The following posts have something to do with Fly Fishing in general and include trips I’ve taken to different parts of the world seeking that next great experience. Included are all the local trips as well. These posts are not specific to location.
“The great charm of fly-fishing is that we are always learning.” – Theodore Gordon
I could hardly wait to get back fishing on the trash racks at San Luis Reservoir after last weeks banzai. When Steph and I met at Basalt Station, the gal in the booth (Roxanne) said she was about to turn on the red light I told her like Sting, “Roxanne You don’t have to put on the…
Grilled Salmon Fish Tacos Taco Tuesday at Rosey’s on the Beach in Morgan Hill (mispelled on purpose) is one of our favorite cheap dinners of all time. They serve the best Grilled Salmon Fish Taco for 2 bucks. Their fish taco was actually “*Voted best fish taco by the SJ Mercury News* several years ago. Ive…
Warning- 25 minutes of non stop fish It amazing how fast things can change on San Luis Reservoir. My last two trips to the forebay and lake left me reluctant to fish there. If not for the fact that yesterday, Steph and Vaughn actually caught fish , I wouldn’t have been motivated enough to…
Steph got a nice one on the Lake today and lost another one about the same size. Also, Vaughn got 8 fishing from 8-3 and got into them at the Cottonwood Wall and Coyote Springs near Dino Point. I think Ill give it a shot tomorrow since it sounds like the lake is starting to…
I wise flyfishermen once told me there is as much to learn on a bad day as a good day. Because of last weeks terrible day on the lake, I decided to catch some fish at the forebay. That didn’t work out. I could not believe how the fish would not even look at…
The Delta is going strong, the stripers are in the river at Orland but no there are not Stripers to be caught in San Luis this perfect windless overcast day in April. At least not by me. The most exciting thing that happened today was chasing a school of American Shad and missing them.…
The best thing about fishing Henderson Springs, a 500 acre fly-fishing lodge in northern California, is the variety of lakes and streams you can fish. Often you can find yourself alone on one of 5 lakes and ponds. If you get bored or frustrated with one place, you simply hop in your vehicle and in…
Last week the weather patterns around San Luis were typical spring with 15-20 MPH winds all weekend long as the slow moving high pressure moved in to displace the last storm systems. This weekend, the winds were gone and the entire day was calm with less than 5mph all day. Vaughn’s fishing…
The weather forecast last week for Northern California was RAIN RAIN RAIN for the weekend but around Wednesday, I noticed a lag forming between storms that would give me a good 6-8 hours on Oneill Forebay this morning. I called Steph and Vaughn but I think they were convinced it was going to be bad…
Last Thursday, Vaughn emailed me about a great day he had on the Forebay on Wednesday. He said if you could see them on the sonar, you could catch them. It was such a good report, I completely forgot about the terrible day I had last Monday and guessed that the 360 sonar would make…
At the end of the day, neither of us could figure out after knowing each other since 1973, why we hadn’t fished together somewhere together, even by accident till today. “Eventually the law of averages catches up with you.” After scouting around last week and this last Saturday in anticipation of taking Dan…
This weekend I was very anxious to use the Autochart Function in Oneill Forebay in order to get a better idea what was under all the waypoints I have collected over the years in areas that are typically productive. What I got today was a post graduate education in the kind of water Stripers…
Its been a long time since I caught a bunch of stripers from the forebay. After November’s big fish, Ive been concentrating on large fish in the main lake . Also, I haven’t caught a single striper in my last three trips to the big lake. So to get back into the groove and…
Its been weeks since I fished and I couldn’t have picked a better day to start off 2016. The temps were in the mid 70’s and the water temp was 52 degrees. The reports from the lake have been slow but today the solonar tables were peak and the crowds were light. Maybe its…
Its been many years now that the most used fly lines that I own for Stripers have been home made t-14 shooting heads. For a time, I really liked the integrated fly lines made by Rio and Airflow. Integrated fly lines are easy to handle, tangle less, some don’t stretch and they have tapers on the…
Sometimes you fish hours, days and years for one moment. An opportunity for a giant striper comes suddenly and often unexpectedly. In a second, you can see all your effort gone because of a bad knot, a botched set, or a lapse in technique. For my buddy Steve, one of those “redo” moments…
When it’s not always raining there’ll be days like this When there’s no one complaining there’ll be days like this When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch Well, my mama told me, “There’ll be days like this” The fishing gods are fair. After giving me three of the biggest fish Ive…
I almost went fishing this morning but this week at the office was brutal after the Thansgiving holiday and I was pretty tired Saturday Morning after a long week and cutting down two christmas trees the day before. I decided to drive up to the Menlo Park VA and visit Nick my father in law with…
I couldn’t wait to get back to the lake after spending the last 4 days in Eugene Oregon. It was freezing in Eugene and I expected slightly warmer conditions in California, but the overcast day was cold with a 5mph wind chill. I had everything on and made the thousand casts hoping that would be…
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. …