Most fly tiers including myself are always trying to think like fish. To understand the baits you are trying to represent you first must understand their relationship in the water and how predators perceive them. Dr. Aaron Adams explains the relationship of color and profile in fly tying to attract fish into feeding. Click here for the video! great info… Here is Dr Adams website, www.fishermanscoast.com Take good notes! 🙂
Saturday, February 08, 2014
9 am – 3 pm
Great Buys on New and Used Tackle
Fundraiser for the Southwest Council, International Federation of Fly Fishers
LONG BEACH CASTING CLUB 4901 East 7th Street Long Beach, CA 90804
Lunch and admission $10.00 for IFFF members, $15.00 others. Memberships available at the door.
I will be tying, look forward to seeing some new and old friends…
new one surf fly date for 2014. photo by kristina kaufman
new date for the double haul ball 2014.
Here’s a Baja update: This is a major bummer. It seems like there was an earthquake that destroyed the road to Baja. Luckily none was hurt or killed. This will take some time to repair. The location is probably 10-20 miles north of Encenada on the toll road from TJ. The area is called Salsipuedes. If you are planning on towing your boat to Cabo or East Cape, think again. There is an alternate one lane road that leads towards the mountains! I have no idea how much of a delay in time it will take to divert this mess.
I tried to shake off the holiday insanity this morning and end the year with a little winter surf session with fly rod in hand and hopes of finding those elusive slab perch. A couple of good fishing buddies joined me at 6 o dark am! The air temp was 45 degrees and the first sound I heard after getting out of my friend Johns car was the rumbling thunder of a shore break, it wasn’t promising but we forged on.
We were fishing a new stretch of beach that another buddy told me to investigate. Well long story short, we found the big perch, when we found the bucket brigade. Two guys, six rods and two buckets overflowing with monster surf perch. The bait of choice looked to be mussels. We were only lucky enough to scratch a few nice ones on the fly. Another dude fishing the grubs had the same experience, they wanted the real deal.
Anyhow it turned out to be a pretty morning spent with some good friends and who wouldn’t like any year to end like that! Happy New Year to all who share this blog and I hope to see you on the beach this coming year with rods in hand!
the last fish of 2013! photo by Jim Solomon
photo by Al Q
photo by Jim Solomon
photo courtesy of marlin magazine
I think this black marlin won this battle!
below: here’s another great pic but I have no information on it other than it is awesome!
courtesy of you tube
This is all courtesy of You Tube:
During a recent expedition to The Bahamas, Dr. Andy Danylchuk (UMass Amherst), Dr. Aaron Adams (Bonefish & Tarpon Trust/Florida Institute of Technology), Dr. Jon Shenker (Florida Institute of Technology), and Zack Jud (Florida International University) reconfirmed that bonefish form massive spawning aggregations at very specific locations during specific lunar days. Using manual tracking and depth sensors, they also documented that bonefish use depths of greater than 160 feet (50 m) when spawning, after which they return quickly to shallow water. Collectively, this work will help identify sites throughout The Bahamas and elsewhere in Florida and the Caribbean where bonefish spawn and that need protection from habitat disturbance and overfishing. Stay tuned for more epic footage!
some fly plate post-it art i will submit to the giant robot show featuring over 300 artists and thousands of post-its. photo by al q
This coming Saturday night, our friends Esther Pearl Watson and husband Mark Todd are curating this fun art show at Giant Robot 2 on Sawtelle blvd, just north of Olympic. The post-it show celebrates it’s 9th year! It will open this coming Saturday night, December 7th and run through Sunday, December 15th. If anybody out in cyber land is around or in town, it would be worth checking out. I am just flattered to be invited, there should be some amazing art for sale. All post-its are for sale and $25 each. For more info click here!
A beautiful spotfin croaker landed by angler Tom Camp somewhere in Santa Monica Bay on a Bill Brady fly. Photo courtesy of Bill Brady
There has been talk of a few spotfin croakers landed in Santa Monica over the past few weeks by angler, Tom Camp! I recently ran into Tom on the beach and kindly asked him to email me a pic to share. Thanks buddy, great fish!
photo by al quattrocchi
I fished yesterday morning with my friend Jim Solomon in Santa Monica, it was a glorious sunrise, perfect surf conditions, light wind and small surf, perfect match for the long rod and feathers. we walked and casted, walked and casted for a total of three perch between us. not a productive morning by fishing standards but a great morning never the less. got to see the sun come up and paint the sky. saw a seal doing the back stroke and lots of pelicans diving about a 1/2 mile off shore indicating there was fin bait, probably anchovies. beats sleeping! LOL
flies, sand & surf 