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Putah Creek trip 5-1-2019 with lower flows with five fish in the net

May 02, 2019 1:11 PM | Rob Farris (Administrator)

See the source imageFished Putah yesterday with Marty Loomis and Gary Prince on a great clear and 75 degree day.  Flows are way down and now at 330 cfs vs 1,500 last month.  Water temp is in the high 50's, and wading conditions are good.  We fished the bridge and staircase, and then access #1 and #5.   All three of us were Euro Nymphing with mostly small Zebra midges.  Midges were hatching of course, along with Glossoma Caddis later in the afternoon.  No surface activity at all, so it was all down on the bottom with our rigs.  I didn't get into any more big guys (darn!) but hooked 5, and landed four 10" rainbows; three on the #20 Zebra, 1 on a #18 Perdigon, and 1 on a #16 BH Hare's Ear. Marty also got into a small rainbow in the riffles.  As usual, Putah Creek took its toll on flies, and I lost a couple of two fly nymphing rigs and another fly in the bottom junk.  We all recovered nicely with a great happy hour dinner and  some $4 "805" beers at the Buckhorn in Winters.  All in all a nice day on the water, and only 1.25 hours away for wetting the waders.

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