How is the fishing?

bonefish1 · Veteran Member

How is the fishing?

Matt R · Senior Member

Welcome to the boards bonefish. Pretty much and indicator rig with 2 fly's and some split shot. small nymphs #16-24's 16 being pretty big.� pt's and wd's are good small midges micromay's anything small and buggy looking works most of the time. flows are up the bite is a little tougher. good luck might see you out there.

cole · Senior Member

Yep Matt's right about the bugs.� Be patient, it can be tough out there.� I watch guys who are way better than I am get skunked quite often.� No worries there.� But you have to go and see cuz you you never know.

JT · Senior Member

You'd be surprised at the size of the flies that many people use.� Matt's not kidding when he says that a #16 is big for Putah.� I use #20's and #22's the most.� Those are tied to 6X tippet.� I don't think anything bigger will fit through the hook eye.� If you get a chance, pick up some rocks on the stream bottom and look at the insects.� Some are way smaller than anyone can�accurately imitate.

Aranz · Member

if you could fit it through the eye would you use say 4x or 5x? I use 4x and I don't usually have a hard time. People have told me that 4x is to thick but I've still caught fish with it.

cole · Senior Member

When I have to patch my leader or go bigger I switch to RIO flourocarbon.� It's a little more stealthy for the same size although not quite as strong.� I been running the 5X alot lately.� I'm not sure I can tell the difference.� It's 13 bucks a spool instead of 4.�

Aranz · Member

where do you get your equipment? I go to "Fish First". They got a lot of good stuff.

JL · Senior Member

Cole - it's funny you say that flouro isn't as strong.� I always found it to be stronger - at least when I'm pulling knots tight with flouro it seems stronger to me.� Maybe it just doesn't get brittle like some tippet can.

13 bucks is so freaking expensive - I'd go all flouro if it was cheaper.

yukon mike · Senior Member

If you guys are using 4x leaders, that should be alright. I generally use a 5x leader with
my upper fly tied on with 6x tippet for the second fly. If you step down a size with the tippet
you will find that it will roll cast nicely without wadding up too often. Please note "too often."
As usual with tailwater creeks, smaller is better as a general rule. I did decide to try
swinging a soft hackle wet fly the other day, and before it hit the water a trout flew up out of the
water and nailed it. . . After I let it go, I tried again and. . .THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN!!!
The fly was some ridiculous thing I tried to tie so I can't even begin to tell you what the heck it is,
but if it happens again, I'm going to see a patent attorney.

Bombs Away,
Mike

bono · Master Fly Fishing Guide

I totally agree with Yukon,my rig for Putah most always starts with a 5x leader to my first and larger or heavyer fly I will usually have a beadhead for the first fly as well.Then I will step it down to a smaller tippet size 6x and a smaller fly as well.I always run two entirely different flys like caddis/mayfly or mayfly/midge and red/green or black/cream ect ect.Another note on size,don't disregard large flies on Putah,some of the largest fish I've ever caught there were on a size 10 beadhead nymph.� Bono

bonefish1 · Veteran Member

Went fishing Sunday insted. Got one big fish on a three fly rig, Stimulator on top as an indicator- A princh nymph below that- and a black zebra midge on the bottom -all on 5x. I saw some people fishing at the dam but no luck there. Caught alot of moss as well. biggrin

-- Edited by bonefish1 at 09:13, 2007-08-20

cole · Senior Member

Going back to what you said JL, I was led to believe the flouro was not quite as strong as powerflex.� Maybe I am wrong there although the flouro is harder to see from the fishes perspective.� One of these days I'll try something new but I really like the RIO leader and tippets.

JT · Senior Member

Does anyone know the laws referring to multiple fly rigs?� Most poeple use two fly rigs, but some use three fly�set-ups�now with the popular Hopper-Copper-Dropper rig.

101fish · Senior Member

2.00. Fishing Methods--General.
(a) All fish may be taken only by angling with
one closely attended rod and line or one hand
line with not more than three hooks nor more
than three artificial lures (each lure may have
three hooks attached) attached thereto. Anglers
in possession of a valid two-rod stamp and
anglers under 16 years of age may use up to
two rods in lakes, reservoirs and the Colorado
River District. See District Trout, Salmon and
Special regulations for exceptions.
(b) Snagging is prohibited. Snagging is defined
as impaling or attempting to impale a fish in
any part of its body other than the mouth by
use of a hook, hooks, gaff, or other mechanical
implement. This definition does not include
activities otherwise authorized under these
regulations for the lawful use of a gaff, bow and
arrow, or spear.
(c) It is unlawful to kill, or retain in possession
any fish which has not voluntarily taken the bait
or artificial lure in its mouth. Any fish not taken
pursuant to these regulations, shall be released
immediately back into the water.

Matt R · Senior Member

Thanks 101 I was wondering about that myself after JT posted.� It would be fun to try 6 or so fly's at once though biggrin

Fished the past 4 days on the creek anywhere from 2 1/2-6 hrs a day lots of hook-ups but lots of lost fish. Got some in but plenty shook the litlle hook. I was on a tear�2 weeks ago landing fish�last week comes and I was on a tear losing fish. Crazy damn trout or maybe crazy damn fisherman weirdface

JT · Senior Member

Nick,
Thanks for the post on the regs.

Matt,
It's funny how one week it can be on, where you land almost all the fish you hook, and the next week you just can't seem to get fish in the net.