I fished the creek again this morning.? The flows dropped another 10 CFS since yesterday.? They were already too low yesterday.? Yesterday they were at 55 CFS, and?today they were 45 CFS.? Anyway, the hole?that I found fish in yesterday was void of fish.? I moved to a slow-moving deeper hole and found...
I fished the creek this morning.? It started out really slow.? The creek was a little lower than it has been.? At the first spot I fished there was a nice hatch going on, but I only saw one fish.? I couldn't find any takers, so I moved on to greener pastures.? The next spot had a nice Baetis hatch as well....
I'm looking for a new rod and reel, and was wondering what the best 250 dollar combo is? I'm a new fly fisherman, so I don't know what the good rods and reels are. Any advice? -- Edited by LilWhippersnapper at 19:57, 2007-02-06
A while back i asked you guys on advice on purchasing a new setup, i must say thanx for all your advice, i casted a few sage rods, not as many as i wanted, but i decided on my original plan and purchased a thomas& thomas 8 foot 3 peice 4 weight rod,rod is meduim action?,a abel super series reel, and a rio. g...
I got out for a couple of hours Tuesday and today.? I caught several fish each time, but it does seem to be slower than last week.? There was a little rain this morning, but the water is still very clear. All but one fish was caught on a size 16 olive Mercer's Micromayfly.? My top fly (a BWO nymph) was ign...
This was?my first time Fly Fishing. On?Feb. 1st?I fished all day and caught 1 about 8 inches. Still had a great time though. Flies I used were the red copper john, WD40, and one I think is called the May Olive. Saw a couple of fish caught It was a thursday so I had the creek to myself. Only spot I saw people fis...
Got out on the water today with my buddy around 10:30. Water was super low, making fishing tough. We hooked into a few fish that morning, I caught a couple 10-11 inchers that fell for a #18 black midge larva, and a 16" that ate a #20 Black Beadhead Olive Midge larva. My buddy caught his 3 on a "som...
Today i fished btween areas #4 and #5, at least 15 fish hooked and 9 landed, all between 14 and 16 inches with one going 17 inches, this was a really good feeling after going the last 3 trips without a single bite, all fish were caught in one specific run, they were stacked up like cord wood most of...
Some tips for people that don't like to fish in crowds.? Try fishing new areas each time you go out to the creek.? I have been fishing Putah for about five or six years now, and I still am finding new areas to fish the creek.? If you catch a fish or two from one spot, take a hike upstream or downstream to tr...
I am currently looking into starting an organization to protect the fish and Putah's surroundings in the inner dam region(the area we all fish).To date there is nobody doing this and I think it's about time.The issues to look at would include monitoring the flows with a wintertime increase...
I know this is going to piss people off but I have to write this. I go on this site a lot and read all the reports and for the most part its very informative but I feel like if you have a great day on Putah and catch 20 fish keep it to yourself, there are so many people that view this site on a daily basis that the amo...
I want to purchase a 4 weight rod for the smaller sierra waters i plan to fish this year, i am most likely leaning towards a thomas and thomas lt. presentation lps 804-3 or an lps 764, and was wondering if anyone has experience with thomas and thomas rods and how you feel about them. I'd really like to hear f...
I have never tied flys before (I want to start)?and was wondering how those of you that do tie learned the art. Father, class, friends, ect. for example. I want to start, but I dont really want to attend a class with a bunch of beginners unless that is the way to go. Does anybody get together and tie or anyth...
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Fished the Gualala River today with great success. The Water is that perfect emerald green and dropping fast. Started the day at "donkey hole", not 15 cast and I was hooked up, after 2 mins or so and still no sight of the fish, only the scream of a Hardy hinting that it may be larg...
Has anyone fished this lately? for Steel Head? Was looking for information on where, how, with what and if any?spectacular guides. My recomendation right now would be the Feather. I fished?right?down town Oriville?on Saturday and had a blast. We landed two sucker fish and I had two amazing battles...
Got out to the Creek for the first time this Winter. Fish the AM and had the creek to myself. I've forgotten what a good time of the year it is. Being able to wade in areas that are to deep in the Summer is fun. AM temps in the 40's-50's, little breeze and bright sunshine. Fished above and below the bridge and d...
Just out of curiosity... Does anybody have a "life time" liscense? I was thinking about putting down the $600 or so (Im 25 so thats the?prorated price) because they just go up and up and up. At this rate they will be $50-60 in the not too distant future. And another thing is how much better of a s...
I have recently moved to Dixon from Vallejo because of school.? It's nice, because I can fish the creek more during the school quarter.? My wife and brother-in-law are new to flyfishing and don't really like to fish Putah Creek yet.? They prefer the constant action of bluegill and crappie fi...
Three weeks ago I fished below the bridge and caught four nice fish, 14, 16, 17 and 21 inches in a couple of hours. On?18-20 zebra midges, 18-20 micro mayflies and a 14 PT. There were a lot of large fish swimming around and activity was high and other anglers were catching fish.?Yesterday I went back and i...
Im going Ducking hunting in Willows this Saturday and was looking for a river to fish for Sunday.? I have to be in West Sac on Sunday afternoon. I can't seem to find a decent or recent fishing report. The lower Yuba sounds like the flows are too high, the feather is just a nasty river and the American so...
I fished the creek on Saturday, the 20th.? I got there about noon and fished until about 4 pm.? There was a nice Baetis hatch, and the fish were rising all over the place.? I used a small mayfly, an egg, and a midge pupa.? At one point,?I even tried a caddis?pupa.? I hooked about 20 fish but only managed to la...
Fished the Trinity river for steelies the past few days and man was it coooooold!We averaged about 4 fish per day and lost a few as well,mostly on size #12 golden stones,pheasant tails and one fish on my version of a red serendipity all with a bead head.The fish were all in the deeper runs with very few exe...
While guiding last Monday I encountered two individuals with spinning rigs with trebel hooks,I politeley told them that it is illegal.They in turn politeley told me that it was not because the regs state the use of barbless artificial lures is okay and says nothing about single hook or treble hook.S...
I fished the creek this morning with KHB. The day started out nice with no clouds in site, but it was freezing cold. The cold didn't bother me too much, though, because I was wearing LOTS of clothes. Anyway, the fishing was good. I hooked five and landed four--a 10"er,...
Today i fished putah all day and didnt get anything, tried pretty much everything in the flybox. But i did see something i found very odd, this happened at least 6 different occasions today, there were very large trout 25 to 30 inches possibly larger that would out of know were just explode, tailwalk, p...
I've been experimenting with glass beads in my patterns for quite a while now. They can be used for beadhead nymphs, in the thorax, or in the abdomen of different patterns. If anyone is interested in tying with these beads, there is a shop in Fairfield called "Bead Time" that sells them.&...
Fished putah behind the campground store. Picked up the bigest trout I have aver had on a fly rod. Big I dont even know what a fish like this weighs. I would have to say over 5lbs easy. The fish was relly showing some color and had smoe serrious girth. Had him on for about 15 min and as I wa...
Any advice? -- Edited by LilWhippersnapper at 19:57, 2007-02-06
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