I have been viewing the board as guest for the past few months...so after finally having some success on Putah last night I thought I would join the forum and thank the board regulars for the reports/tips they have been posting.? I also want to thank forum member?JL for the tip on the fork in the creek?at...
I just picked up? 9wt St Croix and would like to try for some river run salmon this fall. I have never fly fished for salmon. I have had good luck with a spin rod in hte past but have been converted to fly fishing. I use to use a #6 hook with roe yarn tied to it. I was thinking of something like that.? Also would si...
Hello All!? I have recently gotten into fly tying and I wanted a few opinions on these scuds I have tied.? I know they probably are not going to be productive on Putah but I am hoping to use them when I take a trip to Eastern Washington.? Any suggestions.? Thanks for you're help.
This fly has been working well lately.? Size 22 200R.? Tail brown z lon. Body Danville 210 bright olive?thread tapered to eye.? Wing light dun zlon cut short. Pea**** herl behind pearl glass bead.
I was able to fish the creek again this morning for a couple of hours.? I hooked six fish, landing four of them.? Four of the hooked fish were typical hatchery trout, while two were good-sized.? The biggest caught was a 21" rainbow.? I got her on #24 black drowned midge pattern.? Two of the other fis...
Hey Guys...as a newbie to this amazing sport, and as I have noticed, one of the few girls up on the creek...I just wanted to thank those of you I have met who have been the utmost of gentlemen.? Frankly, I can't tell who among you I have had the pleasure of actually meeting.? It can be a little intimidating b...
I just John Barr's new book Barr Flies.? It came today via UPS and I've already finished reading it.? I highly recommend this book to all you fly tiers out there.
I wet waded the creek for a couple of hours this morning. There wasn't too much wind this morning, and the flows dropped to 565 cfs (from 800 cfs last week). I hooked six, landing three of those. The three that got away were in the 18-20" range. They were all hooked on a #22 black drowned midge. It's ha...
Hello All - I am new to California, live in Davis and am wanting to explore more about fishing Putah Creek.? I am guessing I have come to the right place and will no doubt appreciate any and all advise you might offer.? I have fished Lake Solano from my float tube and have had some success but need to find out...
i would like to hear your opinions on where to go. my most southern limit is silver fork of the american. and as far north as y'all please. also, some recommended guides would be nice.
I fished the creek on Tuesday after being away for a couple of weeks.? I fished the late morning, hoping to see some insect activity.? As usual there were?TONS of tiny black midges, but that was about it.? I couldn't get any takers on a small black midge imitation, but a #18 tan micro mayfly?fooled a few t...
Just got in from High Sierra camp at Yosemite.? Fished between 8-10'000 feet.? Lots of little brookie streams and Lakes with a few bows mixed in.? The trip was grueling but well worth it.? The fishing itself was tough.? I thought for sure I would hammer them on hopper and ant patterns but these high coun...
Was curious if anyone has fished the north fork moklumne river above lake alpine off hwy. 4, I plan to spend 4 days up there in 2 weeks and cant seem to find much info.I'm gonna stay at hermit valley campground.?I drove through there coming back from the east walker river a few months ago and it looked like...
Just got back from a 2 day trip to the clark fork of the stanislaus river and the fishing was excellent despite very low flows. Fished near the iceberg meadows area and caught no less then 25 fish a day, mostly 6 to 10 inch brookies and bows with a few 12 bows in the mix. I was surprised that most fish i caught w...
I've got a nice Winston 5 pc 4 wt. 8'9" in nearly new shape for sale. I have used it 4 times, but use a 3 wt most of the time so this one has just sat in the closet. It has the Box Elder and German Silver reel seat, and is in excellent shape. I am asking $425.00. Mike -- Edited by yukon mike at 15:20, 2007-07-2...
I fished the creek on Friday evening?with Cole.? I hooked quite a few fish, landing 4.? The biggest was about 15".? 2 fish were landed on a #22 black midge, and the other 2 were landed on a #10 olive bugger.? I didn't see many insects besides the millions of tiny black midges that line the banks.? It w...
I'm visiting some family up at clear lake this weekend, planning on doing some float tubing for bass and night fishin for some?catfish. I was curiuos if cache creek would be worth a few hours, I know it has decent smallmouth, hows the trout fishing there ? I'm not real familar with the area so if anyone ha...
I'm curious how many folks on the board have paid much attention to the route designation process that the different USFS forests are currently involved in? ElDorado National Forest ENF was the first in the nation to start the process and just recently submitted their proposal. Many people I have t...
Our 4wd club went on a trail ride last week out of Courtright Res which is East of Fresno.? It is somewhat of a drive from the Vacaville/Dixon area but if people are looking for an alternate destination out of the valley heat it's a nice spot. The lake is 8,000+ feet in elevation and above the valley heat wi...
Hey Guys, I don't know if any of you are aware that this is going on, but my roomate works on the UCD campus with the Environmental Sciences department and he forwarded me this info: Creek Speak Community Talks on the Putah Creek Watershed June Creek Speak Presentation ----------------------------...
I went camping the past couple of days with my wife at Silver Lake.? I did a little bit of fishing but not in the lake.??The fishing was done in the Silver Fork American River.? I landed over 30 fish, all browns.? The biggest fish I saw was about 14" long.? I hooked a couple that big, but the biggest lan...
I will be heading up to lake Almanor at the end of July and Would like some tips on fly fishing the lake and streams feading it. I also will be fishing with my two daughters and wife, who are going to try fly fishing for the first time. I have been fly fishing for years and can put the time in and find what is work...
Putah seems to finally be picking up a bit,I think the fish have found their comfort zone with the higher flows and are more willing to grab a fly when presented properly.I've been having more luck with caddis patterns than anything else,and even had a little dry fly action as well (caddis and mayfly pa...
Got out to the creek again (baby is due any minute - may be the last time for a long time) and Putah didn't disappoint. Got about 10-12 fish on a dark rusty fox poopah both on a nymph rig and under a caddis dry as a dropper late in the evening. Got a couple rises on the caddis dry, but man were they hammering the f...
Last weekend when I was fishing the middle stanislaus river I hiked and rock climbed my butt off and got into some pretty remote parts of the river and was catching ALOT of small rainbows around 8 inchers. One particular fish I got that day looked very different from the others, First it was only about 7 i...
Hit the truckee last w/e and did?well. caught 13 fish in 2 days. not even long days. got a birthday brown on friday around 20"?and a rainbow around 20" the next day. lost 2 other rainbows that were even bigger?that put up brutal victorious fights.? Fishing is good everywhere on the river rig...
Just made it back from a 5 day trip to the middle fork stanislaus and the fishing was excellent, pretty consitent action everyday for 6 to 12 inch rainbows and browns, I got one brown that was pushing 18 inches and the other is 14 inches, pics. are below. Please dont give me crap for keepin a few fish, this r...
