Man I had a great itme! Gary Borgers seminar was awesome as well as Phil Rowley' talk we're great for me getting back into Fly fishing. Didnt like the 8$ parking but the 15$ entry I think was good for the seminars offered. Wish I coulda checked out more. Tried a Tenkhara set-up in the center pond. Was cool,...
I was out at access 5 today and found an empty rod tube at the top of the island. If anyone knows who might have lost it, I brought it home, so they can contact me 530-902-2504. Phil
As someone mentioned, the Yuba River is fishing like Putah Creek - except with less action. It was tough sledding all right. I went up there yesterday with a friend and fished above the bridge. Started with a rubberleg skwala nymph with an S&M dropper. Didn't even get a grab for quite a while. ...
I Fished just below powerhouse #4 july of 2010 and did good < went back about a year later and found the river so swollen with so much water I wanted to cry 5 hours of driving. Napa to Big Bend. We left drove till I found cel service called Sarah and got her to look up a rought to the truckee !!!! 700 mile...
Lenok caught hand! Siberia. In his left hand camera, right hand caught Lenok. Videography by Aleksander Bobrovskiy. Edit video by Vladimir Ryaposov Music by Vladimir Ryaposov.
Yes, for the first time in about 3 years, I pulled a skunk, a blank on the Yuba. I worked Saturday, so took the opportunity to avoid the weekend crowd on the Y. With temps going over 70 degrees, I expected a decent Skwala hatch. Man, I saw 2 Skwalas all day, several mayflies and a bunch of baetis in the ea...
Headed down to the river in the downtown area today for a few casts between school and picking up the fiance from work. Stuck a nice striper going on 28"-30". Got him on a red wooly bugger. Almost thought I had a steelie hooked the way he was peeling line and making big runs. Just not aerials, ty...
Updating my inventory to new rods and a few reels. I have a bunch of old rods, reels, lines, etc that I am willing to get rid of for some cash. Most if not all rods have been discontinued but are in still great shape. PM me if you are in need of a new stick. I might just have what you are looking for.
Since there seems to be some confusion out there. If you see a bowl or even a deep pool 3 to 4 feet deep in front of a gravel spawning area the fish are digging in the deep water in front of and often times behind the gravel. The bowls "pools" deep holes are actually where the fish are spawning. ...
been working nights and was riveted to the "heading up" post turning into another blood bath, but got up this afternoon to find the whole thing gone. Booooooo, anyway originally there was a few guys who were pretty cool about things who offered that next time I'm up there it would be okay to c...
The Orvis store off Union Square is having a closing down sale. Its a shame that a city the size of San Francisco can't support one shop. I work downtown and always enjoyed going in there at lunchtime to talk fishing and pick up a few flies.
Hi folks. I'm a new fly fisherman, just started last season, and a friend and I are planning to head up to Putah on 2/25. Is that a bad idea? I've been reading the threads here and I've seen some posts advising anglers to stay away from Putah until April 1st. I understand that it's the tail end of the sp...
I was on the creek after work today and ran into our resident volunteer entomologist (bug scientist). The good news is that DFG was patrolling the creek looking for violations. Specifically looking for the clowns hand fishing!! I have seen the local DFG more this year than in many many years! It s...
I got a chance to go up with a couple of customers and hit the winter run on the Trinity this past Thursday and then we followed up on Friday with a day on the Lower Sac. The Trinity was gin clear and called for long drifts away from the boat. There was no other traffic that we saw on the river between 2 boat...
Hi All. Will a tenkara rod work ok for fishing on Putah? I've read that they are great nymphing rods and protect tippets very well. They seem to be gaining an almost cult like following with some people. What do you all think? WF
http://tonysalpenglow.blogspot.com/2013/02/yuba-super-bowl-flies-2-2-2013.htmli posted the flies that worked well last weekend since a lot of people emailed me about them... too retarded to know how to do it here.... sorrytony-- Edited by Alpen Glow on Thursday 7th of February 2013 06:43...
Well I finally went out and picked up a Tenkara rod. I figured it would be fun to go out and fish the way some of my ancestors used to fish... It is pretty fun going backwards!! It is a combination of high sticking, dry flying, deep water fishing and emerger fishing all at once??? Anyways it is hard to ex...
I grew up fishing Putah Creek with my Father. We spent many seasons fishing there and I have had some great fishing here over the years. Fast foward through college (when I never fished because I didn't have the time or desire) and I now have a huge yearning to get back out there and go fishing. I know it is...
Yuba Renga 2-1,2-2013 White tail and talons, above the river's way. Soaring and gliding. Trouting with friends, some old, some new. The Yuba's bounty, we catch. Fluid flow, full of wonder, My speckled friend rises. Sloshing and casting, soggy socks, leaky waders. Along river's edge. Ring of...
Just another reminder to be careful not to leave exposed gear in your car. It's hard sometimes when you are fishing your way back home and only carry one rod to the river but you brought 3 for the trip. Lucky nobody ripped me off on the same river but it could have easily happened. Another nice spey ree...
http://flyfilmtour.com/2013-schedule Sacramento F3T stop Thursday February 28th. This years tour stop is hosted by Cal Trout at the Crest Theater. You can buy tickets for the show at Fly Fishing Specialties in Citrus Heights for $20, please bring cash for the tickets. Specialties will be having...
Largest obsolete dam removal to date to take place @ 2013 on the Carmel river will open up 25 miles of headwaters to central coast steelhead: http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_14168415
Fished 6 hours yesterday on the Russian. The water has a little green tint with about a foot of visability. It is as high as I've fished it in the last few years. No hookups for fishing for 6 hours. Very bright sun yesterday.
I've been looking around for a decent fishing log for the iPhone for a while now and I think I found it. It's called FishTales. It's obviously not fly fishing specific but it has some great features. You can enter fly patterns you use into your "tackle box" including photos. You can take pics...
I forgot all about reporting that to F & G for 2012. Just a freindly reminder. In the 2012 regulatios they were "thinking" of adopting a policy that forbid a person from bying a steelhead report card for the following year if they did not turn in the previous years. It's easy to do onlin...
Thanks for all of your help. I've been tying leaders using the traditional blood knot. About every third knot has been slipping. Not sure why (I don't have the blood knot tying tool), but I did an internet search and one person suggested using an Albright knot. Never heard of it before so I did a sea...
