Anyone know a place where I can take my two kids fishing for bluegill or other "easy" fish to catch? Preferrably within ~ 30 - 40 minutes from Davis. I know about the "Big M" pond but it's a haul to get to. I have been to the lower Putah but I'm not sure exactly where to go and access i...
It was pretty good at Putah Creek yesterday, but only for small to medium size fish (at least for me). Flows were down so some of the goods spots were accessible. There was a mediocre mayfly hatch around 2 pm, but not much else. I landed 13, had 18 or so on and probably around 8 more missed takes. Most w...
For those of you who don't know his flies you should google his name and check them out. I was messing around on the internet and wanted to see if he had a dragonfly nymph pattern. The first thing that popped up was news of his untimely passing, 48 years young at his home in Colorado. I'm crushed, what a b...
Drove up 120 yesterday to the North Fork of the Stanislaus to join a bunch of guys from the Orvis store in SF. They had 4 guides, about 15 beginner/intermediate anglers, and it was completely free...did I mention they cooked lunch for us too? IN the morning we got a quick lesson in high sticking a nymph...
The giants season hangs on a piece of dental floss...I do NOT want to see the dbacks celebrating tonight, not that we can catch them at this point but...another season comes to a close. The wife will be happy, no more swearing and she can watch more of her shows. She's damn lucky I don't have a football...
A project to alter the streambed near Winters is going on over the next 3 months. Part of the project is to narrow the bed above the railroad bridge. This stretch will be dewatered during the process with the normal flow directed through large pipes. In a Monday to Wednesday window next week, a native...
I want to thank the 15 volunteers, more than half of that number from this board, for spending their Saturday morning picking up the refuse from the bridge parking lots down to fish access five. We collected 34 bags of recyclables and trash-at least 175 pounds worth, had a nice lunch, and then some went...
Check out this short documentary by Justin Coupe of Rivers of a Lost Coast fame looking back at the work of California Trout. Narrated by Peter Coyote, this 12-minute piece sheds light on the impressive work the organizations completed and the tough road they face in the future.
Two of us went fishing on the Lower Yuba yesterday. After a good start in the morning (3 fish to 12", one each on a Brown RL stone, olive poopah, and tangerine bead), things slowed down late morning and through the early afternoon, and so we went exploring. The water is clear and the bottom looks cl...
While walking the Creek on Wednesday, I found a pair of oars that someone had brought up from the Creek and left in the trail at fishing access 5. These are high-end oars and worth some bucks. If you know anyone who might have lost them during a high flows spill, please have them e-mail me to identify and r...
This post is NOT meant to attack anyone or point blame...Simply consider: After reading many threads discouraging hotspotting on Putah Creek (The Good, the Bad, the Dumb and Dumber), I am bewildered why forum members post pictures and provide locations of other fly fishers' home waters (Big Fi...
90% chance I'll be at the creek tomorrow. Went last month for the first time in 7 years, got skunked, flows at 500 then. Just a little hint on color or type of flies would be much appreciated. Hope to see someone out there. If I do catch anything I'll make sure to fill out the survey, I didn't last month b...
I have been using the supple tactical line on my five wt. and I dig it. Lake fish here but it's been good on the river too. -- Edited by Cole Davis on Monday 12th of September 2011 09:43:26 PM
I spend the weekend camping with the family at Upper Pines in Yosemite Valley...not my favorite place in the world to camp, kinda crowded, but there's nothing like waking up in the morning in a tent to the sound of running water. I managed to sneak away for a few hours and get my line wet. I fished a couple...
I will have an opportunity to fish the American, below Nimbus, in a couple of weeks, which is not water I am familiar with, as I typically hit the Lower Yuba this time of year. I would appreciate any advice you all may have for me: location (I will be wading, not drifting), patterns (beads, RLS and Poopa...
Help! There have been very few sign ups for the cleanup next Saturday. Since the fishing is so good right now, sign up, clean up, and go fishing afterwards. I'll even have some free PCT T-shirts and caps for those helping out. Info below. Again this year PCT is sponsoring the interdam reach for a CCC cle...
One of the reasons I go fly fishing is to unwind. believe it or not Napa can be quite noisy . Well sunday while i was fishing at the bridge I hear this loud exploision followed By the screams of a small child . Not just a little screaming but on and on . a minute later more booms . and then it dawned on me the...
I took my kayak for a paddle along access #1 today. One little guy liked my #20 black midge... A bit of success goes a long way... It's good to see young of the year in the water. And yes, I filled out the survey! BTW will answering -2 on the surveys get us more resources? Just wondering.
Thanks to SK60 and other members willing to provide some wisdom, I had MY best day on the Putah EVER yesterday. So much so I got in trouble with the wife for staying too long! While my expereince pales in comparison to the descriptions of the past, I feel less discouraged than my prior outings. My first d...
Just wanted to report a great fishing story . I usally go fishing and have fair results . Not this time . I went out for six hours yesterday and landed six one over two lbs . I really need to start bringing a camera no ones going to belive me . This thing was crazy big . I am sold on small flys . anyway dont give u...
This was my first time fishing in the summer at Putah. All the usual hot spots were under water so much of my time was spent hunting for fishable places. It was frustrating in general as many of the obvious "fishy" runs were inaccessable. I hooked 5 and landed 1 small fish. Had another 3 gra...
Took the old lady out camping this weekend. I saw a fish chasing damsel fies but not too sure what it was. We rented a canoe and took it up stream. I saw a pod of fish that were roughly 5lb average. I thought it was large trout but might have been squaw fish. I didnt't see ANYTHING else from the fork down to the b...
Hit the creek today kinda slow at first ended up at # 1 for an hour or so , then up to the bridge and started getting some fish Yaaaa I caught a fish then I landed a really nice fish probably the best fish I ever caught on putah really nice fish very pink and very crome God I love Putah creek
