July 4th needs to be celebrated. Each citizen and patriot in there own way needs to rejoice the day that the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the United States officially became the greatest framework for Freedom, Morality and Justice ever created by man. I celebrated the 4th of July by fly fishing San Luis…
Over the years, you learn that you should fish when the fishing is good and you should still fish when the fishing is bad. This week the fishing has been good at the racks . Having fished it three times in the last 5 days, I am especially grateful to the DWR for leaving…
After the great day we had at the racks last tuesday, I got a report from a friend about some big fish being caught at the racks and wednesday. Once in awhile a school of really big fish move into the racks and feed at a reasonable fly fishing depth. RIchard and I headed for…
I sometimes think of the Trash Racks as 4 giant teeth in need of flossing. Finally with a windless day in the forecast, I had a chance to make good on my promise to take Richard to the Trash Racks for a real “session”. My fellow veteran boat buddies, Tim and Brian, had…
Brian got his personal best striper on the Lake on Wednesday fishing a calm wind day on the racks. Brian had an epic day catching 45 good fish at the racks including the big one that he measured and weighed . According to Brian the fish was 39 inches and weighed 28 lbs. The fish…
Saturday June 11, 2022 – How about those Warriors beating the Celtics in Boston in Game 4 or the NBA Finals. Attending a Warriors Game party yesterday, I ran into my good friend Steve Sakamaki. Steve and I fished Jurasik Lake in 2018 and we really had not seen each other since before Covid. I…
What do neuroscience, Buddhism, Taoism and Stoicism have in common? They all figured out that pleasure is not happiness. Everything to do with the pursuit of fish with a fly makes me happy. Yesterday, I have never been as happy catching a big fish as I was extracting a seized spark plug from my old…
May 10, 2022 – The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II. Gina and I had planned a tour of Normandy to follow Gina’s Dad’s Battalion History through France for several years now. We wanted…
The Wind line has been down for a couple months now. Its much more of a crapshoot to go down to the forebay when the websites call for marginally high east winds. Sometimes the wind can be blowing 10-15 mph from the east and the forebay is glass because of the hills blocking…
Saturday May 21, 2021 -The weeds are starting to get thick in the Forebay this month. I woke up early this morning because I’m still jet lagged from our Paris Trip, and between the hayfever allergies and the Jet Lag, I was not feeling 100 percent. I took a Covid test just to make sure…
Wednesday May 4, 2021 – First Rule of Wednesday Fishing Club is don’t talk about Wednesday Fishing Club. Its common knowledge to many that Dentists traditionally take Wednesdays off to golf. If you’ve ever booked a tee time on a Wednesday, you probably know this already. Most doctors work a 4 day week and traditionally,…
Monday April 25, 2022 There has never been a day when Frank, Steve Santucci, Brian, Dan Blanton, Vaughn, and Richard were all out on the Forebay on a Monday. I got to the lake at 8:00am and I knew I was late when Brian, Vaughn and I all pulled up to the Cottonwood Launch at…
The Forebay has been hot this past week for everybody but me. Tim, Vaughn and Richard all fished the forebay last week and had excellent days. I took a chance on the weather today to try the forebay and was pretty sure that today would be epic. The day was slow for me…
After last months great trip, I could wait to go back this last week anticipating some dry fly fishing over those plentiful giant trout that we exercised in March. Two weeks ago, I passed on fishing Pyramid lake because of mild weather predictions. Luckily, it was the right decision. The San Jose Flycasters had there…
This report should be about Pyramid Lake and in a way it is. Up to last night at 7:00 PM. I was packed and ready to ladder up at Pyramid lake. I learned that the San Jose Flycaster was having their fish out this upcoming Monday. The next couple weeks are going to be very…
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…