Fished most of the day today from 11-5. Seemed pretty tough today. Lots of bugs and fish rising in all the areas I fished. That seems like about the worst time lately to be on the creek for me, mid day like that. I finally got a 17" native right below the bridge in some slack eddie behind a rock. Fish was a brawler. Fox pupae baby. That was the only action all day. Some guys had float tubes and one had landed a great fish. He had video of it on his phone. I also saw a yellow sally today which makes me wonder.....
same for me for the most part when i have gone out. a lot of fish rising and not to many takes. took 2 of my bosses out 2 different times, the first time out we landed a total of 10 fish, 6 for me and 4 for him, but lossed just as many, then the next week took my other boss out and i lossed about 5 fish didnt land any, and he didnt catch a thing. but fish all over the place. all fish caught on small 18-22 midges and bwos.
as far as this weekend cappy, its not looking good for me to make it. i have it off which is good but there is another factor that is haunting me. i will let you know. i sure hope i can make it.
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There have been a lot of dry fly opportunities lately. I hate that! I carry tons of subsurface flies, but I'm never prepared for the times when the fish can't keep their eyes off the surface.
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I'm going on Wednesday and will be looking for the risers where I think you guys are fishing. Downstream, the surface activity has been extremely sporadic even during modest hatches. I've hooked around 4 fish this year on dries which is an all-time low for me at Putah.
