Friday, I heard on the news that Jose Wejebe, host of one of my favorite fishing shows-Spanish Fly–died in a plane crash. It was his own plane that apparently went down shortly after take off. I really wanted to fish with that guy once before I died. Its funny how you get to know…
With less than a dozen more games in the next month to finish off the season, Mark injured his left knee in a scrimmage with Christopher High School in Gilroy last night. He hyper-extended his left knee while playing mid fielder when he hit a patch of bad turf and collapsed. After being carried off the…
Gina inherited the responsibility of baking the Easter bread for entire Gray side of the family about 10 years ago after watching her mom make them since she was a kid. It is an all day project that is steeped in tradition and chemistry (baking skills) . In the Russian Orthodox faith, this bread is…
Check this reel out… This is how much of those really cool special effects are done on one of my favorite show. Too bad we have to wait so long for the next season. I think its a breath of fresh air to see a show willing to sacrifice half of the regulars for sake…
Leland Varsity Lacrosse from Meng Syn DDS on Vimeo. Can we win? Yes. Much improved since the beginning of the year. Mark scores 4 goals in Leland’s only win of the season. We are the Underdogs my friend…
Of all weekends to hang at Seascape Resort in Aptos, we picked the stormiest. While Mark took the day Ski Bus to Kirkwood for some Snowboarding, we checked out the Seascape Resort in Aptos for the first time for one day. I must say that it is a great get away for the weekend with…
The Lion OSX upgrade of my old Snow Leopard Hackintosh turned out to be harder than expected due to the effort to install an NVIDEA GTX 470 into the dual booting WIN7\OSX Intel I7 970 build that would run 64 bit and dual screen in both Win7 and OSX 7.1.3. The GTX470 is the beefiest…
What looked to be a banner day at San Luis on Sunday March 4th turned out to be the end of my year long lucky streak at the Big Lake with only one fish caught. I took Rick out with me and we stopped by Coyote Bait and Tackle for 12 Jumbo Minnows for Rick…
My best shot this weekend was this unusual shot of a rainbow reflecting off of Bridlevale falls at about 3:15 in the afternoon. I shot this with a D700 and a 24-70 mm at the top of Inspiration Point. This last weekend, we took a quick trip during Mark’s very last “Ski Week” to Yosemite and Badger Pass. …
This week was Mark’s Ski week Break from Leland and I thought I would head over to San Luis for a rare Wednesday morning session before heading off to Badger Pass with Mark and his girlfriend Phoebe. ” Nobody on the lake, nobody at the launch, I feel it in the air, the summer’s out of reach…”…
< The Hook is great especial with a decent south. The waves are fast and short which is tough on beginners and its a popular place for newbies because of its easy access and parking lot. Definitely not a newbie beach though. There is a lot of talk about violence and shit talk out on…
Mia at Berkeley in her third year declared her major as Metabolism and Physiology. I always knew that she was into nutrition and health but I didn’t know how much passion she had for the field until we sat down and watched “Biggest Loser”. Honestly, I have never watched the show and the idea of…
On February 8th 2012, Dr Regina Gray (wife\boss) and Mia Syn (daughter) participated as screeners in the ‘Give Kids a Smile” program sponsored by the Santa Clara Dental Society. The day entailed screening children for dental pathology at Anderson Elementary School in San Jose. Approximately 200 kids were examined and children with treatement needs were…
Thanks to a hard lobby by Flyfishermen and sportfisherman, the DFG Commission actually voted against its own recommendations to increase stripers limits and size restrictions. The regulations were proposed to attempt to eradicate striped bass in California in order to save Salmonid populations in the delta. In actuality, the recomendations were put forth by Southern…
Today was the first day I fished both O’Neill Forebay and the main lake in the same day. Being fishless and hitless for 6 hours can make a man do irrational things to catch a fish. The Forebay is not a huge place and I think that I covered it well in 6…
Last week I played around with some underwater shots of hooked stripers using a modified flat lens on a ski pole mount. There is a modified flat lens kit made by Eye of Mine that really improves the clarity of underwater shots taken with the wide angle GoPro cameras. I have often been impressed with…
When the Alarm went off at 6:00AM last Monday, I woke up to the realization that I hadn’t bought a 2012 fishing license and went back to bed. I remember forgetting to buy a license and getting a ticket while trout fishing on Putah Creek 35 years ago on January 2nd. It cost me…
My kids gave me a cool gift this Christmas–a GoPRO Hero II. The day after Christmas, Mark surfed the Hook and we attached the old GoPRO hero to his board to see what the footage would look like from the front of his short board. The footage was taken at 1080p and edited…
A week ago, my good friend, Dan Dee called me to arrange a day on the lake. Dan fishes for Stripers in San Diego and use to fish San Luis with me in the 90’s. In fact, he was witness to Al Whitehursts 4lb test World Record Striper in the 90’s. We got on…