Just curious what flies you guys were using?

Phil 

Thanks for the info 101.  I have been thinking for some time of taking my canoe or pontoon boat and heading up toward the dam, but just haven't gotten around to it.  I did land a couple of nice 19 inchers in some fast water near the bridge the other day using an egg.  One of them did some nice jumps and with barbless flies I was afraid he would come off, but luck was with me that time.

Phil

There is speculation that Putah has a strain of steelhead that inhabit its waters between the dams,possibly becoming locked in between when the dams were built.Most of Putahs rainbows spawn in the fall begining as early as Oct and ending usually around Feb.There is also a slight possibility that there is a strain of cuttbows in the creek as well.Now this is unofficial and my theory only,but a very small creek that eventually flows into Lk Solano has a strain of cuttbow in it's upper reaches that I used to catch by the dozens when I was a kid.I was told by a biologist that was studying the watershed that a local rancher released these fish in this creek back in the turn of the century.I have caught numerous fish in Putah that resemble characteristics of cuttbows (lack of spots below the lateral line or very few spots at all and a slight red slash below the lower jaw line.) Are these truly a cuttbow strain? You're guess is as good as mine.The answer to this question can be obtained by a fin sample,and one day that may be done.In fact a couple of years ago I was supposed to help catch the fish to be sampled by a fisheries biologist @ UC Davis,but unfortunately it just never happened.