My brother and I made a quick overnight trip to Davis Lake near Portola. We fish 3 hours on Wed and 4 hours on Thur. Wed I caught 8 fish and Thur I caught 16. Most of the fish were in the 12 to 13 inch category with a couple of fish in the 15-17 inch range. The hot fly was a Blood Midge, followed by a Sheep Creek...
I am thinking about hittin it up tomorrow, any ideas of what the flows are supposed to be like? Wondering if it's worth the drive. I looked at todays flows below 100. This is my first year fly fishing, so I am trying to figure out the flows and relating it to what I can expect! Any ideas? Thanks
Otter, AfricanAngler and myself headed up to the Yuba yesterday. It was hot and humid all during the day. We were soaked through pretty quickly. We hit the egg bite pretty hard. Fishing was decent. I lost a couple of nice fish and one huge something that shot off like a cannon. It had me in my backin...
Just wondering if any one has ever thrown flies in Hawaii. I'm thinking of throwing my 8wt in the suitcase but don't know anything about ocean fishing.
I think this is a stickleback. Caught it the other day by access 5. It was only about 2" long and uglier than a mo fo. This is not the actual one I caught but this is what it looked like. I false hooked it on a midge.
I'm a lifelong flyer from Los Angeles who just moved here a few months ago. I've spent a few days up at Putah and have enjoyed myself thoroughly. Nailed a few up at the Yuba River last month as well, actually. I'm looking to spend some time up into the Sierras. I've been forum lurking a bit, and I've read...
Hey All, I'm procrastinating because I rather be fishing (or writing about fishing) than catching up on some work. Here's a review... Katadyn Hiker water filter - $54.99 on Amazon.com I've never met another fly fisher who brings a water filter to the river. I find this surprising, because modern fil...
I hit the creek today around noon to check out the flows and throw some flys and was surprised to see flows I thought they would be lower then they were so I put on a san juan and a dropper of some kind Im not sure what and landed my biggest to date on the creek maybe 17 or 18 inches and about two to two and a hal...
Yesterday Richard, Sarah, and I headed out for a quick morning outing. I had great luck in hooking 8 or so fish, but horrible luck bringing them in. The normal spots with the normal techniques were slow (probably from pressure this week), but some high-sticking with no dropper and a lot of weight produ...
I'm gonna be fishing the E. Carson this Sunday through Monday. Anyone wanna come? PM me. -- Edited by LilWhippersnapper on Thursday 8th of October 2009 04:31:53 PM-- Edited by LilWhippersnapper on Thursday 8th of October 2009 05:12:04 PM
I'll be fishing the Truckee and N Yuba this weekend. Any body have tips for the Truckee? I already know to dress warm. I figured that out on my own -Taylor
has anybody seen the flows this low before and whats the impact of the flows being this low ! 62qfs I was thinking of going tomorrow to just check it out and possibly fish if thats not to unethical sounds kinda that way. what do you think ? and what's up with those flows
I finally convinced MX 19 to show me where the fish were. While waiting for MX 19 to show up African Angler and Rgloft spotted me on the creek. We all went fishing where we were all sworn to secrecy and I finally landed a fish. RG and the African angler were having fun as well. I was nearly swept down to...
i recently bought a pair of simms freestones, well they are on their way back to simms do to crappy material, the eyelets broke and the shoe laces are already coming apart. anyways here is my question. i bought 10s they fit great with waders and one pair of thermal socks, but wondering how well with 11s fi...
Just as I was heading into a good spot, I ran into RG Loft - whom I'd never met. We went up stream and whacked a bunch of fish, but the fish got tired of us catching them so I moved further up stream. RG got to see me fall down smashing my right shin and hip and filling my waders part of the way up while fishing nea...
Obviously water temps are important in trout streams and rivers, but I've never used a thermometer out fishing. How many of you guys/ gals check water temps?
The egg bite is on. I was blindfolded and sworn to secrecy, but there are a few steelies and trout behind the salmon this time of year. I am not sure where I was fishing, but I saw quite a few salmon. The only fish I landed was on a small stonefly.
Hey All, I finally decided to stop working around the clock and spend some time standing in the middle of a river waving a stick around. Richard, Sarah, and I hit a "top secret" (not really) spot on Putah and we all had a good afternoon. We ran in to JL on his way out too - hopefully he'll share his...
The flows are really coming down. The creek looks very different from last week. After I finally found the fish I landed 4 out of 6 hooked and got this little beauty. My best of the season so far.
Going to fish the LT for only the second time on Friday. Any general recommendations? The first time we fished it in May or June (for a couple of hours), it was low and had a lot of algae. We started at the dam and worked our way downstream. We got skunked. Without giving away your honey holes, is th...
they sell a setup at sweenys for about 200 but thats a little out of my range any got anything else that might be a little cheaper ? im thinking not but what hell . nothing ventured nothing gained . from what im hearing my 5 wt is too small for steelhead fishing any suggestions
We got back from our Montana run last week. This year we tried something different, going down to Dillon in the fall. We had an opportunity to fish the Beaverhead, Big Hole, Ruby, Poindexter Slough, Red Rock and Big Sheep rivers. We found a fishing lodge called the Great Waters Inn located on the Big H...
It appears to me that the weed growth in the creek has been expanding each year, covering more area in its usual slower water sites and expanding into faster areas where it has been absent or almost so. This year it appears particularly bad. We would like to hear your views, since it is one more environ...
Well boys, we me and my buddy were down fishing Putah Creek and hammered some huge trout in the Riparian Reserve. They were spawning so we thought we would try our luck with rainbow trout streamers and pissed them off. They hammered those streamers so hard and fought like no other fish I have caught on th...
Was on the water yesterday and watched a guy guy hook up with about 4 or 5 fish in 15 minutes. I was watching intently and trying to learn with my eyes. Anyway he told me that he was getting them all on a "Twinkie" like I should have known what that was. I was on the other side of the stream and could h...
Rgloft and I both hit up the creek today. We each caught a fish, mine was a dinky yearling and his was bigger, 8-10"? Did see an Osprey out there too, I guess they wouldn't be around if there were no fish. -Jon
Haven't posted in awhile but thought you guys would like to see some pics from my yearly excursion to the Kenai Peninsula in AK. Fishing was pretty good in terms of size but numbers were down significantly. Landed my PB rainbow of 30" x 18.5" which put it at just under 15 lbs. Had one day where...
Went fishing with Dr. B over the weekend. On saturday I caught around 12 in the morning then it just died out in the afternoon. On sunday I caught around 15 in the morning. The biggest fish was a 16ish incher on a yellow stimulator. I found 3 different spots where I would hook at least 5 fish in each of them. I...
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