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Update 1/26/2009:
Lottery results for
Feb 14 Yuba River fishout. The lucky anglers are:
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DENNIS
BAKER
TAYLOR YATES
DON STEFFA
TONY PISANU
HEINZ ACKER |
WENDELL EDWARDS
MEL ODEMAR
JOHN PELLEGRIN
DON HANSEN
DICK SHANNON |
JIN
HUNTER
MICHAEL GERVAIS
JAMIE SUSSLIN
STEVE WILKINS |
Everyone else who signed up is still on the waiting list in case of
cancellations.
Pete
Koistinen
2009 Yuba River UC
Davis Fishouts
The University of
California at Davis has an agricultural research station on the banks of the
Lower Yuba River. This property is closed to the public, but our club is
fortunate to have a relationship with the management. Therefore we are
allowed twice yearly access for fishing. This is a great deal for us
because we get private access on a river that typically gets fairly heavy
angler pressure. The property is beautiful (and private); there are shade
trees, a few picnic tables, a brick BBQ grill pit, and a porta-potty.
Karl Wolff (karl.wolff@sbcglobal.net
916-719-0860) will lead our fishout #1 on January
24, and Pete Koistinen (peterkoistinen@comcast.net
916-780-0925) will lead fishout #2 on February 14, 2009. The
fishouts are limited to 15 anglers for each date, and there is no fee.
Signup sheets will be available at the general meetings. If you miss the
meeting please contact either Karl (for Jan. 24) or Pete (for Feb. 14) to
get signed up; however no signups will be taken prior to the December
general meeting. If you miss the top 14 spots on the list, sign up anyway -
we’ll draw a lottery, and then we’ll keep a waiting list. Please sign up
for one fishout only (OK to wait list on the other one)
The Yuba River is a
wild rainbow trout fishery with some fish over 20 inches. These fish are
some of the strongest, fastest trout you’ll catch anywhere. It’s not
uncommon for a 16 inch fish to take you into the backing. The Yuba river is
about the same size as the lower American, flow rates around 2000 CFS are
ideal. A few hints for success on the Yuba: keep moving – if 2 or 3 good
drifts don’t produce, move on to another spot. Also, don’t stand in water
that you should be fishing. The fish can be close to shore, you’ll probably
catch 50% of your fish while standing on dry land.
The usual mayfly and
stone fly nymphs will catch fish. Dry flies include PMD and blue wing olive
mayflies, and Skwala stoneflies. Check our website’s Fly Tyer’s Corner,
archive July 2006,
for Paul Egan’s excellent
Yuba River Skwala pattern. More detailed information about flies and
rods will be available on our website’s “Fishouts” section.
OK, we hope to see you
on these great “private water” fishouts.
Karl and Pete
Click this link to see the
2008 Yuba River
Fishouts webpage for more info.
Click this
link to see the
2006 Yuba River Fishout #2
photo
gallery held July 29, 2006.
Photo Gallery of the 2007-Yuba #2 Fishout held
March 17, 2007. Photos by Bob De Ross
(Scroll Right and Click each photo to see
it enlarged below)
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