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So I have a drift boat for two more months. And still need a fishing buddy. To meat me up at the spot to shuttle us back up river and then float down fishing from boat and shore mostly

I'll be headed to the lower yuba river for day trips on 12/18/16 and 12/22/16. I'm in Oakland, it takes me about 2.5 hrs. I'm usually on the road at 6:30am and I fish til dark but I'm flexible. Cheers!

Is there anywhere I can fish without pissing people off or effecting spawning fish.1

If you need another reel or are just curious about this product, these Prestige Plus reels are good and you won't ever find anything better for $20 - or even $50. I've been using them for about a year now and can't find anything wrong with them except that they are not precision machined like the super e...

i am getting the steelhead itch pretty bad right now. i've been on the trinity river but want to explore some new areas, especially those with better access. Humbolt County areas open yet? Van Duzen River? Eel River? Mad River?

With the spawn happening on Putah some of us have been fishing the Napa for stripers. It's been pretty good but can be hit and miss depending on the day and time. A boat, even a 12' with a small outboard makes getting to the fish a whole lot easier than fishing from shore. You don't need to run far so anything...

Not sure if this ok in this forum or if I should have placed it in the "Shameless Plug" section. Felt this was a little more of the appropriate space. None the less I wanted to share my tying with you... I didn't get a lot of time this past year to focus on the blog having moved from Washington and the new jo...

With Putah Creek fishing tapering off to let the spawners do their job undisturbed, I plan to fish the Lower Yuba whenever weather permits. The Yuba is a challenging river but when trout are in the mood, it can be a lot of fun. I usually fish upstream of the Hwy 20 bridge and start with nymphs. If fish i...

Very windy and pretty chilly today. Casting was a challenge but fish were in a good mood. Brought a half dozen fish to hand (8" to 12 ") but still lost more than 50% within the first 10 seconds of hooking them. I tied size 20 patterns on a size 18 hook and caught a few but patterns on the actual size 20 hook a...

I grew up in San Francisco, CA and never fished Putah Creek. I'm back for Thanksgiving and decided to give it a shot this morning. Water was a bit high and I wasn't quite sure where to go, but ended up just hiking around and came upon a school of about 6 massive fish. Were they salmon. The glare was bad, but I s...

This week flows were increased for 5 days to pulse more water down the creek channel below the diversion dam at LS. At the same time the flash boards at the Los Rios Check Dam in the bypass were removed to allow salmon to move up the channel for spawning this winter. Expect flows to decrease through Friday...

Hi, As I was bushwacking on the highway side of the creek upstream of Access 1, I dropped a section just above the handle section of my fly rod. It's dark blue and has the stripping guide and one snake guide on it. "905" is hand painted on it. If you find it, there's a Berryessa Brewing pint for you and invalu...

Does anyone fish Putah creek above the lake?

Originally posted November 12, 2014- It's that time of year again: big fish are starting to move around in preparation for their annual ritual. Some sites already have fish and redds. Winter flows appear in place at 135 CFS already because of the drought. Hopefully, they will not drop below 100 CFS ov...

ive been collecting a lot of flies out of trees on the Creek. You just need to know where to look and you can get lots of free flies. Yesterday I found about 30 in various spots. 3 of them had pinched barbs. Police yourself and do the right thing.

On an 18 shell back green caddis! Wadda Rush! I need a bigger net! He was so tall that I couldn't get my hand even half way around his body. -- Edited by mudhen on Sunday 13th of November 2016 03:16:28 PM -- Edited by mudhen on Sunday 13th of November 2016 03:18:30 PM -- Edited by mudhen on Monday 14th of Novem...

i found a backpack yesterday in the Creek. Looks like it had been in there for a while. Claim it I'll send it.

sorry if this should be under rants and raves. I've been trying to catch a carp in Vietnam on the fly. Are there any carp fly fisherman that might have any advice? Locals in Hanoi here use 12 foot long bamboo rods with a handspool of heavy mono; they attach a heavy sinker to a hook with some type of bait, a...

All: In early March this year a heavy rain storm cell sat over the badly burned Cold Canyon/Wildhorse Canyon watershed for several hours, dumping inches of rain onto the steep canyon slopes, and heavily eroding the burned ground. The result was a sudden high pulse of mud and water roaring down Cold C...

We need your help in adding gravel to the spawning area at the top of the resort. In order to accomplish this we will need at least 60 people to help get the gravel to the creek. Signup through our PCT Facebook link, using the “Going” Button; or email Steve Karr directly): https://www.facebook.com/ev...

Hi fellow fly fishermen (and women), would someone please tell me where the private water section of the resort extends to? Is it clearly marked? Thank you. -- Edited by Greybeard on Thursday 6th of October 2016 02:12:19 PM

I was fishing this weekend near the bridge and noticed a white blob moving upstream and realized it was a fish. I tried my best and gave it some really good drifts without any success. Just wondering if any of you have caught that trout? I am so curious to see what was going on with it.

For unknown reasons flows were dropped in a few hours overnight to 55 cfs. Fishing is likely to be terrible until they are brought back up. Expect Winter flow levels (75-100 cfs) to be the norm within 2 weeks.

Hi Everyone! I've been fishing/learning Putah Creek for the last year or so. Yesterday was my personal best. From dawn to dusk I hooked about 15 in the 6-12" range. Half of those I got in the net. About 5:30 I tied into my biggest Putah Rainbow yet (see pic). What a beautiful fish to end an absolutely...

Swing by and check out the newly revamped website! We will be hosting fresh content including Tips & Tricks, conversations with guides, and opportunities for volunteering to help improve Putah Creek trout populations and health. Click here :::::> putahcreektrout.org Please pro...

Hi all, As a new member of the Putah Creek Trout board, one of my areas I will be working on is fundraising. I wanted to share with this group an absolutely EASY and PAINLESS way to directly contribute to PCT. Starting today, you may now use AmazonSmile @ smile.amazon.com and search/choose Putah C...

If you could only have 1 dry and 1 nymp to fish putah and any other trout water in general, what would they be and what size?

Hi everyone. I'm new to the site and it doesn't look like many people are posting here anymore but I thought I'd try. I am looking to meet some fly fishing people to carpool with or just meet up with. I fish all over norcal. I'd consider myself intermediate. I'm 31, male I work nights so I fish putah duri...

Hello, just curious if any of you will be fishing this weekend knowing that rain is in the forecast? Do you think it'll be enough rain to blow out the creek? Cheers

So, I fished Tuesday and Friday this week and caught a bunch of bows each day between 6-14" fairly consistently on similar patterns. Toward the end of the day Friday, I used a slightly different pattern after losing my "good" flies, (within like 5 casts I lost 4 flies - I'm an idiot) and I landed 2 of the n...