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 was foolish today, April 1 2022, to think I could repeat last weeks epic day. The day looked perfect and I tried visualize epic before the day started but the fish just didn’t cooperate today. It wasn’t for lack of finding them either. I made lots of fly changes today without any clear winners.…
Friday March 25, 2022.- The forebay fished great today.The morning started out challenging. I fished the trench with a small brown and white clouser as I had last week and picked up fish in the trench fishing 15 feet of water. The fish are starting to exhibit spawning behavior in the 62 degree water. The…
Friday March 18, 2022 -This years Striper fishing in the forebay has gotten off to a very soft start. I haven’t been fishing it much because reports have been slow to fair and few attempts Ive made this year have been really tough. It’s so different than last year. But today I felt like the…
Its easy to forget about world events while fly fishing. Maybe its the reason why I fish – to forget about the stresses of life. A couple months ago, I heard about a new custom fly reel that was fully machined out of titanium — The VR Reel. These reels have the potential to be…
It is human nature always to find fresh cause for optimism. Henderson Springs came out of Covid in a big way. The quality of fish that Mark Henderson has put in the 5 lakes that make up this amazing compound obviously gained weight over the last couple covid years as did I with nothing…
Finally back from Covid was the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show this last weekend. I crowbarred an entire day into my schedule on Friday to spend the day there – I am addicted to fly shops and this is where the fly shops come to you. The show was very different this year with only…
Friday February 19 2022 Even though the best reports from the lake and forebay these last few weeks have been fair to poor, I had to go back and look for myself, especially with February getting closer to the possible closure of the Lake. Some people have been hinting that the lake would remain…
February 9-12, 2022 With San Luis Lake and O’Neill Forebay still slow but warming up, I decided to do some exploration in the Revel RV looking for nice places to hang out and fish for trout. Luckily, my cousin Wayne had a couple windows to fish and we arranged to meet up with a…
January and February can be really tough months to find active fish anywhere. At least here in California, we don’t have to put up with much extreme and brutal weather. The steelhead fishing picks up in February but the winter trout fishing for me is mainly aimed at the Northern California lakes that stay open…
Sunday January 23, 2022 – It took 23 days into the New Year to head back out to the Forebay after my Zero Fish end of the 2021 day more than 4 weeks ago. Maybe my longest absence from the lake in a long time, it has been hard to go back and try after…
December 31, 2021 NEW YEARS EVE – It’s not like I didn’t try hard enough to catch one more striper in the year 2021. I did get to use my Annual Poppy Pass and Boat launch one more time. and it felt like making money at least. It was as tough a day as…
John Brezzo passed away at Good Samaritan hospital last Saturday 12/02/21, after a heroic fight against cancer. John has always been a “bigger than life” fly fisherman to me over the half a century that I have known him, as are many of the older flyfishermen I hang out with these days. When I…
Dec 11, 2024 – With the biggest atmospheric river storm expected to soak the Bay Area tomorrow, I figured the fish might be on the feed with the barometer drop. But with last nights bright moon and a poor solonar rating, the day was spent looking for biting fish-more looking than catching. We did some…
Saturday Dec 4, 2021 – I’m getting a feeling that nobody really knows what makes stripers in the Oneill Forebay eat. This year has been a strange Striper year all around. There are many who are saying that its one of the worst seasons on record. Many of the San Luis regulars in November…
Monday – November 22, 2021 Fly Fishing reports from forebay this week have been bleak. The moon was full last night and I had a feeling it would be a tough day. It will be two weeks before I’ll be able to fish the Forebay again and I decided to go out anyways and test…
November 4, 2021 – It was best not to expect too much today especially when I crested Pacheco Pass on a sunny morning only to find a thick fog bank hanging over the forebay all day. The Wind Line is broken and has been registering Zero Miles and hour for the last weeks. The…
Monday November 4, 2021 – Every time I decide to fish the Forebay, there is a split second while driving over the pass, when I get that first view of the East side of the lake of Romero to the Bay of Pigs, that there is an urge to blow off the forebay and head…
October 31, 2021 – The forebay sure looked different to me than three weeks ago. The pattern has definitely changed. The weedlines are gone, the first storms of the year have gone through making the water muddy. the DWR is pumping water into the lake which has lowered the Forebay three feet since I last…
Sunday October 10, 2021 After taking my dear friend Jerry out last week for a shutout, I felt like the Giants after losing to Dodgers. I needed a win and I was determined to get Jerry on some Stripers even after scouting the forebay yesterday with mixed results. I also knew that the “A” team …
Saturday Oct 8, 2021 – My high expectations for today was met with a minimum wage day. I landed 22 but it was tough fishing today. I found the big schools in the middle again but they were tough to stay on. I got three on the wall in the morning during the solonar…