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...
Tried to submit two surveys from my last two trips and am getting an error page every time. Anyone else having the same issue? Any problems on the website end? Also. Caught a parr today that was dark like a mature male spawner. Is this normal? I've had silver fish and dark fish to hand for the past few weeks...
In this day of upscale equipment and state of the art fly rods, vests, etc. I find myself getting a little upset. Maybe its because I'm older, retired, and a cheap skate. Anyway, I decided to start tying my own steelhead leaders. I googled steelhead leader formula's and came up with formula's from 5...
Sup everyone, names joe, im new to fly fishing n trout fishing in general but love the technical skill and science required to be a successful fly fisherman. Iv only been out on the water a handfull of times with some really outdated equipment. no luck. iv saved up and now got alot of the gear i need, good...
The good. Caught a few bright silver small fish on the creek today in a deep pool. Helped Sarah Loft have a fun day on the creek with her husband Rich The bad : Saw a very large spawner floating down the creek near dead and soon to be dead. No doubt from some clown who fought the fish to his death The ugly:Saw t...
Fished the Merced last weekend in the yearlong section above Foresta bridge; nary a bite all day. The Flows were at 200 and the river was gorgeous. Had kids with me so I wasn't wading too far from them so my fishing was limited. The kids got sick of casting their spinners so we spent most of the day teachin...
Never fished the American. Thinking about wading it this saturday early AM. Ive been doing some reading around and looked through the Kiene Forum. Anyone have any advice on flies for this time of year?
I know that some of you are die hard float tubers. If you have not ever used force fins I suggest you try them. They make all the difference in the world when in the tube. For the past year it has been near to impossible to find a pair a retail locations. Recently I found out that force fins is going out of bu...
I haven't had a fish in the net my last 4 trips out; 3 at Putah one day on the American....worst drought ever. Hitting the Yuba on Monday to try and break my year end ugly duck.
Might need a guided trip somewhere soon or I'll be hanging up the waders and cleaning the Cannondale.
The whole river system is coffee colored. Cold Creek was flowing at 200 cfs today which pumped up the water level and dumped a ton of sediment in the water. Fishing was non existent from Cold Creek down. Ran into Steve today when he was checking out the spawn sites. Nice chatting with you. Next spawn clea...
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