This section has been a little slow recently, so here's my addition: If you've been thinking about buying one of these new well designed boxes... don't. I've always battled with fly boxes... and found each has its problems. Foam tears, and causes rust; compartment boxes lose flies when there is wind...
?Got my box of seventeen(17!) Putah Creek specials( deemed by those doing the tying) and I've got to say...Outstanding, gentlemen! Although mine will probably never get wet (I'll probably use them as a tying template) I am so happy to own 'em. And as proud as I am to have 'em,?pride belongs to those who...
Has anyone else noticed that dates of posts are no longer the time since the post, but instead the absolute date of the post? This is making it hard to see what's new on the forum. Vince
From Colorado, and am planning a trip to the bay area in a few months, would like to take a day to fish some local waters, any suggestions on where to go? never been to the area before.... -- Edited by ColoradoAngler on Friday 17th of April 2009 12:42:57 PM
Was at the creek yesterday for a few hours picking up trash and fishing. I found lots of fun stuff: big red ball with a garden hose anchored to it, a beach ball, a tennis ball, 2 float mats, an uneaten lunch with a baggie in it that contained a lighter and a cigar, plastic cups, water bottles, plastic ziploc...
On Sunday, June 14th, I'll be headed home to Bishop, but along the way, I was thinking of fishing a river, staying in a hotel/motel for the night, and then fishing the next day on the way to Bishop. To give you a better idea of location, here's the highway routes ( 80E to 50, 50 to 88/89, 88 to 395). What I ask f...
Headed up to Truckee for the Memorial Day weekend and got in a good dose of time on the water.? The Truckee is coming into shape very nicely.? It is a little high but very fishable.? Had a nice day on the Truckee.? Landed a number of fish on dry flies, nothing huge, but decent size. When we were on the Truckee...
Me and my dad went down there this weekend, just looking for a place to get going this year. So, we started around 7:30 just below the fish hatchery, and had a few 10-12 in. on the line but couldn't bring them in. We fished till dark and called it a day. Next day we went down and dropped in, in our 2- seater kaya...
Cruised up to the feather river this weekend ....I convinced Emerger to join me so I would have someone to blame if the fishing was poor.Good old Emerger wasted no time and hooked up on a few nice steelies right off the bat.At this point I was now calling him farmer....Moved to the next spot and started to...
Iam heading up to the feather river this sunday..I have a spot open if anybody would like to go and learn the feather..I will be guiding Vince and I would like to have a second angler to fill up the day.Iam donating my time to help fund Putah Creek Trout and one more person would make the day well worth my tim...
Went up to the bridge yesterday for a hour and a half or so in the evening. Landed 2. one being about 5 inch's. the other being my personal best for putah.? And the most beutifull fish i ever caught. big hooked jaws. beutiful color. a 22 inch native that put up a hella of a fight.? I knew it was of decent size bu...
For those of you that head to Putah from the East... the Winters PD is really hitting speeders hard on 128 heading East. I was out last week with a first time fly fisher (damn high flows skunked us) and she got a speeding ticket coming out of Winters 14 mph over the limit. Today I was heading back home (one ho...
I will be in Ione, CA on a Friday for work, so I figured I would sleep in my car or something and fish on Saturday.? I was thinking the Stanislaus.? I will be solo and wading, so I figured the upper.? Any suggestions would be great.? Fies, locations, anything would help.? Open to any other waters in the area...
Just a few shots of what I deem a great trip. This was after Easter on my way down the eastern slope to Las Vegas. Caught more but, these 2 are my faves. The Owens River Upper and Lower gave me much reason to continue!!!!!! Flash Backs are the thing.
Hey guys . I fished the yuba above the bridge twenty or thirty minutes past yuba city today.I caught my first rainbow maybe two and a half pds Followed by a eight in.I was really beginning to rethink spending all this money on gear when it happened yay for me any way the flows are a lot higher then last time I...
Does anyone know if the fires of the previous year affected the NF of the NF American River around NF Campground area? Haven't been in a while and someone mentioned that it had??? PM me if you like. Thanks!
I was thinking about going camping next weekend with some friends and want?to get the line wet. We were going?to camp Burney Falls but its all filled up.?Anyone?have any suggestions of?good places to camp and fish? Im coming from Davis. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Brent
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You tube video of Del Albright talking for a few minutes about what can be done to save ohv trails and access. If youd like to have a place to point folks who want to see a video clip (couple minutes) on what they should do to save our sport and our trails, and see my ugly mug at the same time, send them here to my...
ya im going to hat creek this weekend and im new to fly fishing however got my waders yesterday boy what a dif still didnt get any hits at putah today owell , bob one of the guys at sweenys helped me pick out some fly earlyer this week but could use some advice on some of the spicifices where to go what tippet? d...
Hey guys, im heading up to Pennsylvania next week and im going to be fishing fishing creek over there near state college in central pa. i doubt anyone has fished this creek but it is a limestone creek and any info could help. even if you have fished in the area, the info is probably useful. Any thing specia...
Hi , I'm pretty new to fly fishing so I'll try to be as clear as I can. Tell me everything you know about fly fishing! Just kidding. I have the day off tommorow and I am going the creek. Should I be out there earlymorning, mid-day or early evening? A location suggestion or two would be nice but I wont push it wi...
Here is the carved trout that I am donating to the fund raiser. It will be raffled off June 13 in Healdsburg. Tickets are $10.00, you can contact SK 60 for the tickets.
What do you use for a wingpost in parachute flies? I've always had difficulties getting calf tail fibers stacked well and tied down without creating bulk, so I've been using poly yarn. Does anyone have any tips in minimizing calf tail bulk when making a wingpost? Also, any general feedback/tips on my...
I'm wondering how many of you guys tie your own flies?? Is it something that eventually all fly fisherman end up doing?? I don't feel like I have the free time or patience to do it yet.? Although I have tied up several midges just because they're easy to tie.
??Gonna get stuck with in laws this June on Shaver Lake and thought I'd ferry across Florence Lake and fish. Any advice, also planning to to hike to Dutch and Hidden lake.The Big J
They are back!?The ticks tend to be in tall grass, low shrubbery waiting to hop on. The larval ticks are tiny, the nymphs and adults are also small??Check your clothes , waders, skin-especially around the hairline. It takes them several hours to attach, so you have some time to remove them. The threat...
