There is a faint smell of roses in the air in the frigid Eugene Oregon air today. Gina and I attended the last Civil War Football Dual between the Ducks and Beavers this weekend visiting Mark at U of O this his last year. It was touch and go for a bit but the Ducks…
The Red Lights over San Luis Reservoir this afternoon signaled the end of a three trip streak of 20lb Plus fish. The day started out promising, with a good solonar peak around 9:45am. Ken Oda in his tube and I in my boat, pounded the Bay of Pigs but came up porkless. …
Friday November 21, 2015 – I took a day off of work to fish the Lake this morning. It was incredibly beautiful today with nearly perfect weather conditions. How lucky I am to live near this fabulous fishing opportunity that is only an hour from where I live. Two days ago, Steph and I were about…
I get a little bit nervous when too many things go my way. I got pretty lucky today at the lake and landed a second fish over 2o lbs in two weeks. The euphoria over last weeks fish had me on the fly tying bench last week tying up all sorts of giant flies flies.…
Today was a memorable day at San Luis reservoir for me. After years of pounding the lake with flies, I finally beat the 20 lb mark with a big striper from the Bay of Pigs. The day started off pretty slow as it had last week. I decided to only cast 7 inch flies. The…
My friend Ken Oda fished San Luis last week on Saturday the day before my last report. He observed some interesting striper behavior in the Bay of Pigs. Getting on the water at 7:30 am he saw birds working midges but later that morning around 11:00am, shad and stripers started midging in the shallows. Fish…
I was dreaming of that 40 lbr that Captain Santucci caught on San Luis Reservoir a couple weeks ago. His words resonate in my dreams “now is the time to fish San Luis before it fills” if you want a giant fish. Armed with HUGE flies, a T-18 shooting head on a 9 wgt, I…
How relevant 50 years later… Congressman Sisk, Mr. Congressman, my old friend and colleague in the Congress; Governor Brown; Senator Kuchel; Senator Eagle; Congressman Bizz Johnson; Senator Richards; Mr. Brody; Mrs. O’Neill; Mr. Mayor; Secretary Udall; Under Secretary Carr, ladies and gentlemen: It is a pleasure for me to come out here and help plow…