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...
Has anyone ever seen a caddis pupa swim?? I saw one a couple of weeks ago while float-tubing.? I never would have imagined it, but they look like big waterboatmen.? I swore it was a waterboatman until I netted it and got a closer look.? When I got home, I googled "swimming caddis pupa" and foun...
Nice mid day fishing at the creek today. Had a few missed strikes on some caddis and mayfly emerger patterns. Nothing rising, but alot of bug life in the air. I decided to use some streamers, and the second cast, BAM! landed this 25 1/2 " hog! Had a good fight in em! Lost one more after this, and...
Well the trout opener is upon us, So I'm curious were you all plan to hit next weekend. I'm hoping to make it up to one of my most favorite rivers, the good ol middle fork stanislaus, not sure what part of the river i plan to hit yet. Gonna be good early in the year since theres very little snow melt runoff. But...
Is anyone going to make it out this weekend?? I need to fill my fly boxes, so I'll be tying most of the day.? I probably won't be able to get out there until next weekend.? But, at least I'll have flies to use then.??
I received a reply from Roger Bloom at the DFG today.? Our request for authorization to post signs on the creek?has been passed on to the right people.? Hopefully?we will receive a quick response.? At least we might have signs posted before the end of?this coming?trout season.?
It seems that all of us are seeing more and more bait fishermen on the creek before the season opens.? I ran into some last Thursday and JT and I did again on Friday.? I decided to call the CALTIP number at DFG today to see if they can do something about this problem.? Hopefully a warden will make a more regul...
Has anyone tried salmon yet ? Talked to a few dackhands on party boats and been checking reports and its lookin pretty bad, last year was horrible. I beleive this is a direct reflection of this states water and fisheries mismanagment. So I blame all he empty suites in sacramento for this. Wont be long be...
Got to the creek at 8 a.m today, fished #5, started at the "no rental boat beyond" sign. Pretty much went completely around the island twice, hitting every good looking spot, not spending alot of time in each spot, Only one fish hooked on a #16 pheasant tail, lost it, was maybe 15 inches. The w...
JT? I thought I had to work on some other projects this weekend, but I can now put in some time tomorrow.?? If anyone wants to meet and talk about signs tomorrow I will be at access 1 tomorrow at noon.? I plan to float above access 1.? If we can get some people together it would be fun to float from access 5 down...
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