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SK60


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An article in today's Sac Bee (www.sacbee.com, under Yolo news) warned of the presence of rabies in bats under the PC bridge near the Canyon Creek resort.  One person has been bitten trying to assist a sick bat and 7/9 subsequently tested bats were positive for rabies. The recommendation is to avoid handling any bats that you might come across and notify Yolo County Health (530)-666-8645 or 666-8646. Transmission of rabies to humans  most commonly occurs through bites, so hands-off!

Steve

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News of rabid bats pop out from time to time. Best thing to do when seeing any bat is to leave it alone.

True bat story. I was fishing out in the North Fork American River near Colfax. It was getting dark, and I was out to get that last trout of the evening. I started my final shoot, and snagged a bat. I don't know if that bat was targeting my fly or it was just a snag. I did not want to touch that bat, so I had one hand on my leader and used the other hand to remove the fly with my hemostats. The bat fell into the water and parked itself on a rock.

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Only a moron would handle a sick or dying bat, Or any rodent for that matter. Theres also signs all over near sierra campgrounds that warn rodents carry the plague.

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agree with what is said here, it is common knowledge that Bats can carry rabies. So when fishing at dusk and hooking one of these guys be careful.

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was fishing the lower yuba last night and my buddy hooked a bat at dark on a caddis and the bat proceeded to fly around me, and in the process wrapping the fly line around me until it ran out of line....luckily the bat came off right before we had a face to face.  good times... on a side note, we saw two rattlers , i hate those things.

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and to top it all off...was the fishing good?

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nymphing has been good, dries have been a challenge.

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how are the flows right now on the yuba, and what part of the yuba was you fishing.

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flows are fairly high, have been around 1600-1680 for the last couple weeks.  We floated from the bridge down to the diversion dam.

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