Happy Thanksgiving to all: Heritage and Wild Trout is requesting volunteers to help with putting up posts and signage to demarcate the spawning areas under study. This is a followup to my earlier post under spawning area clean up. Below is the the link to the sign up spreadsheet; anyone should be abl...
I was on a float trip a few months ago and stoped for lunch when I was done I wanted A little something More! So looking through my ice-chest I find the perfect Item: A Perfect Banana- Nice and ripe and everything ! But there was a problem: the guide tells me there's no bananas allowed in his boat! He s...
Well the Yuba must be blown out and brown as dirt!! Deer Creek was at 4,000 cfs yesterday. With more rain tomorrow the opener will probably be at about 16,000 cfs. Fish the edges and you might catch a fish!! Biggg bright flies!!
Now before i start, no i am not trying to stir up crap, like some of you automatically assume. legitimate question. I see that alot of you here in the forum speak loudly against targeting spawning trout. (which i couldnt agree more on) I was wondering what the difference is between fishing for spawnin...
Clay Hash has mapped out the major hatches on the yuba and listed several flies that match the hatch. He also has a weekly report on the Yuba. Check out his website and blog for up to date info. If you are a spey guy he has a spey class for the yuba. If you are dry fly guy he has the flies! As far as catching m...
To all: We are entering our 4th year as the only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to protecting the environment and wild trout fishery in the InterDam Reach (IDR). During the first 3 years we have worked closely with DFG and with interested stakeholders in a number of activities, including...
Now that work is finally beginning to slow down, I can get a few fishing days in before the end of the year. It's been a nuthouse this year, but all in a good way. I was originally plannning to fish the Lower Yuba on 12/2, above the bridge after it opens. In looking at the weather reports, with all of the ra...
My fishing partner has decided to go to Hawaii with his wife instead of coming fishing with me the weekend of December 15/16....what the hell is wrong with the guy? No plans made yet but looking at driving somewhere Friday evening and fishing all day Saturday and Sunday and driving back either late S...
All: PCT is planning to remove weeds and silt from 4 spawning beds areas in the upper half of the creek on the weekend of the 17-18. We are requesting volunteers to spend 2-4 hours on Saturday and/or Sunday with a rake and a 5 gallon bucket to yank out the weeds and loosen the silt from the gravel. This is the...
I will be co hosting a flats trip to Honduras in January with Matt Heron. Let me know if anyone is interested in joining us. We are looking at Fly Fishing Guanaja Lodge, Honduras. The dates will be Jan 19-26, Sat-Sat. The price is $3,500 per double occupancy. This price includes adult beverages which i...
My buddy called me last night and he has a some pheasant tail hides he wants to give me for tying. I heard I might want to treat those before I use them?? Anyone know that process or if I really need to do it.
I noticed a ton of fisherman parked along Putah this weekend. With the water so low and people parked at spawning locations, I can't help but wonder if the spawning trout are being targeted.
Made my way up to the Trinity twice last month in hopes for some fresh fish, nice weather, and no crowds. the first trip in the middle of the month gave up just that, the second only gave up fresh fish, it got cold/wet/croded. With 2 rods ready to go, a swinger and a indicator, truck packed to live in for...
Who Locks their dog in the car windows almost all the way up on a hot day ! . I don't get it! You bring your dog fishing , Then leave him locked in the car, While you head to the creek and enjoy the day on the water ? Maybe I should be slower to judge but come on . I would hate to be locked in a car windows a...
So I was at the shop the other day checking out some wading jackets. I'm curious if any of you guys can tell me about the neoprene cuffs. Do those really make a difference with water getting in your arms? I have a couple really nice gortex jackets from my buddies at Marmot. I layer up on fleece which drie...
I was fortunate enough to get two days of fishing in while in Idaho for my daughter's wedding a couple weeks ago. For those of you that haven't had the chance to fish either the Big Wood or Silver Creek, I highly recommend them both. Silver Creek has some monster browns and the Big Wood is plentiful with...
OK, I admit it. I've taken up golf after quiting for 30 years and I'm hooked (pardon the pun). Anyway, I'm trying to drag my aging butt to a river to fish. I'm wondering if there are any steelhead in the Russian yet? Thanks for any info. PS--I did go up to the Truckee last week. The weather changed eve...
Hello all, I hoped to get up to the creek this weekend but I don't want to make the drive twice. Any suggestions on a place to camp Saturday night? I have only fished the creek once before and I only remember an RV park by the bridge. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just need a place to crash after a lo...
hello all... i'm new to putah creek as well as a new fly fisherman. i've been reading a few posts about how anglers should not be fishing sections of the creek where the trout are spawning? so what makes a section of the creek a spawning bed? thanks, Hornet_RN
My clients car got broken into yesterday down at access 4. They had left one of the windows cracked and the criminal pushed the window down. Must have been a quick job because they didn't take everything. Be careful out there and let's keep an extra eye out on everyones rigs while we are out there.
I may be heading up to the McCloud for this next weekend with a group from Fly Fishers of Davis. I've seen photots and it looks beautiful! I've tied a few October caddis pupas size 10 and have some big stimulators in my box. Any other tips or recent reports? Thanks...
Similar to my last 2 October trips to Putah Creek, I caught lots of small fish 6-12 inches on small BWO patterns on surface and subsurface. This is most likely because I was fishing the surface to many rising fish. I suspect bigger fish are feeding deep as usual, and may be transitioning upstream to star...
With the low flows, many drifts are now more accessible. I fished access 1 last Friday morning. I tried the typical dead drifted small nymphs without success and then noted some fish showing on the surface. A few were even jumping out of the water. I took off my Thingamabobber and put on a couple sof...
Back to the Yuba. Fishing was pretty slow, but I did manage to catch Frankenfish! My first Yuba fish from the Feather. I think DFG cut the fishes head open and poured Yuba water into its head. There was a vertical cut on the head just about all the way around... -- Edited by Otter on Saturday 27th of Oct...
