Fished Putah this morning. Caught 5 fish. Four were planters (3-12",1-10") and one was an 18 inch natural. The 18 incher was a true pig! It was so fat that it stomach was bulging. I lost another fish easily as big as the 18 incher. When I set the hook, it jumped and spit the hook. All the fish were caught on small mayfly nymphs. The big fish took a PT.
Nice. How early were you on the water? Haven't been out to Putah in a couple months, but planning on taking a buddy who doesn't flyfish much out Sat morning. Any surface action at all?
I started early, around 7:00. I woke up early, even for me, but I was intending to fish early to beat the mid-day heat. There were a lot of midges early, but they didn't seem to bring up many fish. The 18 incher was a riser, however, and I was able to get him on my first cast to him. Even if I am using a nymph, I always cast to a rising fish. A good percentage of the time the fish will take the nymph. Most of the time, however, I don't see many risers and this was the case Wednesday morning.
