Fished the Yuba with Captain and Otter on Sunday. There was the usual PMD hatch around noon with intermittent March Browns and then a light Caddis hatch in the evening with another mayfly that I could not ID. The unknown mayfly was about #16-18, rusty brown with a creamed colored body. Anybody have any idea what that could be? Got the one below on a size #18 PMD sprout.
man i was getting a w dy looking at that fish..great job ...now that im laid off i need to hook up with u guys for a MAYBE next time.havent had a chance to use any of my bamboo rods up there. give me a shout out ...
That is a great pic Cliff. I didn't even see you take the picture. I threw some flies over the same fish and it had nothing to do with my emergers. Cliff was even spotting for me!! That is the first fish that Cliff caught on a fly that he tied, and it was a dry with a big grab. Great job, keep up the good work!
Hey EZ, since you keep talking about bamboo rods that you build I think I met you on the creek a few years ago. We were talking about bamboo rods while fishing. I was on my way to Tahoe to go snowboarding and needed to get a quick fish fix. Send a pm I think there may be something going on Sat.
nice job Cliff, That is a beautiful fish! Every one you catch up there looks different... I was up there saturday and hammered them! Brought several to hand all between 17" and 19" half on dries half on nymphs. I hooked a couple that slammed the dry so hard they broke my tippet instantly!!! Then JT, dtp, and I went out yesterday and nailed them again. JT hooked a fish that was well over 25" and fought like a genetically enhanced super trout!!! After porpoising across the water at full tilt and taking the fight nearly seventy yards downstream the fish made a final stand near a big rock pile. It jumped several times and managed to shake the hook into its tail and as we struggled to net it from a rock precipice. Pulling with all his might JT got the beast to within 2 feet of my net when it made one more surge with the line completely taut and broke his tippet. We were bummed but it was such a thrill to see that thing fight that I think we both agreed it was the highlight of the day. Here is a pic of a beauty I landed that day around 20" chuck
That fish is a beauty! I don't doubt your super trout story for a second. I spotted two fish on Sunday that were pushing 30" easily. One of them was on that same sandbar where we saw that other monster the last time we fished Chuck.
My arm is sore today after fishing the Yuba yesterday. I hooked eleven fish, all of them running like mad. I ended up landing six of them: one 14"er, two 16"ers, one 18"er, and two 19"ers. One of them took a #16 olive Fox Poopah. I landed two fish on a #14 march brown nymph that I came up with. Three of the fish took a #16 micro may.
The monster that Chuck mentioned was ridiculous. He jumped about three feet out of the water twice and ran all the way across the river three times (one of those times he was on the surface the whole time). As Chuck said, on one of the jumps, the hook came loose and got him in the tail. When I saw he was hooked in the tail, I pointed my rod straight at him, held the line against the rod grip, and started to pull. The fish was in a back eddie and came right in. When the fish got a look at Chuck, he bolted, breaking the line.
Just for perspective on the picture of Chuck's fish, the bow of the net is 22" long.
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There was the usual PMD hatch around noon with intermittent March Browns and then a light Caddis hatch in the evening with another mayfly that I could not ID. The unknown mayfly was about #16-18, rusty brown with a creamed colored body. Anybody have any idea what that could be?
In the evening we saw march brown duns, march brown spinners, pmd duns, and pmd spinners. I wasn't there when you saw the mayfly so I can't say for sure. But given the size and color, I would say it was most likely a pmd. The duns range in color from light olive to a pink or orange color with a light dun-colored wing. The spinners can be a light pinkish orange to rusty brown with a clear wing.
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"Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught."
I hooked into a fish on Sunday that put up a pretty good fight too. He jumped twice in front of me, I'd guess that he was around 20-22 inches, then he tore off downstream in the current. I chased him down river as far as I could, about 30 yards from where I hooked him, before getting blocked by a large bush. By that point he had me 50-60 yards into my backing and the drag was screaming faster than ever. I had no choice but to point my rod at him and palm my reel to a dead stop. Once stopped 2-5 seconds passed which seemed like an eternity and then he gave one more lurch and broke off. What a fish!
The yuba is defenitly fishing good right now ! Funny Chuck you mention hard enough hits to instantly snap your tippet, Same thang happened to me, All i saw was one of the biggest red stripes i've ever seen just hammer an elk hair caddis and "snap". I'm sure anyone within a mile or so heard my rant .
After porpoising across the water at full tilt and taking the fight nearly seventy yards downstream the fish made a final stand near a big rock pile. It jumped several times and managed to shake the hook into its tail and as we struggled to net it from a rock precipice. Pulling with all his might JT got the beast to within 2 feet of my net when it made one more surge with the line completely taut and broke his tippet.
We were bummed but it was such a thrill to see that thing fight that I think we both agreed it was the highlight of the day. Here is a pic of a beauty I landed that day around 20"
