I've hit the south fork two weekends in a row, truly outstanding dry fly action!! Caddis, beetles and hoppers were really doing the trick. Also ventured down to the Merced right at El Portal and did very well with nymphs; in fact caugh my biggest trout to date on a #20 green copper john
Hi all, well after almost 7 years of not fishing Putah, ( too busy raising kids) I'm coming back. I cut my teeth on Putah in 1996, it took me years to figure it out. I hope it hasn't changed much, still little bugs (18 and 20) right? I've been watching the flows this week. I can't remember when I can start...
Going over to the Mammoth area next week. I am somewhat familiar with the area, but still really learning the area. I make it over maybe once a year and usually fish the Upper Owens and if I feel up to facing the crowds, Hot Creek. I will be with my wife and young daughter so I am interested in any suggesti...
Our friend, African Angler, also known Alastair, will be leaving us for an undetermined length of time to make wine in Spain. Those of us who know Alastair have enjoyed working with him on numerous Putah Creek Trout projects, fishing various waters, and drinking his very special wines. His generosi...
Does anyone know when the next organized PCT clean up day will be? I was out there earlier this evening and its gotten pretty messy with all the trash. It would be nice if we could do something before the flows drop so that when the creek does become fishable again we don't have to stare at someone's left...
Some of the rivers have been blown out for much of this year, so I have had tons of fun fishing lakes. The lakes are pretty high as well. Using an intermediate camo line you can hook some of the wary fish. The wiggle tail works well on many lakes. There is a little lake that is the middle upper part of the Y...
It’s been a little dead around here on the boards. Its either people are catching fish and not posting, or the fishing just sucks. Lately its been all about the Shad and stripers. For me the stripers have been tough, the shad a little easier. But the flows and cold water are really putting a hurtin on t...
I have a slightly used TFO Mini Mag 8/10 3pc fly rod for sale. Used for a back up striper rod and is no longer needed. I was throwing a Rio 350gr striper line on it and it loved every foot of the 100ft of line, including some backing. Info on the rod: 8' 3pc 5.4oz rated 300-400gr lines and is a 8/10wt rod, salt w...
I just received a copy of the book on the complete history of English reelmaker Walter Dingley. If you collect old reels this is an absolute must have book.
So I was in Tahoe this past week at my timeshare and got out to do a little fishing. Checked out the Little Truckee but didn't fish it, flows are still way too high for my liking, over 600cfs. Fished the Big Truckee for a couple hours one afternoon and only caught a couple small ones on a caddis pattern. Flow...
I'd like to take a minute to rave about this guy that repaired my Thomas&Thomas rod recently. I tore a guide off and the others were wearing nice grooves into them so I decided it was time to get the rod rewrapped with new guides. Tough decision wether to send it in to have the factory do it or have it do...
You guys seem to have pretty inquiring minds. I was fishing the King's River in late March above the reseervoir. There were not any fish where I thought they should be, but we found one hole that was very productive. I pulled this fighter out and am a bit puzzled what strain of trout(?)- see below....
This is nuts. Please help out. If you wheel in CA you NEED to do this. Not only that, you NEED to pass this on and get more people to do it. (Actually, even if you don't wheel and just want to access to dirt roads in CA in Prius, you need to do this) Not gunna bore you with all the details, but here's the jist of i...
Got out to the creek for a few hours yesterday, hooked two, one nice out of the water leap, landed none. The creek is pretty darn difficult to fish right now. Saw the inflatable Kayaks caught up in debris above 3. Also spent hours drying out my Iphone, it was real easy to get up to my armpits in water that typ...
I've been working way too hard and have only been able to fish 6 days in California so far in 2011. Yesterday, it was time to get on the water, so I ran up to the Lower Yuba for the day to enjoy the 98 degree heat. Actually, being in the water all day, I barely noticed how hot it was until I hiked back down the ri...
I am in town next Friday with a fishing window of about 1-2 hours, assuming sundown at 8:30. Got interested in PC from a reference in Tim Palmer's Rivers of California. Have read many of the posts on this site and PCT; interesting, but looks like the fishery is still trying to come back with spotty fis...
If you are looking for four Lagoon inflatable kayaks, they are scattered along about a mile of the creek, starting about a mile below the bridge. Two are in the pool below a rapid, one with a life vest in it. Paddles are also scattered below this point-only saw two of those....Hope this helps somehow......
I had been waiting for the flows on the Middle Fork to go down so I decided to head up there this weekend. On the way ,crossed Lake Oreville, first time I've ever seen it full. About 20 miles up Hwy 162, I find the road is closed with no access to where we want to go. Time to pull out the DeLorme , there are a lot of...
I know its early but I want to try steelhead on the fly. What size rod and line size is good for steelhead? Also, what are some good rivers to give it a try this winter?
Threw caution to the flood water and heading into the canyons and a trib of the North Fork over the weekend. As expected the water level in the North fork was thundereding through the narrow flumes and pinch points making it extremely difficult to employ any particular style of fishing. Swinging str...
Ran up just for the day last weekend. Normally it is a trickle this time of year, but it was just a little on the low side, but still very fishable. Caught a few planters down at the bottom until that got a bit boring and then started to work my way up. From about a mile up, turned into all wild fish and had a ni...
We made our annual pilgimage to Rock Creek, outside of Missoula this past week. Despite very high water things did not dissapoint. The outfitter we have used for the last 8 years, John Perry Flyfishing, is excellent . . . some great guides. Our crew likes to whoop it up as well as fish, and that we did. ...
Had three very pleasant mornings on Spanish Creek in Quincy over the July 4, weekend. For the past three years I have made the four hour pilgrimage to the High Sierra "Hippy" Music Festival that is held in the fairgrounds but this year I decided to switch it up and bring a fly rod and a few selec...
Took the yearly Mantrip with my brothers , this year was West Virginia, fished the Potomic, Red Creek, Seneca Creek, Smoke Hole and a day trip to the Rapidan in Virginia. It was great to wet wade, do some sight fishing with dries and have easy to manuever flows. Between us we had a grand slam with Rainbows...
Givin the current conditions of most trout rivers and streams I've been able to keep my sanity by playing around with some bluegill. There a great flyrod gamefish, there not always easy they can be finicky as a spring creek trout, they fight hard, are plentifull, And I have a pond full of them practica...
