Guess all of you were bait slingers after all and the new regs have crimped your style!
In any event, has anyone been out lately?
Flows are way up (which I like) and the temps are hot.
Last night (got there about 6:15), there was a very nice baetis hatch (I think they were baetis) as well as sporadic PMDs and PEDs. Saw one or two caddis.
Fished my usual circuit on access 5 and I'm starting to figure out where the fish are. They move around it seems, but most in the access 5 area are juveniles; got about 6 yesterday with none over 12 inches, but most over 8 inches. Tightlining the deep fast water can be effective if you stick with it and set up on them correctly.
Got a couple grabs from small fish on dries later on, but the hatch wasn't strong enough to encourage reckless feeding.
As I live in beautiful Fairfield now I get up to the creek at least once or twice a week. If you are using the secret weapon you can usually pop at least one or two fish over the twenty inch mark. Even the 16 inch fish are putting up a good battle. Give me a call Jerry and we can fish the high flows. The delta is my next big adventure!! I bought the book about fishing the delta. Just need to figure it out.
