This video was just sent to me by SouthBay flyfishing member, Don Bell. It really shows us how beautiful fish behavior can be when we are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and witness the magic. This is very true for spending time on the beach or ocean. It is what connects me to water. Thanks for sharing Don! VIEW HERE!
photo courtesy of andres amador
every now and then I stumble across something that just blows me away. this blog is all about stuff that relates to water, sand, tide, & fish. when we are firing on all cyclinders, we try to inspire and take your breath away. well, here is a story about a very talented artist living up in the bay area by the name of andres amores. his design and sense of space using the natural landscape just makes me smile, especially since his art is temporary and frozen in time. hope you enjoy his website and article! I might need to get this guy down to the One Surf Fly, LOL http://www.viralnova.com/beach-art/
Andres Amores Arts
photo courtesy of Kimimasa Mayama / EPA. A bluefin tuna sold for a record $1.76 million at a Tokyo auction Saturday, say what?
“Stocks of bluefin caught in the Atlantic and Mediterranean plunged by 60 percent between 1997 and 2007 due to rampant, often illegal, overfishing and lax quotas.” – Malcolm Foster, The Associated Please read on…
This information comes to me from my fishing buddy John Whitaker. Information is power…
The state of California is completed under staffed and underfunded while poaching of game and fish is on the rise! What can we do as individual sportsman? Here’s one small step that may may a difference, get your “Poachers Can’t Hide” card from the Sportsman Conservancy which is a non-profit out to make a difference. Read on, together sportsman must united or we will all be lose this game.
Department of Fish & Wildlife update!
photo courtesy of wikipedia
Where have all the sardines gone? Is it a cyclical thing, are our local waters too cold? One thing we need to realize as fishermen is our fishing tactics may need to change with more squid and anchovies in the picture?
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
flies, sand & surf 