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12/26 Yuba Run
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Dr. Bombay, Packrat and myself made another impromptu dash up to the Yuba on Saturday. We chased the last of the rain on the way up. It was overcast and misty in the morning . . . perfect conditions. The river was even lower than 10 days ago if you can believe that. The rain did not put any color into the ri...
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Lower Yuba trip 12/15
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African Angler, Packrat, Brian Clemns and I all felt a sudden illness coming on and decided to take a day from work and recuperate on the Lower Yuba yesterday. It was a good decision, because despite the weather forcasts, it ended up being a nice day. Just as well, the weather forcast kept all of the si...
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Trinity
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Went up to the Trinity a few weeks back. Was really cold and fishing was slow but I did manage to lose my Steelhead virginty!!! Sorry it has taken me a while to post...Sad thing is though I hear the Trinity is fishing really well and I am sick So won't be able till after I geet back late Jan. Anyway for those o...
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AfricanAngler
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Napa River-Duck Duck Goose?
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Well Me and a buddy were fishing the Napa River today and the fishing was horrible, Freezing outside which made for a goose egg. Came across this goose though which had 30lb mono rat nested and tangeled in her wings and around her neck with about a foot of the nest dragging behind her in the water. My...
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A new years resolution/challenge for 2010.
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While waiting for the compulsory potatoes to cook this evening, I was passing the time by thumbing through the pages of the Californian Departments of Fish and Game rules and regulations for freshwater sport fishing and I came across this exciting piece of literature in the back of the leaflet. [img...
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Bay/ Delta Enhnacement stamp no longer!
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Exxective January 10th, 2010, you will no longer be required to purchase the Bay/ Delta Enhancement Stamp!!!! The DF&G is discontinuing the entire program which was funded by revenue which the stamp generated. So, a few more bucks in the pocket for 2010. All of you can afford to buy me an addit...
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delta striper
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caught my first delta striper this afternoon my 4 weight fly rod messing around trying to catch some bait.. ill let my picture do the talking 9.2# on a 6# leader, took a good 5-10 min to get her in
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What the HELL R They Thinking?????
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so fished the truckee last week. fished well, lots of fish (brownies) spawning.hooked and landed brownies and rainbows most over 18"s, fished it at 34cfs, talk about low water. fish just barely coverd in water to spawn, and some redds closely coming out of the water. looked at flows today, 18c...
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Trinity
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Hit the Trinity on Wednesday with Alastair. Fishing was beyond slow, we only saw two fish . Not many people on the water and the ones we talked to reported no fish. But it was a steelhead weather day and we were on the T. James
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Yuba on Friday November 27th?
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Anyone want to fish on Friday after Thanksgiving? I'll be at the in-laws for Thanksgiving and already got the fishing pass from the wife to get out on the water. Truckee was also an idea but I think there is a forecast for heavy snow on Friday. Let me know.....
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American
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Anyone been on there?......I wana go fishing ive havent since summer so iif anyones going up anywhere hit me up
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Alastair finally had a day to remember.......
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Well alastair called me up a few days back and said brian lets go fishing, and who am i to say no. Wanted to take him to the Middle fork american, and was going to until the night before, when i found out that the flows have been changing again for rafting. last time i fished it, it was at 250 for over a month. oh...
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Lower Stanislaus?
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Hey Fellas, I have been all over this site and I haven't seen a whole lot of posts on the Lower Stan? I thought about fishing it when the season opens next year and started doing my homework when I noticed that. Any reason why? This is part of finding local water that I can drive to from the East Bay for small d...
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Yuba River Access
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Has anyone else heard about this ??? http://www.napavalleyflyfishers.org/yuba-threat
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Sierra brook trout
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I'm planning a visit to a little pond about 3 miles west of lake tahoe this weekend. At one time it was teaming with brook trout, do you guys think tempatures near freezing would slow down the fishing?
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San Joaquin Restoration
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I know this might fall better under the conservation category, but... http://www.modbee.com/local/story/933238.html First looks for me since water was released from Friant on October 1st. More coverage of timeline/events at Fresno Bee: A River Reborn.
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11/7 Yuba report
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Emerger and I headed up the Lower Yuba once again, bitten by the egg-bite bug. It was an absolutely beautiful day up there. Not too many fishermen or drift boats either. This salmon run is all but done on the river. I never would have imagined that when we fished Lower Yuba 6 weeks ago that it would be t...
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lower yuba
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Im fishing the yuba for the first time tomorrow, I heard the river is closed above the 20 bridge? What type of water is it downstream of the bridge. I like to cover a lot of ground is it easy to get around? Any info would be great. Ian
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Fishing the Yuba next Thursday
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What's up fellas! I'm just trying to get through my last day at work for the week and get ready for Thursday's session on the lower Yuba. I plan the standard nymphing (caddis pupa, micro may, stone fly, maybe eggs but judging from One Weights post, that doesn't sound very promising. Does anyone have an...
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Donner Lake
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Going up to Donner this Thursday, THinking the water on top of the lake may be cold enough for some of the big boys to be crusing in the shallows? think it could be productive to wade or throw streemers from the bank? I have never tried this at donner. I know that the big Macks start showing up this time of yea...
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Bear Grylls bit my fish!
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Fished a few weeks back and just remembered about this photo I took. Here's what happened... I started my 11 o'clock morning wading up along the uneven granite banks of the river that will be unnamed. My game plan was to explore and fish new water before reaching the "Glory Hole." Trekking t...
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The Carson
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Okay, I promised Brian I would post a pic from the latest "pig fest" from the Carson. A big hen on a #14 olive sparkle dun. It's been an epic three weeks guys. B. what did you think of that weather? Crazy huh? iFish
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HAMMERING THE BIG BROWNS AT THE McClould Ai Di na
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The big Browns are evey where in the system , deep ! Got a lot of water with the last storm, 6+ " River came up 3' +, but fishing was very good, Oct Caddis , drys in evening , and dawn fishing with streamers , for the bigger fish 5 to 10 lb pigs . Will down load photos in a day or two. MOSES PS GOING...
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Eastern Sierra Report
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I just spent 4 days fishing out of Bridgeport with a buddy of mine. We got in later in the afternoon on Thursday and only fished for a little while on the East Walker and checked out locations for the next day. Fished all day Friday and did really well, both of us were well into the 20's with fish counts. Just...
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American River burglers caught claim your stolen/recovered items TODAY
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dont know if anyone has had their vehicle broken into on the american recently or maybe even this yr but here is a link to possibly gettin your items back. sorry that its is only going on today, just looked at another website and saw it so figured id post it. here is the link http://www.kiene.com/forums/...
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Davis Lake
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My brother and I made a quick overnight trip to Davis Lake near Portola. We fish 3 hours on Wed and 4 hours on Thur. Wed I caught 8 fish and Thur I caught 16. Most of the fish were in the 12 to 13 inch category with a couple of fish in the 15-17 inch range. The hot fly was a Blood Midge, followed by a Sheep Creek...
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10/17 Yuba report
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Otter, AfricanAngler and myself headed up to the Yuba yesterday. It was hot and humid all during the day. We were soaked through pretty quickly. We hit the egg bite pretty hard. Fishing was decent. I lost a couple of nice fish and one huge something that shot off like a cannon. It had me in my backin...
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Closest "easy" water?
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I'm a lifelong flyer from Los Angeles who just moved here a few months ago. I've spent a few days up at Putah and have enjoyed myself thoroughly. Nailed a few up at the Yuba River last month as well, actually. I'm looking to spend some time up into the Sierras. I've been forum lurking a bit, and I've read...
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Any tips for the Truckee this time of year?
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I'll be fishing the Truckee and N Yuba this weekend. Any body have tips for the Truckee? I already know to dress warm. I figured that out on my own -Taylor
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Egg Hatch?
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The egg bite is on. I was blindfolded and sworn to secrecy, but there are a few steelies and trout behind the salmon this time of year. I am not sure where I was fishing, but I saw quite a few salmon. The only fish I landed was on a small stonefly.
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