Amador Flyfishers (AFF) is a family-oriented organization established in 1991 to provide an opportunity for persons interested in fly fishing to share information, learn from others, experience fly fishing in various locations, and protect fisheries for future generations.
AFF meets the third Tuesday of each month at the Amador County Administration Building located at 810 Court St., Jackson CA, 95642. To socialize with other flyfishers, share local fishing reports, and to support fishery conservation issues. Drop in and check us out - visitors welcome!
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Knott Creek Reservoir Trip Report 2012
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The Knott Creek Reservoir trip of July 7 through 11 was made up of Amador Fly Fisher members Ron Calvert, Charles Moore and Dennis Larson and recent AFF quest speaker Dave Millhollin. Ron and Dennis rode with Dave and we met Charles in Winnecucca to continue our journey to Knott Creek Reservoir. Lunch was had at Denio Junction consisting of Cheeseburgers and Fries, cokes and/or chocolate milk shakes. The last commercial meal for the next 5 days.
After the nearly 2 hour ride into Knott Creek reservoir, 4 wheel drive a necessity, we set up camp before setting out to start the first of 5 days of fishing. The reservoir, unlike last year had receeded to the previous years. In fact, it looked as if they had had a mild winter as the incoming stream at the south end of the lake was a mere trickle of previous years.
The first evening, 3 full days and last morning consisted of sight fishing for the most part. We spent the morning starting out sight fishing on the lake in front of our camp. As morning progressed each of us fanned out and started up or down the lake from there. Midday was pretty slow as it was either blind casting or stripping from a float tube.
Shad Trip June 7, 2012
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A friend and I fished on the Yuba with guide Dave Barbieri from Marysville. We were on the water from about 12:30pm until after 9:00pm. We started out doing mostly wading, but later in the day it was mostly from the drift boat.
We started catching fish as soon as we got on the water, but hit a dry spell from about 2:00 until almost 4:00. After that we had stady hookups the rest of the day. We wound up landing about 30 fish. There were a lot of fish, mostly near the tailouts of runs.
Knott Creek Reservoir Trip Report 2011
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Got home this morning from Knott Creek Reservoir. Spent part of 6 days fishing with Dave Millhollin.
Temperatures were in the high 70's with winds out of the southwest daily with up to 30 and 35 mile gusts of wind. The lake is at its highest since I started fishing it in 1995! All the water marks on the rocks in the lake were covered with water. Water temperature at the south end of the lake was 65 degrees where the stream came in and 70 degrees at the dam end of the lake. Damsel and mayfly hatches the rule as well as midge hatches before the son hit the water in the morning.
To say the fishing was good is an understatement. To say it was outstanding is a truism! Double digit days were the normal. We figured we fished a total of 5 full days and caught nearly 200 fish between us. Dave M is just a great fly fisher and caught over 130 fish. I manage 67. Tiger Trout, Rainbows, Cutbows, and Cutthroat were all caught. Largest fish and most Tiger Trout were caught up near the inlet. Largest fish caught were mostly Tigers. Fish ranged in size from 15 - 22" with the average between 17 - 20.
Lake Amador Trip Report
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Went back to Amador lake last Wednesday June 8. Using a yellow and orange fly, caught four fish.
All fish were beautiful, very silver healthy and STRONG. One about 5 lb, two in the 15/16 inch range and one beauty that took me a while to bring in. Didn't have a scale or tape. But I would guess around 27 inches and in the 7 pound range.
Hooked the fish down about 10 feet, water was 62 degrees on the surface when we got in. By 10:30 the water warmed up and the fish went down.
My buddy caught two in the 15/16 pound range. All fish were healthy and strong.
Mokelumne RIver Trip 3-8-10
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Ted Nahhas and I floated the Lower Mokelumne with Bill Heger on Monday February 22, 2010. It was a cold and dreary day and the fish were not very cooperative.
We tried throwing everything but the kitchen sink at them, but the bite did not turn on until after lunch. We were below the Highway 88 before we found willing fish. The hatchery juvenile steelhead were still present and was mostly what we caught. We caught most of them nymphing on black Copper Johns and a few on Micro Mayflies.
We were on the water about 9:00 AM and fished until 5:30PM. A nasty wind came up in the afternoon and we raced the storm to get off the water before the rain hit. We managed to get the boat out and secured and were in the truck when it started to sprinkle. Not bad timing at all.
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