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Fished the upper sac on the way home from Oregon last night (july 4th). Got on the river at 5:00 and fished til dark. Killed it on all kinds of dry's and a few takes on various droppers (caddis poopah and micro may). Golden stones, yellow and oranges stimulators, and may fly variants were good...

had an ok day seven fish landed all about 12 inchers all but one wild, wich is very surprising, i found one back eddy just loaded with wild rainbows, i recently started to really fish back eddys alot and i must say they seem to produce well, but they take pateince, still looking for my first putah brownie,...

There is an excellant dry fly bite on the lower Yuba above Hwy 20 right now. Flows are perfect. Gin clear. Small window of opportunity though. The fish only hit between 6:00 -7:30 PM but they are huge. Most in the 25-28" range. The fish are very poor however. It was a pity to see such huge fish that had no wei...

Fished the Pit near Big Bend Saturday. The stay at the hot springs (clothing not an option) was nice but fishing was so so. Hooked around 30 fish with largerst pushing 17" but most around 8" or so. Water is getting too warm and wouldn't recommend anybody fishing that area until later in the eyar when...

i have hammered away for endless hours trying to get a brownie out of that creek and im beginning to wonder just how many are in there. can anyone give some advice on spots to try? and the type of spots that they tend to like, i assume they must like a different type of water then im used to catching the rainbo...

Fellow Anglers, Do any of you fish in Solano for rainbows and browns? If so what are the secerts? Sinking line? Fall River Long drifts with floating line anchored up? Do most go up to the mouth of Putah to start fishing? Never have fished the lake but thought it might be a goo...

fished right side of bridge (dam side) fished both days for about 3 hours..hooked about ten or so..all planters..using wolly buggers....caught most on olive and one on brown....

headed up to the reasort area with my buddy mike at about 10:30 today and ended up doing pretty well. we hooked about 15 and landed 11. when we first arived i hooked probably the biggest and hardest fighting rainbow i've ever hooked in the creek. i had it on for about 10 minutes and it stayed down and pulled...

I broke out my float tube and headed up to Lake Solano yesterday. I landed three rainbows: a 17 incher on a damselfly nymph, and two typical hatchery fish, one on a Griffith's Gnat and the other on a #22 midge pupa. I hooked a couple of others but lost them. I saw a few otters an...

I took my wife up to central Oregon last summer for her first "real" fishing trip. She is hooked! She landed a 6lb Brook from Hosmer Lake, a hog bow from craine prairie and over 100 dinks on the upper deschutes. I have fished Putah a few times but not too much success. is there any spots where she wont have...

Speaking of browns, on Friday 6/16 I went out in the afternoon when it was 104 degrees, at about 3pm. I hooked into a monster brown! I had the sucker on for about 20 minutes and just couldn't land him. He didnt start to come to the surface tell the end, and I say he cause when he came to the surface he h...

I've noticed that there are quite a few waterboatmen and backswimmers in Lake Solano and the slower areas on the creek. Does anyone know of any good patterns to imitate them? I'm sure the fish would tear 'em up.

I see where a lot of folks view this site, but how come no one has anything to discuss or share ? Is it because we either fish Putah Creek or one of the local lakes/resevoirs and there really isn't much to talk about ? I realize a lot of good trout fishing can be had up north and that we all are limited in terms...

fished last friday landed 4 lost 7, dont know why I lost so many fish just one of those days. Second time fishing the creek. Hooked 3 very nice nice fish. Had two fish come up and hit my indicator so decided to throw on an egg patern same color as my indicator(bright orange) immediately hooked 3 fish lost...

I fished the creek today for a couple of hours. I don't think that I have ever had such a bad landed/hooked ratio. I hooked 8 fish but only landed 2: one a little hatchery fish, the other a 14 inch football. I thought the one was a lot bigger because of how fat he was. ...

I was up at Putah for the first time a little while back and ran into a couple of fly fishermen who told me I couldn't fish from the bridge to the dam, that only members of the resort can fish that stretch. So I turned around and ran into another guy who told me I couldn't fish downstream from the bridge...

I am a beginnig fly fisherman and have learned a lot from reading all of the posts from everyone at this website. As a new father I don't get to go out as often as I would like, and when I am not working on weekends I have been visiting my in-laws in Nevada City. Any information I could get about this area would...

Fished below the bridge early, with the flows where they are a lot of weight is needed to get the bugs in the feeding lanes. Landed two nice fish both 18"-20" (putah footballs) and failed to land a few others. Usual suspects...micro mayflies , pts, and hairs ears. Outnumbered by spin fisherman 5...

Has anyone fished the Middle Fork of Stony Creek north of Clear Lake? I was reading about it on the DFG website and was wondering if it is worth a trip. Phil

hello, I have just started fishing putah and dont know much about the creek. ( only caught a couple of small bows) I have only ever fished by the bridge and the damn, are these spots too heavily fished, (poached trout)? i guess what i am trying to get at is, are the down stream accesses better in te...

This weekend myself my son and 6 other friends booked a few days at a wonderful private flyfishing lodge in NW Calif about a 45 min drive from Weed on hwy 3 near Callahan.The area really reminds me of SW Montana with broad open valleys surrounded by beautiful alpine mountains,and just like Mont and Idah...

I see that something has changed on the flow link. It no longer has the historical data and covers an entire year instead of 31 days. Is there any chance we can get back the original link? Phil

Hey Everyone, I am heading to the creek tomorrow and I was wondering what flies I should bring. I always take some midges along, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend any other flies that I can tie up before I go. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt

fished 9 hours and got 8 fish 6 planters and 2 wild, one wild was 12 inches other was 16 inches. not great results but after all catching fish is just a bonus. flows are high but not unfishable, gotta concentrate on small areas at a time and be pateint. I found the resort area right below monticello damn ver...

I have fished Putah Creek a number of times. Usually I have used bait however I am also a flyfisherman. I find the waters to be challenging..usually strong flows around the nice rocky areas and some really deep stretches which make wading impossible. I've fished...

First trip to the creek this year, there were lots of people but everyone got along fine. I took two friends that had never fly fished before one would not listen to advice and got skunked the other guy paid attention and and got his first fish on a fly rod,...

I know it's been over a week, but I fished below the bridge on the evening of May 19th after my last final exam. The final went well and the fishing was okay. It rained the whole time I was there so I wasn't fighting any crowds. I caught two fish, one hatchery and one native. It was...

If anyone lost a trout net (about 16 inches long, shallow dip-net) on Putah, I found one stuck behind a tree right above Lake Salono today. PM me if you lost it, and think it might be yours. Fishing was a little different today, caught 5, missed 3, but they were far between.

Got out for a few hours on Tuesday. Hooked two nice fish in the riffle below access #5 on a small black zebra midge. Landed one. Got one more near the split, but was a dink. Like Yukon Mike - I spent a LOT of time getting the moss off my rig. JL

Can you wade across the creek to the island (right above Salono) yet? Anyone been having much luck? I cant take this anymore, gonna go hit it up this weekend.