
I was reading through RJ's website and he seems to like Hogan's flies.? Does anyone have a pattern for the S and M or the Red Headed Step Child?? Hey MX 19 are these flies as good as he says?
We drifted the American last Friday, and it was a gourgeous day.? I landed what has to be the smallest steelhead for the season on the river, a whopping 4" steelhead.? I was amazed that it actaully sank my Boles Float Right when it took the nymph.? For those interested, it took a size 16 beadhead pri...
It's been a while but I finally got out on Friday for a few hours. I was in a favorite spot using a zebra midge under a San Juan worm and?got a strong strike on the first cast. The indicator went down hard and then I'm guessing about a 16-18" trout jumped?a couple of feet in the air. Within seconds it spi...
Like Tug, I also had a good day on the stream.? This was a surprise since I got skunked a week ago and caught only one 12 incher the trip before.? Today I caught 5 fish: 15, 16, 15, 22 1/2, and 18 (foul-hooked).? All were caught on beadhead mayfly nymphs.? I might add that the two big fish came from an area I wou...
Fished the trinity friday with a good friend and one of his buddys.....Steelhead season is coming to the end on the trinity...Fishing was a bit slower than last week and all the steelhead I caught were on there way out of the system.. Still a lot of guides on the water with mixed fishing?reports, some go...
Oh, excuse me...that's the skunking I got at the hands of the Pu today. Arrived mid day, fished 4 hours til dusk. Water is still off color, saw no fish activity. Insect activity picking up. I tried a variety of midges, pupa and an egg pattern for good measure. Yes, I thru a SJ worm too. Hit four promising sp...
OK--So I'm sitting around tying flies and getting bored.? I decided to look for some new flies for the heck of it.? Here is an international site for classic steelhead and salmon flies.? Click on the English unless you know the language or want an adventure: http://www.classicflies.net/
Last night, my brother went to fish his favorite hole at Putah and found 2 good ol' boys bait fishing.? He told them that the creek was to be fished with artificials only at this time of year.? They basically blew him off until he told them that he saw a game warden headed their way.? They packed up and ran aw...
Hey All, I plan on making a drive across I80 the last week of May or the first week of June.? I am looking for a fishing camp, or private lodge somewhere in Southern Wyoming or Northern Colorado (not too far from I80) to stop and fish for 2 days.? Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations? Thanks...
Fished today, Not much to report, 3 hookups, Two were dinks and one was a really nice fish, They all came unbuttoned. The nice one hit a #20 copper john, Just a plain copper one. The copper wire bodied fly's seem to work well for me usually. Others hit a #18 pheasant tail. Insect activity was alot better th...
well just picked up a reel for my 7wt, and possible 8,9,10wt rod if needed. just picked me up the STH CAYUGA 8,9,10 wt reel, so got the big boy of the three. here is the link to the reel. http://www.sthreels.com/cayuga.php anyways got the reel and a spare spool brand spankin new for 50 bucks. just wonderi...
well it was a full crowd out there today. me, chuck the duck, ez, and emerger, oh ya and the captain actually made it out as well. ;omg time no see bro, thanks for sticking it out with me. it paid off. well the night before chucked should me how to tie up some flies, made an easy eztaz egg, and a nice fox pupah, b...
Been visiting a lot of new waters now that I moved to Chico. Living in Roseville I was attached to the Truckee and Little Truckee to the point it was where I fished regularly. Good times it was. But the Northern part of CA has some truly incredible trout fishing opportunities, namely the SAC. Upper and Lo...
Spent the morning on the upper creek at the bridge and down from the resort. Caught a 15" on an Otter soft egg below the bridge, my first fish since late December. Moved down below the resort and switched to my variation of JT's drowned midge, size 22. Caught a? 20-21"? female after a struggle...
got on the water around 8:00. we made it two minutes into the trip and my dad and i both got takedowns. we both missed the first hookups. we missed a couple more when i finally got one to stick. in the middle of the day i hooke into a nice fish. it was huge. i kept on getting it close when it would take off for anot...
Fished with a guide from below lake Camanche to the town of Clements just above Lodi.?? We hooked up with 15+ fish.?? Most 1/2 pounders, but three wild adults. If you find the right hole, you can take out lots of fish.?? We probably took 8 from one hole we stopped at and fished from shore.? No fish under 15&...
Hit the Lower Yuba yesterday.? Fished 2 sections between the HWY 20 bridge and Sycamore.? It's been 2 years since I've been skunked on this water, but yesterday was the day.? Two of us fishing hard all day, and nothing.? We threw a wide variety of bugs, Skwalas ( green and brown, size 4-8-10), golden sto...
If any of ya live in the eastbay area or are in the are you should really check out creative sports fly shop in pleasant hill. Really good people run it and they always have what I have needed at the same price as if I was to order it online. Its a small shop that is well stocked. Just thought i'd give my local fl...
I fished the American this morning before class.? I hooked six (four adults and two half-pounders), landing one.? Two fish took a #6 black leech, two took a #14 Hare's Ear, one took a #16 San Juan Worm, and one took a #14 Copper John.? There were tons of mayfly spinners in the air.? There were even fish tak...
I?have a Scott V2 9ft 4wt 2pc rod for sale. It is brand new (never been fished). It comes with rod tube and warranty card. Asking $100.-- Edited by JT at 13:16, 2008-02-16
Had a great day on the creek today.? Perfect weather and not too many people around.? I caught three fish with the biggest one at 17 1/2 inches.? The others were 16 in.? They were not skinny looking spawned out fish.? They were males with some big shoulders on them.? Then, just when I thought that things c...
Alright, I'll show you where.....here is the location where the browns I posted a while ago were caught. If you're familiar with the area behind the island at #5, this might look familiar to you. This is a shot of my buddy working the small run where the browns were pulled from. It's tricky to get in here a...
I believe one leg of the bicycle race is going to pass Putah Creek from Napa to Winters on Tuesday next week. Just a head's up to everyone. Will they close the road? I just happened to talk with someone about the race and found out about the course.
I have a whole week off next week and im gonna fish till i cant stand so if anyone wants to hit any river anywere let em know id prefer to fish for trout but whatever...lemme know peace,
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