I originally planned on going to the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Expo on Saturday and Sunday, but after hearing about Wayne’s great day on the Delta Friday and watching Dan Blanton’s presentations on the Delta and San Luis, I had to fish today. I should have gone back to the show. I always thought that if…
The Presidents holiday had the makings of a stellar day. The weather was great, the solonar table was optimal, and I had a bunch of new tactics to try out along with a new IPILOT-ILINK, an amphibious Phatom Quadcopter and a 10 weight with 50 yards of T-20. I got on the water…
Yet another rainy windy weekend at home with no fishing has not gone wasted. I finally think I have an amphibious landing gear design for the Phantom Vision that fulfills all my requirements. Instead of mounting the custom landing gear I scored from Shapeways thanks to “Simonsays”, on the fuselage, I mounted them below…
I love these rainy weekends because it gives me a chance to catch up on boat maintenance and upgrades. While waiting for some technical support from Hummingbird which starts tomorrow at 6AM (8am CT), I decided to change the oil on the Honda 90 and clean the boat up a bit. I noticed…
I’ve been having some intermittent problems with the first gen IPilot installed on my Terrova this last year. Initially, the trolling motor would cut out while at max RPM. However, it would cool down and then start after awhile. The first thing I did was check the prop shaft for line and sure enough…
I’ve spent much time trying to figure out where exactly my fly is in relationship to what Im seeing on my electronics. I figured I would try to simplify the math in determining where a fly is behind the boat . Last week Dan showed me a technique he uses to fish for stripers at…