Was there in the afternoon for a skunk near the bridge. It possibly could be just on me, the beginner cause i saw lots of fish and other fishermen catching. I tried both nymphs and dries and only had the fish following the dry fly - a moth-looking small fly.
anyways it was good to be out, its nice weather, nice to practice my delivery, nice to observe the anglers catch fish and learn about the terrain. I saw a couple of huge crayfish too.
Interestingly enough, when I was in Truckee a couple months ago I stopped at a small fly shop in town. I was asking them what folks were using on Truckee to catch fish, since I have not fished the Truckee in years. The guy came out with this crawdad pattern, I would say a size 6 or 8 and and it looked alot like a small crawdad, anyway I bought a few of them. I have not tried them on Putah yet, because I was having luck with other patterns.
Anyway, has anyone tried a crawdad pattern on Putah? I will try and take a picture of this fly and post it here...
KHB, Was it a Dead-Drift Crawdad? That fly is pretty popular on the Truckee. I was up there with dtp916 a couple of months ago and watched him catch a nice rainbow on that pattern .
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not sure if we were at the same Creek. Got there early sat morning, not a strike or sighting. By noon, 4-5 other guys and myself were headed to our cars. Went to the bridge did not see any signs of activity either. 8 people crammed together under the bridge. Had to scare the hell out of the fish!
I figured the fish had to be big if it hit that fly. I was thinking it might have been the same fish that was holding in front of the big rock the trip before. I thought it might have been picture worthy.
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I was there after 1pm out in the middle. green jacket, green hat, and gold colored rod. I don't think I spooked the fish until I waded on the camp side for a bit then realized my error.
I was under the bridge and around the bend all day. The fishing was slow , but still got around 8-9 fish on nymphs, all natives. Late in the evening there was a small BWO hatch and got two on drys. They were the lightest bites i have ever seen. I cut my indicator down to where it was just on the surface. And lifting the rod a little during the drift and causing the fly to rise and fall helped.
Bonefish, Talkin about sutle bites, saturday i was using a #20 griffiths gnat as an indicator and it would just ever so gently go under. One fish actually was caught on the gnat. Hard on the eyeballs.
I was gonna say that I caught more than you did, but, if I remember right, we both got dogged once it warmed up. And our fish were about the same size. Actually, you didn't see my fish, so it was bigger!
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You're not the only one. The huge rainbows on Putah are good at straightening hooks. I've had a few TMC 2487 #22-24 hooks straightened by Putah pigs. Of course I was using 6X tippet. I guess when the wire on your hook is smaller than your tippet, you run into problems. What are you gonna do?
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In my opinion, the 2488 increases hookups due to the wider hook gape, but at the same time it increases LDRs. I started using 2487s which has a little smaller hook gape but increases the chance of keeping the fish on the hook. They don't make 2487H, though. Another problem is that they don't make 2488H in a #24. That would take away my secret weapon. It's all a big balancing act.
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i prefer the a10s the f15s and f22s, but you do have the b52s with the wider span, the f117 very stealthy, f111 just bad ass. hahaha
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Well I caught one before you did! 
