Jordan Romney reports on 3.30.17

Flows: 1100

Color: Green

At this point, I am not sure if the flows are ever going to play nice for us. The creek has been hovering around 900-1100 cfs. The glory hole is still spilling over, and has been for the past 35 days. There have been periods where the lake level looks like it will stop spilling but then a new weather pattern heads our way. These storms have...

Jordan Romney reports on 3.16.17

Putah Creek Flows 1020

Every day the flows drop little by little. This has been like watching paint dry. We need it to get a little lower before we can get out and wade it. The good news is that the clarity looks good. Visibility is anywhere between 2 and 4 ft, which is plenty for fish to find food. There are some major changes out there that I have seen. Some beaver...

Jordan Romney reports on 3.1.17

The start to the Putah Creek spring season is on hold until further notice.  The flows are still over 3000cfs.  Typical flows for this time of year would be around 200. It is not just the volume of water the clarity is not right yet either.  

Once the “glory hole” stops spilling we will see a drastic cut in flows to Putah Creek. When this happens, we will get a good...

Jordan Romney reports on 2.9.17

There really is nothing new to report on in regards to fishing Putah Creek. 

With the heavy rains the feeder creeks have swelled. The ground is entirely saturated now that it can not absorb any more water. Now every drop that hits runs off into the creeks. This is bad news, and it relates to the fires over the past three years. Thompson Creek and Cold Creek are dry as...

Jordan Romney 2.2.17

Technical Nymphing Clinic

Putah Creek

Let’s face it, California is a nymphing state when it comes to trout fishing. While we all prefer those great days of dry fly fishing when it comes to fishing day in and day out we need to get those flies down to the bottom of the river.

We are offering a technical nymphing class to help get you dial into everything right for those picky fish....

Jordan Romney reports on 1.26.17

Next Available dates, February 28-March

Well, I haven’t fished Putah since November. This is the time of year where I let the fish spawn in peace. They will replenish their own stock for years to come. In addition, the clarity has been awful. The fires from last few summers plus the el nino like rains have really put some interesting color mud into the river. The...

Richard loft reports on 12-19-2016

Hi Everyone Merry Christmas.  Here’s my Holiday Putah Creek report for November, 2016.
Winter has finally arrived and with it flows on Putah Creek have stabilized at 80 cfs and fishing is still good. I teach an “Introduction to Fly Fishing” a couple times a year for Napa Parks and recreation and I took one of my students out to the creek and we found some fish–...

Jordan Romney Reports on 12.1.2016

Well that’s a wrap. I decided to call an end to the fishing season on Putah Creek about two weeks ago. With the measly 50 cfs flows and how many early spawning fish I decided to move my trips elsewhere. December through February are the months that we ask anglers to avoid fishing Putah Creek to help protect the spawning fish. Ethically it is the right decision,...

Jordan Romney Reports on 11.2.2016 

50 cfs…let’s just say things are tough. The water went from being unusually high through September and early October to a puddle October 15th. The river was running at a healthy 275 on a Friday night and it dropped to 50 cfs trickle by the next morning. How a juvenile fish living in a side channel could get out in time is impossible. I thought the drop in flow...

Richard Loft Reports on 11.1.2016

Hey everyone here is my report for Putah Creek 9/16 > on to end of October. I fished much of the creek less visited most of the year. Flows where very low but if you know where to look you can find water rarely fished due to much higher flows through out the year and that made for some very interesting and productive fishing. Also I have started finding some really...