Alright, maybe I am reacting a little harsh. But the fishing season starts April 24th. Maybe a
nightcrawler hung on my wooley bugger would be a good thing. I don't mind getting blanked
on the creek, its just nice seeing the water come down, seeing a few friends, and knowing the fish will be rising soon. :)

Mike

Putah creek has always had a problem with bait guys that don't know how to follow the law,the trash they leave behind during the regular season is a perfect example.As far as  the DFG enforcing the laws....well not easy due to the fact that The stretch of creek we all fish is within 3 different jurisdictions Napa,Solano and Yolo and all 3 are out of the way for the wardens.This combined with the fact that catching somebody bait fishing is small potatoes compaired to other issues these understaffed individuals have to deal with.What I usually do when I see people fishing illegally is approach them and let them know the regs in a polite manner and try to be non confrontational and maybe even setting theyre spinning outfit with a fly rig and explaining to them how to use it.The reglations will allow this type of fishing and in fact unfortunately allow spin fishing with a single barbless hook during the supposed "fly fishing only season" sad but true.

No, spincasters cannot use a single barbless hook with bait on it. It has to be a single barbless
hook with artificial stuff on it such as a fly or nymph, or even a fake egg. If they did that, I
wouldn't have a problem with spin casters per se. But in addition to that issue, the phenomenal
amount of trash they leave tends to make me generalize about them more than I should, and
as a culture of their own I tend to associate them with empty beer cans and not caring or
respecting the places they visit. Every single fly fisher I know without exception tends to
understand their place on the stream as a visitor, and aside from leaving thousands of dollars
worth of flies in the trees. Am I confused, or what?

Go in peace, my brothers...
Mike