Fished the Upper Sac last week.? The fishing was good.? The fish were hitting Caddis dries in the evening and a variety of nymphs during the day.? The best fishing was above Conant and Sims.? If you take a hike the fishing gets better the farther you hike.? The best fly was a new fly I picked up at The Fly Sho...
Drove up to the M Fork Stan just for the day.? Very disappointing.? River did not look too bad, but I guess it is just a little too high, not quite that clear enough, and too cold.? Did a lot of work for just a few smallies. Lots of bait guys around the campsites, they did not seem to be having any luck either.?...
The flows made it above 600 cfs again.? They were perfect for floating the back eddies on the creek today.? I fished above #1 for a little over an hour and landed three: two on a #22 black midge and one on a #18 tan micromay.? I moved downstream and floated the pool at the top of #2 for about an hour with no hits...
Hi All, Plan on doing a quick day trip from the Bay up to either the Yuba or the North or Middle Fork of the Stanislaus this weekend.? Haven't been up yet curious to hear which one is fishing better.? It seems the Stanislaus is still blown out but improving from what I hear?? All things being equal, I enjoy t...
Does it work with a mac? Everytime I try to upload a pic nothing happens. I browse for the pics, attach it and try to post and it sits there, nothing happens. What's the trick?
Did anyone make it out for Mother's Day?? I don't imagine too many people did.? It would be kind of tough to convince the wife and/or mom to go fishing.
What a difference two weeks can make. Went for half a day today and landed only a few fish. The flows are going up and a lot of water that was very productive two weeks ago is now a little to deep and a little to fast. In fact I noticed flows increase while I was in the river, which didn't help. All fish landed op...
Greg and I have had several conversations regarding what the group on this site needs to do in order to get the regs changes to better protect Putah Creek.? I don't know if everyone saw Greg's latest posting on this topic.? However, based on Greg's time availability we need to identify someone or a team...
i recently was watching a fly fishing show on t.v and they were using a weighted leader, apparently the leader is weighted and no shot is needed. Has anyone ever used these? i know its off subject but wasn't sure were to post this question.
Finally. Finally!? Putah came back for me.? 15 or so fish to hand, half that many lost including a nice fatty (18 inches?) that breached and spit the hook. Go to fly was #14 olive fox poopah beadhead.? Fish were killing it.? Minor caddis hatch and stone hatch, no real topwater action though at dark above...
Well, ordinarily, I'd be telling all of you what a great afternoon/evening I had at Access #5 in terms of numbers of fish caught, fish taken on nymphs and dries, and generally how great it was to be catching fish in front of bait dunkers. BUT, in about 3.5 hours, I didn't so much as see a fish, let alone catc...
I made it out 2 days in a row with no fish to hand.? There were not very many bugs on the water besides midges.? Both of the fish that I hooked (1 each day) were on a #20 midge.? I threw all that I had at them, changing the depth, amount of weight, tippet size, and flies.? The fish wanted no part of it.? The flows h...
Planned to head to the middle fork stan. friday morning but it snowed overnight and chains were required around Long barn, Very lucky I checked the weather and road conditions 5 mins. before heading out. Last minute change, So I headed to the Upper sac. for the first time. Fishing was tough, 3 fulll day...
Later this week I plan to head to the upper portion of the middle fork stanislaus river and camp for a few days, Was curious if anyone has ever fished or camped in that area and if so any campground recomendations, I would like good access to the river, I plan to stay in one of the camps between wagner and ken...
Got back out to the creek about 6:00 PM last night and figured I couldn't possibly get skunked twice in a row. HA Wed was even worse than Monday, b/c I hooked?a nice fish on about my 3rd cast and lost him immediately.??Saw him flash after the hookset and gone.? Late reaction, barbless hooks?? Who knows. F...
Hi everyone, Just wanted to introduce myself. I have been visiting this board for some years, and always find it informative, positive and very civil, especially compared to some other boards out there. I saw that some of you are getting involved in helping the creek stay healthy, which inspired me t...
Fished sunday...through the crowds and drunkards.? It was fun till about 11 or so.? Landed about 20 i think, spotted and smallies.? Biggest spotted was about 1.5lb and biggest smallie landed was 3lb.? Lost one that looked about 2X that, it was a monster.? Hot flies: silver popper, till about 1030; ol...
I got off of work at 8 AM on Saturday after working all night, so I figured a long drive was not a good idea.? Since Putah is so close, I headed over there.? It was super-crowded.? It was a beautiful day, though.? The flows were still stable, and?the sun was shining.? There were quite a few bugs emerging and...
Greetings all, I'm new to putah creek and have been reading these boards for their valuable information. On my second trip out to putah after work yestereday (Thur Mar 29th), I parked at fishing access 4. My?friend and I went down just to scout it out and cast a little bit for about an hour and then move on...
I made it out to the creek on Wednesday after school, hoping to get in some quality fishing before the crowds of bait fishermen show up on Saturday.? It was pretty windy which made casting a little difficult.? I didn't see much insect activity on the water.? I only hooked one fish, landing none.? I was pr...
Hello all, I'm a newbie to this forum and just wanted to say hello.? I'm out of the SF bay area and stumbled upon Putah Creek after speaking with one of the IT guys here. I spent many years fishing gold medal and blue ribbon waters in colorado then a few years doing the same in utah.? Also fished around tailw...
I noticed large numbers of tiny fish (half inch size) in the creek today.? Are those from this year's spawn already?? I don't know how long it takes them to achieve any size and was curious.? Oh, and if I find a fly that works on them I'll post it.? Phil
A friend of mine and I recently purchased pontoon boats and plan to fish out of them at Putah/Lake Solano.? On Sunday we launched at the park at Lake Solano and tried to paddle up to the "Y".? It was our maiden voyage so it was somewhat of an adventure, but as we were putting in at 3:30 pm we were in...
We are traveling to the Napa area April 28-May 3.? We are looking to we a fly or two.? The info on this site has been very helpful.? Any additional info will be appreciated for our short tour.? I have been wondering what the average flow for this time of year will be and if Putah Creek will be wadeable.? Than...
Hi All, It's been a while since I made it up to the river. Since the flows blew out all my? well mapped hidey holes-I have been looking at other sites to fish. Just got back from a four day WTF flyfishing jag in Reno, NV. Got absolutely "schooled" on the Truckee river, the flows are up and down dep...
Made it out early this morning, at least for a college student, (7-11) and fished around the island.? The lack of rain was nice, and I managed to get several grabs, a hook up and zero landed. Saw a great blue heron flying around, which was pretty cool.??Fished up a side creek with no success.as well.? Cre...
I just checked the flows and they have made another dive.? They were at 291 cfs as of this evening.? The recent rains have helped water the fields, so I guess the irrigation needs are minimal.? Flows around 300 cfs are my favorite, but with all the fluctuations, I'd be afraid to wade into some of my favori...
I finally made it out to the creek last night.? I fished for a little over an hour.? I was wading under a tree and between bushes above access 1.? I managed to hook five fish, but could only land one that went about 14".?? The fish were?hitting a size 20 micro mayfly.? The fish were deep.? About seven f...
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