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save the date…
We know that there are many cool things to do in Southern California, but if you are free and passionate about fly fishing, please stop by the Double Hall Ball next year to freshen up your fly fishing skills, it’s FREE and a great way to make new fishing buddies…Save the Date!
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something creepy for halloween…
Check out this product my buddy Tony Hu just turned me on to. He lives in Boston. Click here for the Zombait website! Watch the video, and click on how it works tab, it is an interesting concept. Dead bait that become alive like zombies!!! Let me know what you guys think?
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whale of a show…
Despite warm waters our local inshore fly fishing has been pretty damn good for local species like calicos, juvenile white seabass, barracuda and bonita. Me and my buddy, John Whitaker ran out of Redondo Harbor, Saturday o’dark thirty to get in a little local action in before the start of our weekend. John had pre-fished the day before so we kind of knew we were in for some quality calico fishing and lucky for us, history repeated itself. We charted 72 degree water temps just outside the harbor and as soon as we swung around the corner towards PV the water dropped to 69 degrees. We got to our destination as we slowly tried to avoid all the lobster traps that littered the surface like land mines in the dark. Our first casts we immediately greeting with bent rods. The fishing was steady with all quality bass to 18 inches until the lights came on, then it slowed down, probably due to the slack high tide. You need current and moving water to keep the bass on the chew. Got a few small white sea bass mixed in on the fly before we quit and headed back home towards the whaling grounds. John said there were some humpbacks and finbacks working bait inshore and if we found them the bonita would be on em like white on rice and he was right. We doubled up when we got close to the whales, sea lions and dolphin working bait less than a mile off Torrance beach. It was like the Discovery Channel, I was trying to shoot photos while trying to land bonita, finally I had to put the rod down and shoot a few pics of these magnificent creatures… a great, memorable day fishing the fly in October. We were back at the dock having a cup of coffee at 10 am! Welcome to California in October…
An early morning calico. Photo by Al Q
Photo by John Whitaker
Photo by John Whitaker
photo by Al Q
Photo by Al Q
Photo by Al Q
Photo by Al Q
John going bonita bendo. Photo by Al Q
Minty Mac Clousers by Al Q
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more local wahoo…
Local SoCal angler Roy Fukushima landed this beauty yesterday Fishing a black and purple marauder with his buddy Frank, (Pescadoslayer) Its been an insane year off our local coast.
Roy strikes again morning on a solo wahoo, by solo I mean all by himself…way to go Roy! making it look routine…
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pics of the day…
Local SoCal angler John Whitaker is all smiles after landing a northern wahoo on a black/purple maurader this past weekend. His team went two for four on wahoo, fishing out of San Diego. They also hooked and dropped a few marlin and yellowtail…The epic El Nino bite continues…stay tuned
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belly basket redux…
In my opinion, the belly basket is one of my favorite stripping baskets once these two additional steps are taken.
The Belly Bucket by Sea Level Flyfishing is one of my favorite stripping baskets because it is light and deeper than most which keeps my line in the basket on a windy day. With a few minor alterations it is nearly perfect. Photo by Al Q.
The first alteration is to round out the corners of the rod holder foam. The original pointed edges will grab the line coming out of your basket. Rounding these corners allow for less friction and catching point, experiment with the amount of diameter in the curve. Photo by Al Q.
I like to add fingers of heavy trimming line to hold my line like a hand holding a loose coil of string. I am not a fan of those rounded foam cones, they don’t work well when you have to walk and your line moves around in the basket. Adding these fingers will make a big difference in eliminating tangles coming out of your basket. I use around seven trimmer lines, but add more if you feel necessary. Photo by Al Q.
Drill your holes with a bit that is slightly smaller in diameter. Photo by Al Q
Melt on end of your trimmer Lines and flatten the end before it cools. Photo by Al Q
The flattened end will be on the bottom of the basket after you feed the top part through the hole. Photo by Al Q
Add glue to bottom of basket prior to pulling the trimmer line all the way through from the basket side and let set. Photo by Al Q
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The bottom should look like this after your flu all the spaced out trimmer lines. Photo by Al Q
The inside trimmer lines can be trimmed if too long, once the glue sets overnight. Photo by Al Q
new L16 light technology to consider…
THE L16 PROMISES GREAT OPTICAL ZOOM, HIGH RESOLUTION, TERRIFIC LOW-LIGHT CAPABILITIES, AND SUBSTANTIAL DEPTH-OF-FIELD CONTROLS.
The new Light pocket camera, about the size of a iPhone will sport 16 lens and make carrying a DSLR bucky camera almost obsolete. I see this as a game changer for flyfishing trips having such a small pocket camera with great functionality and resolution to 52 megapixels, holy crap! Product info!
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It’s hot off the press…
Can’t wait to get my copy at Somerset this January!
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