Switch rods are a great way to cast further with less effort and stress on the elbow and shoulder. I love my big rods for steelhead. I use a Sage TCX 7wgt Deathstar and a Scott 6 wgt 12 footer to cast pole dancers at stripers. A couple months ago I fished for trout in ponds…
It was a wise decision to take the moms out for dinner the Saturday night before Mothers Day. We had a nice dinner with the whole family at Kyoto Palace–the local “Benihana ” style restaurant where the chefs cook at the table and show off there knife and skillet skills. My mom loves that place…
I am still on the honeymoon phase with the Inspire 1 quad copter which is an engineering marvel. The Klingon Bird of Prey Drone has the best camera and operating system of any drone to date. Its a truly professional camera and it has been wonderful to shoot. Just when you thought it couldn’t get…
I don’t mind too much if conditions aren’t ideal to fish since there are endless lists of things to do to prepare for fishing as well as the non fishing lists of things to do that seems to never end. I was ready to fish a 4:30 am but the 39 mph winds at the…
Mark recently shot me a song he wrote for a music composition elective he took this semester. Garage Band and Mixcraft. All instruments and backgrounds, lyrics and melodies composed by Mark Syn and sung by his girlfriend, Phoebe. LYRICS Verse 1 (0:17-0:34) Heading back from work I couldn’t understand Things weren’t the best at…
Ive been waiting for weeks for a break in the wind on a day off and I finally got it this morning on San Luis.Reservoir. The Day was perfect, no wind, very light fishing pressure and prime time for a big one. Unfortunately, the biggest fish I saw today was at the cleaning…
Fishing must be good this year if by May, I can hardly cast and set on a trout or striper without pain. The winds been blowing hard at San Luis the last few weeks and I haven’t been able to get out on the weekends. Last weekend, I recall 39mph winds at 7:00 in the morning…
Weather patterns are changing and the windy season is back. The lake is now in the emptying cycle. feeding Southern California’s thirst for Northern California water. The currents in the lake and the forebay are now going out. Should be interesting how this season plays out with the severe drought. Despite my elbow working…
Maco lenses come in handy in the micro world of fly fishing. Mayflies are small; Fly-tying materials are small. I recently acquired a newly released lens that is fun to shoot. This new Olympus lens is their first MFT macro lens. At 60mm, it has a maximum aperture of f/2.8 with a 20 percent angle…
The first time I ever heard of Henderson Springs Lodge was from my old friend Dr. Ben Kliger RIP over 25 years ago. He spoke about a great place to visit that had a bunch of different fly fishing opportunities–a combination of lakes, ponds and streams with a great comfortable lodge. Recently, Jim Cramer…
The end of March ended like February started, tough fishing. I wouldn’t call it bad but today we had to work for the fish we caught. We landed a total of 5 fish from 4-8 lbs. After a two week vacation in Maui, casting and setting was still a bit painful. I think the golf…
I miss family vacations. It has been a long time since our family has had a chance to take a vacations together. We spent a week in Mauii like we use to in the old days this month. Both Mark and Mia’s spring breaks came on the same week despite the fact that one is…
It had the potential to be as good as it was last week. The weather reports were suggesting a near 90 degree high and there were high clouds and light to no wind. You couldn’t ask for more except a whole bunch of fish. I was debating on fishing the lake,…
Meng, Wondering about the type of clouser eyes that you were using. Tungsten eyes are very dangerous. They are like a 22 slug when accelerated.. It wasn’t even a long cast, but my size 1 little yellow clouser was the end for the tempered glass port side window on the Crestliner last weekend. I cleaned…
Sunday at Oneill Forebay was incredible. Jim Cramer came along for the action and Vaughn Willet was out on the lake also enjoying the perfect weather–light breeze all day, sun and 63 degree water plus 4 stars on the Solonar table with peaks at 9 am and 3 pm. With the first day…
It’s been almost over a year since I took Richard fly fishing. The last time I took him out, he had just learned to cast a shooting head and caught his first stripers on a cast fly. He’s been practicing his casting for a year and yesterday I felt that maybe the forebay…
I just picked up the Orvis One Piece Helios 2 8’11” 8wgt from the San Jose Orvis shop. It’s been a long time since I used one piece rods and the last time I remember using one was when I was building rods back in the 70’s. When I finally had a chance to try…
I spent Friday at the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show hanging out with Wayne, Benson and Victor who drove down from Redding and Chico. I especially enjoyed John Sherman’s Delta presentation. His great photography can be found in one of my favorite books, Fly Fishing the Califonria Delta written by Captain Mike Costello. One thing…
The last decent day on the Forebay was a couple weeks ago when it was freezing cold and foggy all day. Today was the opposite. As cold as it was a couple weeks ago, it was equally too hot today. With 80 degrees highs and 60 degree water I wasn’t sure what the fish would…
Last year I was a big fan of Monofilament running lines. The majority of my rods are rigged with t-14 and t-11 shooting heads with OPST Lazar running line. It does cast with very little friction and there is very little stretch but there is only one downside. The line is so slick that its…