photo by john whitaker
Author Archives: ondafly
local bassing around…
Mike Wicen with a nice four pound plus calico all lit up. Photo by Al Q
John Whitaker displays another well fed fish caught on the fly. Photo by Al Q
Even the Sargo came out to play…Photo by Al Q
the water temps were closer to 64 degrees, the fish finder was a little off. But the suspended fish were accurate. Photo by Al Q
Our friend Mike Wicen had no mercy fishing plastics on Saturday morning. He out fished me and my buddy John at least two to one to the fly, landing many quality size fish. The deeper sinking, larger plastic swim baits were the ticket. The color plastic they preferred was a green, grey bait. The fly colors we got bit on were chartreuse/white, anchovy/white, and brown/orange. The water temps are beginning to rise and the bass are starting to suspend, it should only start getting better and better as we head towards July.
Categories: Uncategorized
2 Comments
just another early local morning surf session with the boys…
Bob Middo attached to a local yellow fin croaker. photo by Al Q
got to walk the beach this morning with a couple of buddies. my left arm is undergoing some physical therapy so I decide to just stick to taking pictures and not wave the long rod. nice conditions, clean water, warm weather. the tide was not the best, it was a falling tide into the low. we did see a nice pod of corbina in shallow water, but they spooked out and vanished right after we stumbled upon them. a good sign that the fish are beginning to be active and finding the sand crab beds. the boys landed a bunch perch to 12 inches and one yellowfin croaker. unfortunately no halibut…afterwards we enjoyed a nice breakfast together, Jim gave us a lesson in music theory and after a few laughs later I was off to work. what a great way to start the day!
a rogue yellowfin croaker that came out to play. photo by Al Q
walleye perch. photo by Al Q
- Jim Solomon timing and punching a long cast. Photo by Al Q
Categories: Uncategorized
1 Comment
june 8th, lake henshaw, throwdown
Twelve pounds of golden goodness, John Hendrickson of the San Diego Fly Shop displays a fine carp recently landed on a fly at Lake Henshaw, which will be our host lake for the Carp Throw Down on June 8th….
For more information on the Carp Throwdown please visit our website! Last year’s tournament found us in a wild hopper hatch with many fish caught on the surface. Can’t wait!
congratulations to michelle pardon…
photo by Jeff Priest
on a pending women’s fly fishing igfa record corbina on 16 pound tippet, caught this past mother’s day in our own south bay.
conceptual fly fishing…
drawing and design by Al Q for Abel Fly Reels
Playing off the beautiful hand-painted fish finishes on Abel’s custom fly reels, I conceptualized this image by dropping an actual Abel reel onto a pencil drawing of a trout. I entitled it “putting the soul into fly fishing” I was going to do a redfish and a striped bass as well. Unfortunately this design was not chosen for a tee shirt but maybe it will resurface as an ad campaign or a poster some day, no pun intended.
sunday morning flatty mission…
photo by Al Q
photo by Al Q
After watching all the fine haibut being caught in huntington beach on saturday’s one surf fly, i really got pumped up and decided to hit one of my favorite halibut holes in the south bay early sunday morning. I had hooked a nice halibut about a month ago in torrance that I dropped at my feet so I made sure this time, my hooks were sharp and went with straight 12 pound tippet. the fly i used was a red, orange and brown clouser tied on a #4 mustad. The hole I was fishing was almost exposed so I had to wait an hour or so, for it to fill in on the rising tide. Once It filled in I got two small halibut around 20 inches each to eat the fly, fair hooked and released. mission accomplished, one small perch later I called it quits and went home. i met a really nice guy name Mitch who watched me land one of my fish. I had heard there was a big perch landed around a month or so ago and totally by coincidence it was Mitch’s fish. It was a 17.75 inch perch that he got using a lucky craft anchovy lure. I asked Mitch if he had a pic and he sent me one on his iphone. We have had some really big fish in the surf this season, but this was the biggest perch I have seen this year! check it out!
a 17.75 inch,barred surf perch landed by Mitch Orquiola a few months ago in the South Bay! Photo by Mitch Orquiola
A big Halibut unfortunately foul hooked by Bill Heard during the One Surf Fly in Huntington beach last saturday. I was very impressed how Bill played this fish and landed it without sacrificing his fly, which would have knocked him out of the event. Photo by Al Q
pocket water?
super large arbor reel, 20 weight, 0ne piece, 6 foot fly rod with fighting butt, straight 200# tippet, 40/0 seal fly, cast less than thirty feet, presentation irrelevant! probably do not have to reach the water for a take. oh, and good boots with metal spikes! this would not be catch and release, it would be catch and run for your life. (grin)
Categories: Uncategorized
4 Comments
flies, sand & surf 