I haven't been fly fishing long and since I left Cali I havent enver seen cold water here in MS lol. Well I should be back to Putah for the first time in about a year here in 3 weeks or so, Well I was just wondering hows the estimated fishing around november time? any advice?
So I hit the North Yuba a couple days ago and while fishing one of my favorite spots, I noticed something moving in the shallows right by my feet. I looked down, only to see a kokanee that had made the run up from bullards bar res. A few minutes later, another one. They looked really close being "do...
Got around to some fly tying the other night. Pheasant tails were running low so I tied a few up. I was sitting there thinking how many fish on different bodies and styles of water this thing has caught. I also came to realize that if I could only fish one fly for the rest of my life this thing would be it. ...
Despite the on again/ off again rain, I decided to hit the creek after work. Flows were about perfect, not too high, not too low (yet). The rain didn't seem to affect water clarity, in fact the creek was as clear as I've ever seen it. Picked up a few fish here and there on the usual patterns. Noticed hea...
Hey guys, Newbee here I was just wondering what 5 pattens you would sugest for someone building a Putah creek (barbless) fly box? I have been on the creek twice now looking for natures suggestions. Now I'm asking you guys.. Thanks Munsie
I went to bridgeport this weekend and fished my ass off. Saterday, sun. and most of the day monday . Lots of other people doing the same . On my way home late monday I got a good look at the West Walker besides the flows being pretty high How does it fish ? Lots of really fast water , and it looks really s...
Before the thread question starts again for this October about whats up with the drastic drops soon followed by sudden jumps back up in the flows, I can tell you that its due to the cleaning of the Putah South Canal by Solano County Water Agency. They drop the flows to muck out the sediment and weeds in the...
Before the thread question starts again for this October about whats up with the drastic drops soon followed by sudden jumps back up in the flows, I can tell you that its due to the cleaning of the Putah South Canal by Solano County Water Agency. They drop the flows to muck out the sediment and weeds in th...
I had a good friend, who I fish with some and goes on our annual Montana, trip pass away this last Friday. I was pretty bummed and felt like a day to myself, so I ran up to the Yuba to fish and pass some memories for the day. It was the first time I have been up there since the flows went down and WOW! There hav...
I was just tying up some small FBPT's and remembered somewhere that I had straightened out a #18 Gamakatsu P10 on a big fish a few years ago. I wonder if I just wasted 1/2 hr tying on P10's or my memory sucks. First of all, isn't Gamakatsu considered a quality hook? Secondly, has that ever happened to any...
Just when I thought I had some mojo going... I fished the same spot where I had my best day ever, ~ same time of day using the same rig and flies, drifted through the same water.... No fish. I think I had a couple grabs but no fish love. I have a question: The slow flow hole below the faster water/thalweg was...
I just got back from a guided trip on the lower Sac and have been thoughtful about the entire experience since. My friend and I caught big fish, but it somehow felt unsatisfying. At one point we were fishing the "Whorehouse" riffle and at that point it hit me that a guided trip is something l...
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...
