Hi All: our July newsletter is available on the PCT website, www.putahcreektrout.org . Note that volunteer opportunities are upcoming. We would also welcome topics for future newsletters. SK60 for the board of PCT
So I'm chillin with a cold one at the local dive before I go grocery shopping today. Giants game is ending and an expedia commercial comes on. They are showing clips of all these couples traveling the world and right at the end is Matt Heron with his monster brown he took on the Truckee(the one he tackle...
Went to the East Carson on Friday with a friend. We briefly debated fishing below Hangman's, but although he has been fly fishing for years, he is just now trying to develop deeper skills and felt uncomfortable with the sparse wild trout population down there. I had never fished there before. On the...
Got a hall pass for tomorrow and I'm thinking the North Fork of the Stanislaus at Sourgrass or the American at Silver Fork. I live in the east bay and dont want to be in the car anymore than 3 hours each way. Any tips?
Hi All: Our latest PCT newsletter can be viewed at http://www.putahcreektrout.org/ Several on stream volunteer opportunities will be coming up this fall as part of the Wild Trout Evaluation and our stream bed rehabilitation work. Keep your November calendar open.
Just out of curiousity, does anyone know why the flows at PC are so big? According to the gov website, they are very close to an all-time high. Is this to clean out some of the silt?
Hello, In september I am going to be attending UC Davis as an incoming freshman. I'm an avid fisherman down here in San Diego, and do alot of salt water fishing, and little bit of freshwater bass fishing. I have been fly-fishing in the surf down here for the greater part of a year or so and want to continue m...
Went up to the McCloud area for 5 day fishing spree over the extended July 4th weekend. We rented this outstanding pad in McCloud that was absolutely awesome. I had never fished the McCloud, so I was really looking forward to it. We even secured Conservancy passes for July 1st. We all survived a few t...
Yes I was in Utah last week and no I wasn't fishing. As alot of you know I am a rugby coach for the town of Dixon. Our varsity team made it to the nat'l championship in Sandy Utah last Friday and Saturday, we beat a team from Utah 22-10 then in ths semi-finals beat Xavier from Washington DC 20-10 which put us i...
Well here it goes I lost my new Flybox with all new flys on the east carson three or four weeks ago. it had my name and # but no call for weeks then one day after my fifty second birth day bamm I got the call some guy from arnold walking and fishin below hangmans bridge sees my box ju...
So this made me pretty angry... I go to a favorite Yuba flat above the bridge (I'm sure you all know it) and start swinging wets with my spey rod. I usually fish from 5:30-10pm on weekdays and bump into a few anglers and miners, and swing and step down runs, swing, and step, repeat. Good spey casting pract...
I am new to Putah Creek, but intend to learn to fly fish on it. I was up there yesterday, July 1, with spinning equipment but didn't get a single bite. I was told that the water was high and that the fishing was therefore poor. Is that true and, if so, when can we expect conditions to improve?
Upper Sac: Fishing best until 11am and after 5pm. Some big fish are up from the lake in the lower access points. McCrowd: My first time here. Don't take the unmaintained road to Ah-Di-Na without AWD/4WD and clearance. I was lucky to get in and out with my CRV. No surface activity but good nymphing in the...
Be careful, the critters are out. This one was still small enough he only had a micro rattle and I couldn't even hear him before I almost sat on him. I got close enough for him to see my caddis pupae and tell me I didn't stand a chance. -- Edited by Cole Davis on Monday 11th of June 2012 04:29:40 PM
I have been to the Merced the last two weekends, the river is betwenn 100-230, awfully low, but the fishing was excellent. Big stonefly nymphs (#12) did the trick and also caught a few on Beetles. Had a kid (9 yrs old, first time fishing) with me throwing a Kastmaster on a spinning rod and he got 4,. the sma...
I'm headed up to Redding in a couple of weeks for a guided trip on the Lower Sac. I'm planning on staying over and getting in some fishing the next day somewhere close by. Any recommendations? I was thinking about staying overnight in Dunsmuir area and fishing the Upper Sac. Any tips on motels and you...
Thought somebody might enjoy this. I've looked for my old photos without luck, but somebody posted this one on a different board. The old hwy 20 bridge in the Winter of 96/97
Hi All, What's the history behind the giant concrete structures at the lower Yuba? And the submerged dam downstream? Are these remnants of stuff damaged by the 1996 flood? Not really fly fishing related but I've been going there a lot and started wondering about it.
I've been using this for many years now and am about to replace it because the old one is starting to disintegrate. You don't always need to "get all technical" to catch trout, but when I'm not getting any interest on stand by attractor patterns I slip this over the net and start dipping to se...
I bought a couple Ross reels from Brian Clemmens here. Once they came in the mail I did with them what I do with most reels, I took them apart to clean them, and see how they work. In doing so I broke the screw that holds the drag knob in place on one of the reels. I called Ross Reels to try and get replacement...
Had fun trying out my new Cabella's 10' 4wt CZN rod. I think it performs great. Had a monster on briefly. Easily the largest fish i have seen on the Putah (not in a grip & grin photo that is). He flew out of the water when I set the hook and tail walked across the water until he broke my fly off. no...
On a recent 4th grade field trip to the gold country with my son, we had occaision to rescue a couple little rainbows. Just had to put them back in the main channel. The were alive but suffering from exposure. 3 total, 1 doubtful, 2 good chances of survival. I ended up wandering down stream, while the kids...
Heading up to Sunriver for a few days with some boys for a multi day golf trip. We're staying at the resort and I see the Deschutes goes right through a couple of the courses on the resort property. Needless to say, I'm dragging some fly gear along too for the evening hatch. I called a fly shop in SUnrive...
So santa brought me a new gopro 2 for xmas. Since this thing doesn't come with video editing software what do you guys use to chop your videos? Packrat? Richard?
Is anyone out there using the Korkers boots that have the snap in style soles on them? They have four different options with felt, studded and that slippery s#*t everyone is trying to pass off as sticky rubber. Seems like a good concept just dunno how well they hold up.
Just got back from a great morning on the Pit at Rock Creek. Had 6 fish in the net with a 17 incher the best of the bunch. Took a couple of swims and filled my waders which felt pretty good in the heat.
Tough river to fish. I think I lost about 20 flies and I never had so many fish break me off. The big ones run str...
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