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...
Cole, myself and two buddies had been scheduled for a year to do a 2 day drift trip on the Trinity and Lower Sac this past weekend. The Lower Sac went chocolate about 10 days ago, reportedly from the McCloud arm fire mush being washed into Shasta and then down. So it turned into Trinity and either Yub...
I like to post this interview with a "PC Original" from time to time, just to take the edge off in celebration of the coming holidays: Today's Putah Creek Profile (PCP) is of local legend Orvis Remington-Peters. Petey, as he is known to his friends, is a PC original with close to 40 years of ex...
Bear tracks from Rose bar. Animal guide, I follow. Riffles of plenty. Mountains of Blue oak. This wilderness, a mistress of illumination. Maze of willows. Rivers edge. Walking streamside, endless Pliocene cobbles. My sore ankles. Swallows dart, Baetis dance. Morning risers, dawn briskly. Venu...
I worked the weekend and took advantage of the weather window with a day run up to the Yuba on Friday. Seeing that it was going to be 33 degrees in the morning, I got a little later start than usual. The river was in great shape, about 2-3 foot of visibility with that great green tinge to the water. There w...
ALL: THE SPAWN IS ON AND ITS TIME TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT HIGHLY VISIBLE FISH IN SHALLOW WATER ARE SPAWNING FISH. DO NOT FISH FOR THEM AT ANY TIME WHEN THEY ARE IN THESE AREAS.AVOID WADING NEAR THEM AND THE GRAVEL AREAS AROUND THEM. THE BEDS THEY CLEAR (REDDS) WILL SOON BE FULL OF EGGS OR ALEVINS THAT ARE E...
What is the best flow for Putah? Does the creek swell a great deal after average rain storms? I haven't been out there in years and I'm looking forward to getting back out there. Also are the weekends generally crowded? Thanks for any info you might offer.
I lose a good number of flies each outing on the Putah. Those trees are so grabby! When I first started fishing PC, I kept track of Flies Lost Per Hour Fished (FLPHF). Today, I may have gone POSITIVE! After casting into a branch, I pulled down this Christmas tree... 12 flies in all (including 1 egg pat...
Hey guys my name is Tyler and I'm 15 years old. Im an avid lure and fly fisherman. Ive read a lot about the creek and I am surprised I havent heard about it until now as I live an hour away from it. So now I am really wanting to go and I was just wondering if there were any rules or regulations I need to know about. A...
First I'll say I haven't fished Putah that much this year as I've been Chasing Chrome as much as possible and was taking road trips to the Yuba for rainbows during the summer! I did fish today and while "near" access 3 managed to hook into a 3-4 pound rocket that instantly snapped my 5x. I dec...
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...
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