A new discussion area

SK60 · Senior Member

A new discussion area

RippenLips · Senior Member

bigger more noticable signs saying that the creek is closed to bait fisherman.

dtp916 · Senior Member

800 forum members! Holy s--t. weirdface

yukon mike · Senior Member

I really enjoyed the creek cleanup event on Saturday. �A pretty hefty

pile of crappola was hauled, amd a nice social afterevent was had where

I was able to meet a few people that I have only known from this website.

I will look forward to flinging line with you on the creek soon.

-Mike�

bono · Master Fly Fishing Guide

I agree with Mike we hauled out quite a bit of stuff,I didnt get to stay around for long to chat as my kids were with me and we had to get back to Dixon and stand on a street corner selling shopping bags for Dixon Youth Rugby,I think I would rather pick up trash!! Anyhow it was nice to see some folks that I havent seen in a while as well as some new faces.Thanks to everyone who showed up to help, it seems that year after year Putah or should I say�some of the people that use Putah never fails to disappoint on the amount of trash that is recovered from these clean-ups.All it takes is the time�period from�April to November for the creek to get lightly covered in worm containers;salmon egg jars;power bait jars;hook packets;beer cans ect ect ect.These people should really be ashamed of themselves,I would like to see their�homes.Or better yet I would like to get the address of some of these people and return thier trash to their front porch!

SK60 · Senior Member

According to Michael McKeown, President of Napa Valley Fly FF, over 30 people helped out-largest turnout ever, so thanks to all that helped collect about 700 lbs of trash, including tires, a microwave oven, a roll of carpet, a tent, parts of a shanty, a motorcycle wheel and tire, several shredded rafts, as well as the more usual�cans bottles, bait containers.

I would be amiss if I didn't thank MX19, who couldn't make it,�and had dragged that tent and that gas barbeque�base up to the road�where frenchie picked�them up

-- Edited by SK60 at 13:28, 2008-11-23

Black Cloud · Senior Member

Another successful cleanup and quite a turnout. Nice talking to you, Otter and Chemdoc, see you on the water sometime.

��James

lightfoot · Senior Member

Sorry I missed it.� I was at the creek by 5am (don't ask) but didn't get back to my vehicle a little after 9.� By that time I had already found a tad too much poison oak and decided to cut my losses and bug out.� By tomorrow I'll know if it mattered.

shon42073 · Senior Member

I completely forgot the cleanup was this weekend. I was on the creek at 6 a.m till 1 and didn't even get bit once, Guess I deserved that. Noticed the big pile of trash bags at #1 today, way to go guys.

SouthPaw · Member

Hey French or frenchie,�I can't remember which one you said you wrote under, but it was�nice metting you yesterday. I still can't get over how much stuff we hauled out of the creek. Those rafts and love carpet were something else. I don't know if you�actually ended up fishing after but if you didn't you should have. It seemed like everyone was catching fish.�I guess the good karma caught up.�I hope to see you out on the creek sometime.

It was nice to see everybody helping in the conservation of the creek as well.�I wish i had stuck around longer for the bbq�but i decided that�i could wait to eat, and that fishing�couldn't.��

Lahontan · Senior Member

Hey all!�Clean up went smooth.�Hey Bono...nice to meet you, and I'm glad that I'm not the only one whose web photos can't keep up with the "snow on their roof" aww

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Met soooo many good folks. There is hope all.� Chemdoc and I walked, and de-trashed about 3/4's of the island at 5. Mostly the usual, bottles cans, bait containers, but Phil scored a plastic bucket...and a BIG, ugly blow up something, that we should just call a "raft".� He scored the find, but it took both of us to get it out of the log jam at the split.

Met "Yukon Mike" down that way...believe me, Mike, "I'm glad to call you friend".

I heard Gary Chang and SK60 speak at different points about the vision for Putah Trout. I found it inspiring and positive. There is clarity in them about what PT is and is not.� "hmmmm, the creek is strong in them, it is" (think Yoda!)

I went "up stream" after the clean up, fished til about 5pm. 3 hook ups nothing to hand, nothing to brag about.� But was a great way to end the day.

Thanks to the Putah Trout,�Marin, Davis, and Napa Flyfishers for everthing. It was a good time, even if it was Trash Day! smile

�...Sorry if I forgot anyone I met not intentional!� Good times.

LilWhippersnapper · Senior Member

I wish I knew about this clean up day... Instead I was busy getting striper skunked at the delta.

Frenchie · Veteran Member

SouthPaw. It was good meeting with you as well. So far no Poison Oak and no ticks. (Knocking on wood). The stuff we pulled out of the river was astounding.

Since Elsie was with me I only got a chance to fish for about an hour. Only one hit but didn't hook up. Maybe my reward will be a 30lb striper on the Delta tomorrow. biggrin

PM me sometime and we'll hit the creek and trade a few flies.

Otter · Senior Member

Nice to see so many people on the creek cleaning up other peoples trash. It was nice meeting people from the board. Yukon Mike, Black Cloud, Frenchie, a few guys from Marin who were fishing instead of eating. Must be Southpaw the Penn State fan. I met a bunch of other people, but can't remember all the names. Good to see you out there Lahontan.

Some guy took my post hole digger while I was trying to catch a fish in Shon's hole. I got back to my truck and was scratching my head trying to figure out why someone would take a post hole digger. Turns out it was Gary Chang and Steve Karr putting up another sign. Finally landed a little fish at the end of the day.

Thank you Davis Fly fishers and Napa Fly fishers for lunch. A big thanks to Sweeneys for the hat I won and to Icon products for the stickers. Never had so much fun picking up trash. Thanks to all who volunteered to make the creek a better place!!

SouthPaw · Member

Otter im not the pen state fan, i was fishing with�that guy�though. I was the guy with the uc davis club baseball shirt. Must have missed you when i went to fish instead of eat.

Frenchie I avoided that poison oak as well, thank god. As for the ticks it is�yet to be seen but i think i am in the clear.�Hope the striper fishing was a success.

SK60 · Senior Member

The ticks, being cold blooded (no pun intended), will be going dormant until Spring. Once it warms up, they will be back for another go at you.