I hit Piru Creek - the upper section - on Christmas Day.  It was a pretty slow day fishing-wise, but just about any day on the water is refreshing.

The Black Gnats are back in force at Piru Creek.  I've metioned before that I call these little suckers "flying ticks", and maybe that's what pissed them off.  I went fishing with Hank (my Golden Retriever) yesterday for less than two hours, but it's going to cost me a week of painful itching.

I've never done very well under the bridge at Piru Creek, so being a glutton for punishment I tried it again last Thursday.  I caught a few and missed a few more.  All of them were smallish, but it was fun to fish a different area.  I only had about 2 hours and walking all the way up to the C&R section wouldn't have left me with much fishing time.

I've never done very well under the bridge at Piru Creek, so being a glutton for punishment I tried it again last Thursday.  I caught a few and missed a few more.  All of them were smallish, but it was fun to fish a different area.  I only had about 2 hours and walking all the way up to the C&R section wouldn't have left me with much fishing time.

I went back to an old favorite - Piru Creek, Frenchman's Flat and fished at Concrete Falls.  This place isn't a favorite because it's beautiful - although it's prettier than my office - and certainly not for the size of fish - I have caught a few nice ones though - nope, it's just because it's where I started.  The falls remind me of when even a single catch with a fly rod eluded me time after time.  Now it's only sometimes, and I'm glad for it.

My report and a short low-quality video follow.

I went back to an old favorite - Piru Creek, Frenchman's Flat and fished at Concrete Falls.  This place isn't a favorite because it's beautiful - although it's prettier than my office - and certainly not for the size of fish - I have caught a few nice ones though - nope, it's just because it's where I started.  The falls remind me of when even a single catch with a fly rod eluded me time after time.  Now it's only sometimes, and I'm glad for it.

My report and a short low-quality video follow.

The water is very skinny and most of the decent pools that I am used to fishing on Upper Piru Creek are nothing more than puddles.

The water is very skinny and most of the decent pools that I am used to fishing on Upper Piru Creek are nothing more than puddles.