I was able to fish the creek again this morning for a couple of hours.� I hooked six fish, landing four of them.� Four of the hooked fish were typical hatchery trout, while two were good-sized.� The biggest caught was a 21" rainbow.� I got her on #24 black drowned midge pattern.� Two of the other fish landed took the same fly.� The #18 micro mayfly only caught one fish.� They must be getting onto me or something.� The hottest fish was the last one I hooked. He was�about 20-22".� When hooked, he shook his head a few times, then bolted downstream, almost taking me to my backing.� He then stopped, turned around, and ran right back at me.� There was no way to recover all the slack line, so he, like so many other big Putah rainbows, showed me�who's really boss on the creek.
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My name's Aranz. I'm new to putah and I was wondering what you guys think the best spots are. I'm going on Saturday and I needed something to start with. Thanks!
Damn JT I cant seem to break into that 20 plus inch range, guess i need a lesson. Caught one 28 inches a long time when i was fishing with worms. Hooked maybe three last winter that were well over 20 inches but i had no chance of landing em.
That's happened a couple times to me.� I won't go into detail but twice they were pushing pounds, not inches.� One I broke off before it even started. The other one went straight up and across stream with so much force� I couldn't deal.� I never saw this fish but the strength was undeniable.� That's why we go you know!� It's all about the next trip.
