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the only place i could really think of is Putah Creek near Winters, CA because that's the closest place for me. i heard that they got pretty good trout over there, but unfortunately is catch and release only.
is there any place else i can go to do some fly fishing? if so, where are the access points to these fly fishing spots? i'm in Northern Bay Area, any suggestions would be great!
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Lake Lagunitas, Bon Tempe, Alpine, Phoenix, Kent, all in the Tamalpais Watershed, Marin County. My neighbor is an avid fly guy if you need more spots. He'll probably send you to the wrong spots but hey you'll get to toss a fly!
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What's wrong with catch and release? If you want to eat the trout you can buy them at a market. As a matter of fact for what you've spent on you fishing rigs you can probably eat nothing but trout for years. When I fly fish I rarely keep my fish. This most certainly pertains to trout. Fun to catch but I don't eat them.
The last time I ate trout was years ago while visiting a friend who ran a lodge on Chilco Lake, BC. A group of wealthy Silicon Valley guys flew in in their private plane and went on a 2 day fishing binge. They caught over 60 trout and Dollys, strung them out on a line between a couple of trees, took a group photo, got in their plane and flew off, leaving most the fish to rot. Fly fishing for salmon in AK I'll keep less than 5% of what I catch. Coastal streams & rivers have steelhead (99% catch & release). Currently most closed due to low flows from lack of rain. Consider volunteering with anglers who do stream and habitat restoration. It'll reap its rewards by finding the good spots (most these guys know where they are), and creating better ones. |
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Most of the fly fisherman I know will keep a fish or two on an outing even the "Catch and Release Guys."
I don't keep most of my fish unless I'll be eating them immediately. I don't like texture and flavor the next day. |
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Sorry for the misunderstanding. But I believe Hornet just started fly fishing. So what's wrong with going to a place where you can fish even if you have to catch and release.
1.) I love to fish but I don't fish in California any more. And I don't understand the comment about "paying" for the recreational preferences of other people. 2.) I hate eating trout after living in Colorado for 7 years. We nicknamed them Colorado swimming rats. 3.) I spent 4 years doing stream restoration to rescue and preserve dwindling wild steelhead runs here on the North Coast. If you ever caught one of those fish you should be thanking the folks who rescued them for you. BTW we did this with guidance from DFG biologists. So I guess your licenses at least paid part of their salary. |
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Well, I love eating trout, so that's a main purpose in my trips. When I see taxpayer money spent permanently restricting good trout streams to C&R only, I feel like I am paying to have my (and most people's) prerogative denied in favor of a few C&R zealots with no real ecological benefit to the waters or the trout. Its the same mentality that created MLPA and permanently closed most of the productive coastal and island areas to sportfishing. AR thinking in another guise.
Stream restoration and managing species is another issue that is better addressed through less drastic and permanent regulations. To the OP, have you considered the ocean? I see guys fly fishing bays and even surf on a regular basis down here. I haven't tried it, but at least one FF store in my area caters to them |
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why limit yourself to trout? I see people fly fishing for stripers at San Luis all the time, I assume you could do it anywhere stripers are, and I bet that's a great fight on a fly rig.
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Because Fly fishing for trout is related to laval hatches....and accurate casts with the appropriate fly during a hatch.
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