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NO FLY ALERT!!!! This fish was not taken on a fly! I fished a small two man tournament with 18 anglers from the Southern California Tuna Club. I landed this big girl, a 10.5 pound largemouth bass on a deep diving crank bait using 30# Cortland braid with a 15 pound top shot of mono on the last cast of the second day. My PB for sure. I did fish the fly early in the morning and caught a few smaller fish on surface poppers, which is always fun. I was with my good fishing buddy Dr. John Whitaker who got his PB bass, a beautiful 7.1. Needless to say, we ended up getting big fish of the tourney.

Tail Magazine 71, the voice of the saltwater fly angler has just hit the stands…go online to subscribe digitally or support your local fly shop and grab a copy. As the west coast editor, I am always looking for good content to represent the Pacific Coast’s awesome saltwater fishery… Feel free to reach out if you are a passionate saltwater fly angler with great photography and a good story. I’ll always entertain new ideas. In this issue my friend, Tyler Vanosdell of Mission Bay Fly Fishing Co., a local San Diego guide and friend has a fun spotted bay piece.

Cheers
-Al Q

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All photos courtesy of Neal Henderson

sorry for venting but this article below pissed me off…its about fishing, its about life! it’s about our future!

I am sick to my stomach after reading this. I really do not think we are evolving as a species, we are depending on technology to solve all of our world problems. I think that technology is curse and a distraction. Common sense trumps technology. We have lost common sense in today’s world. If you stick your hand into fire, you get burned. We are all responsible for destroying our beautiful planet through pollution, over population, war, greed and politics. Our leaders need to make better choices when it comes to our environment, our air, water, soil, forests, climate; all related. If our oceans currents collapse, we all collapse. Maybe no one cares? The world seems to slowly be unraveling. We are coming to a tipping point, a point of no return. We read about it ever day, yet it’s not the TOP STORY! I feel for our children inheriting this mess that our generation and past generations seems to have ignored. Climate Change is Real! I hope there’s hope for a future. Man is not bigger or smarter than nature. Man is not God. There needs to be much respect for this planet or she’s gonna bitch slap our species to oblivion. If we don’t wake up soon its gonna be a real nightmare…read on!