Did some quick fishing while working around Reno and Tahoe this weekend.? Stopped off at the Floristan exit on my way to Reno?to see if I could catch a fish or two.? Landed two small fish on caddis dries.? I had rises from big fish on various other flies but couldn't seem to hook them.? Went to Milton Lake o...
Fished the creek on Sunday. Lots of good sight fishing opportunities. Hooked three and lost three all on small midge patterns. saw a nice sized gopher snake. Went to the American River?in the evening. Caught one tick on an armpit pattern! I didn't notice?it until the next morning in the shower. Manag...
So there I was brushing my cat and I cleaned off the brush.? While looking at the fine hair I pulled out of the brush I had I thought I could use is as dubbing.? Has any one tried it?
I'm taking my son to Sonoma State for an orientation day tomorrow and have a few hours to kill.? The Russian River is not far from there and I was wondering if there is anything happening there this time of year, and where one might go for a few hours.? Any advice would be appreciated.? Thanks. Phil
Haven't been to putah in almost 2 months, So I gave it a try this morning. Landed 2 rainbows about 12 inchers both were good healthy wild fish. I had to use a san juan worm and a LOT of shot to get down. The river is more siuted to spinning gear with the high flows. Near access 4 i sat down to take a break and sat ab...
I fished the creek today with some people from my Flycasting class at school.? The fishing was pretty slow.? I did manage to land one fish on a #16 olive Fox Poopah.? I also hooked a beast that shook the hook loose shortly after hook-up.? He took a #20 micromay.? I saw quite a few other fish, but most were ju...
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Any advice on fishing lake Solano? My last Final Exam is next week and Im thinking of heading out and float tubing Lake Solano. I've never fished it before and Im not quite sure what to use. I hear there are some nice rainbows and smallmouth in it. Has anyone had any luck there? Should I even cons...
Hello all - I was fishing back east over Memorial Day weekend in the mountains of West Virginia and not having much luck the first couple of hours.? Then, I switched to a fly type?that I only had one of and no sooner had it hit the water than I hooked about a 12- 14 inch rainbow (photo attached).?? The fly was...
Hi All, I just stopped to say Hello!? I have been watching this forum for some time now, and this is a great source of very useful information. In short,? I now live in the bay area but have been fishing with spinning rods since I was a kid still living in Brazil.? I sure have great fishing trips stories and f...
Went up and visited a friend whose family has some property in Nevada City.? Got away for a bit of fishing on the M and N Forks of the Yuba.? Not great, but not bad.? River was in decent condition but probably what it looks like in July typically rather than end of May.? Will probably be pretty ugly come late...
Worked the weekend and I know have two days off.? Fished the creek from 8 this morning until three.? Do any bugs live in this place anymore? Perhaps I left too early.? Not even a midge hatch to be seen.? Three fish on various bugs, nothing over 12".? It was slightly overcast all day with a mix of sun pe...
Hey guys, My friend Andan and I headed up to the Upper Sac Thursday afternoon and fished the evening and all day Friday.? This was my third trip to the river and the most time I have spent there, and it was definitely time well spent.? The flows are perfect at around 300 cfs and the water temps around 50 degr...
Just got back from a trip fishing the east, west and little walker rivers. 5 hour drive each way ! fishing was decent, the east walker below bridgeport resavoir is pretty much everything you could possibly want in a river, its awesome, and lots of bugs, i only laned 2 wild browns about 16 inches on elk har...
I was curious if anybody ever read or saw a per mile fish count on Putah Creek.? In other words the Truckee has so many fish per square mile or the Carson has so many fish per square mile.? It would be interesting to know since those of us who fish Putah a lot know how much the fish move around.? One day your fav...
I got back from Plumas county the other day and the water level on the MFF is dropping pretty fast due to the lack of a significant snowback this year. Conditions now are similar to those in July of last year. The forrest service is really concerned about fires this year and are proposing the closure of ma...
Well it was a beautiful day on this creek this morning.? However, I still have yet to get my first putah creek trout.? I started out this morning at about 7:30am at Access #5 and I got two bites on a #16 and #18 copper john, however did not land them.? The water was quite a bit higher than the last time I went ou...
Headed up to kennedy meadows near sonora pass for the weekend. When I saw the river my heart sank, It was high and muddy, Basically unfishable, Maybe with bait a few fish may have been caught. I headed a few miles down road to the clark fork river and it was a little better but still to high and muddy. I lucke...
Just wanted to pay homage to my four legged family member who lost her life to a rattle snake bite two days ago.?? Ironically I had fished Putah that afternoon and as I was leaving I picked up a soda at the RV park store and noticed a flyer on the closed door warning that is was rattlesnake season.? I thought...
The flows have jumped back up above 600 cfs.? They'll probably stay there for a while as there is no rain in the forecast.? The winds have been ridiculous the last couple of days in Dixon, and I imagine that they're the same in the canyon.? It looks like they'll die down Wednesday and stay at or near castin...
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...
