Our friend and PCT member Ken Davis has posted videos on his website www.creekman.com; please take a look at the spawning fish. They are in a restoration area that we are working to protect. SK
One of my clients is a winery called Navarro Vineyards. A couple of weeks ago I took my float tube out on their pond and fished a white gurgler and got some nice topwater action in the last 2 hrs of light. The gurgler is easy to tie and works great on both fresh and salt water fish. I think it is more effect...
When the fishing is slow I get to wondering about how some of the features we see on our favorite rivers came to be. Yesterday I noticed something surprising, next time you're up at the Middle Fork Stan below Beardsley keep your eyes opened for this interesting sight. About 1/4 mile down from the spil...
Had a fun day yesterday with my friend Link. Lot's of hookups and consistent action although there were no huge pods of fish. I would guess that we connected with close to 60 shad. I even hooked a monster fish that I think was a 10+lb steelhead that took me 100yds into the backing. Had a great fight, ...
I'm curious if its worth it ? Going to the east carson area for a few days, figured this could be something worth looking into. Appreciate any opinions or info.
Just spent 3 days up there and I had just two golden stone attractors in my box, one to a tree branch day 2 but managed to hold on to the other the rest of the trip. It looks like a dogs chew toy! The stones started coming off around lunch and by 6pm the air was thick worth them. The fish weren't interested in t...
Have spotted several winter stones and a few little yellow stones lately. Try a size 16 yellow soft hackle to see if it works. Haven't found a good fly for the dark green to black winter stones.. They are about size 18
Me and Rich headed up to the foothills today to do a scouting trip. I've always been intrigued about the forks of the upper American, and after last year's failed attempt to fish the Silver Fork (we forgot to check if the Nat'l Forest roads were open) I was eager to try again. We started with the North Fork...
Further our path lay on the lake Azas.Azas - the largest lakes of Todzhinskoy basin, which is a natural monument. It is situated at an altitude of 944 meters, the length of 20 kilometers, width - 5 - 7 kilometers. It stretches from west to east. Here River starts Toora-Khem, and falls - the river Azas. On...
Meeting some friends in Yosemite next week for four days. I might wander down to a river for an hour or so. I'm thinking about taking my 4 weight and a selection of small flies. Any suggestions? East Bay Ed
I have Comcast cable and The Outdoor Channel is the only cable channel dedicated solely to outdoor programming. Unfortunately, the Outdoor Channel virtually ignores us fishermen during prime time hours. They used to dedicate Friday nights to fishing. I checked their schedule and now they wi...
I have been going through my fly line collection and have decided it is time to sell some. I am selling all 9 lines as one package. That is $22 per line - what a steal! Below is a description of each individual line. Being a fly fishing guide I know what damaged lines can look like. I promise that all of these l...
Had some luck today, a couple dinks in the afternoon below the resort bridge on a zebra midge. I've also been having luck with some pigs swinging big sculpin patterns on a sink line in some deep holes the few cloudy days we've had this month. Other than that, Olive mayflies, zebra midges, and yellow to ta...
Our friend Stephanie will be discussing the Heritage and Wild Trout program at the monthly meeting of Fly Fishers of Davis on this Tuesday at 7:30 PM. The location is Harper junior high school 4000 E. Covell Blvd. in Davis. The closest I- 80 exit is Mace Boulevard which becomes East Covell on the north...
Well I couldn't decide where to fish on the opener and read a report on Kienes that the Upper Sac was fishing well. Flows were very low for this time of the year at 800 cfs. High by some standards, but very fishable. Looked down low and saw several fish rising around noon. Headed upstream and found som...
A really nice brown this week from the Eastside. At least, by my standards. Flows are REALLY low, get out there now. Lesson learned: springtime is definitely the right time for attractor patterns.
Hi all: I just moved to Northern California. I had been living in L.A. for approximately 10 years prior to this move. Originally, however, I am from Northwest New Mexico. I have been fly fishing since I was in elementary school. It is something that has been handed down in my family since my great grandf...
I will be headed up to the Pit next month. I wanted to ask if anyone knows if Hagen Flat road goes over Pit 5and dam so you can follow the road all the way tp Lake Britton. Thanks
Went to Costa Rica a couple of weeks ago with my wife and some friends. Got in a couple of 1/2 days of panga fishing although it wasn't a fishing trip. I blanked out on snook and roosterfish, but got a lot of 5lb bonito which were plenty feisty enough. Interestingly, the most effective flies were a...
I fished the creek today and got a few fish (although my usual Putah stuff wasn't performing too well), but I stuck around late enough to see a couple of fish rise. I threw almost everything in my box, and nearly took a swim trying to catch a hatching bug. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out what was hat...
Anyone here ever hire a guide on the Bow River? I'm headed there next month and plan to float a couple days, but thought I'd give a shout out for recommendations before I do. Thanks! Chris
Got out onto Putah after a long time away. The flows were high but the water was very clear and fishable. You had to know your access spots to get into good sections of water. Between me and my buddy we must have hooked around 20 fish between 10:00am and 4:00pm. Pretty much every fish came on a size 20 black m...
For the small stream afficinados, I have a weight TXL, 7'10" 3 piece rod in mint condition with blank card and original Sage cloth sock and tube. Cork shows no signs of use and the blank is mint. $325 or would consider a trade for a comparable 3 weight rod. -- Edited by Bob Loblaw on Monday 6th of...
On a visit to the Bigfoot. Iсe fishing. Part 2 In these locations we had come in the winter for the first time. Had to a lot to drive by snowmobiles in order to find the fish. Video by Vladimir Ryaposov, Aleksander Bobrovskiy Music by Vladimir Ryaposov -- Ed...
I drifted the lower Sac on Thursday with my fishing partner ably guided by Ryan of RJs fly trips. We opted to fish downstream from Anderson, smaller fish but more of them. We set sail about 9am and drifted 11 miles before pulling out a little before 5. I lost count of the fish total, but I think we had 41 i...
Heres my experiences with simms. First pair of boots lasted 5 moths, soles tore off, they replaced them at no charge, That was good but I was without boots for nearly 2 weeks, Second pair of boots lasted little less then one year, They would not replace them due to quote Hard use. So several weeks ago I dec...
