Got out to the creek sunday around 5:30. Hit access five.
didn't see another person, which was nice.
Was still about 90 degrees, so I decided to wet - wade. I may not do that again b/c the poison oak on the trails is becoming pretty hard to avoid, and waders can help with that.
Anyway, as I headed out to the split, I saw quite a few baetis hatching and flying around. I'd also heard from another putah fisher that brown micro mays (size 14) had been working. The mayflies hatching were smaller, so I tied on a green caddis poopah and a size 18 grey beadhead rs2-type emerger and started nymphing.
From the first cast, the action was great - best I've seen in months. I hooked at least 20 fish, landed about 18 and probably missed 10-12.
At one point, in about 10 casts, I had 6 or 7 fish. Nothing huge, but nothing smaller than 9-10 inches either.
Hooked 1 about 16, but most were 12-14 inches.
Not one fish was landed on the caddis. Everyone one came on the grey mayfly.
So why didn't I tie on two mayflies? I did, but on my first cast I lost both in the bushes... by that time it was dry-fly time, but after 10 minutes with no hookups I got bored and left.
If you see little mayflies hatching, tie one on and get ready.
PS - great way to find lots of what's hatching (esp. mayfiles) is to hunt around for a spider web - you'll find lots of what's on the menu there.
