I'm going to be flying in on Wednesday, and fishing the creek on Friday. Was wondering where I need to go to pay the day use fee for county park fishing access? I've been tying different midges, and long thin leaders for use on the creek, and reading this board religously in anticipation of my visit, and I hope to see people out there. Around here, the winter fishing dosen't pick up until after midday, and is at its best around 3pm (but then of course it is 15 below as I type). Was wondering if the same was true of Putah, or if I need to hit the creek early. I haven't fished since September so I might be out there at first light anyway. I'm easy to spot. Short, middle age, balding white guy (wait thats like 40% of all fly fishermen). I carry a soft sided tackle box on my left hip instead of a fishing vest, and wear a floppy tan hat. Oh yeah, I live in MN so I haven't seen sunlight in about 3 months so I'm the palest white you Cali people will have seen in awhile. If you see me on the water, come up and say hi. My natural inclination is to give other fishermen a wide berth, so if you see me skulking around, wave me over. Sounds like the visibility is low on the creek lately, so its going to be harder to spot the redds. Aside from avoiding shallow tailouts, any other advice to help me avoid trampling your states natural resources?
You can catch fish all day. It's pretty cold in the morning (not as cold as MN), but the fish are still hungry. The water clarity is improving slowly, so it is still difficult to see the redds.
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You might already know this, but make sure you disinfect your gear after fishing the creek. The creek is full of New Zealand Mud Snails. You don't want to take those home to Minnesota with you.
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"Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught."
The thought of those little buggers infesting my pristine creeks makes me shudder. Yeah, thanks I'll make sure to disinfect my waders and gear both before and after I fish Putah. Can't think of any invasive species I could introduce, but better to be safe.
Freezing your gear overnight is an easy way to get rid of them, if you have a big freezer... but in MN, you can probably just leave your gear in the garage...
That would be AP for Andy Puyans the great fly fisher and fly tyer that used to own Creative Sports in Pleasanton. Nice fish Captain. Good luck out there Psyfisher
. Nah thats from a few weeks ago, But i may have a few more stashed away for future veiwing 
