My friend Martin from Flymen Flyfishing sent me some mini fish skull samples to play around with last week and I really like them. They seem to be the perfect size for flats and inshore fishing. The little hole on the top of the heads area great addition for weed guards. Check them out online, click here!
The gang discussing equipment and safety. 2013 © photo by Al Quattrocchi
The Centofani boys, Geno (left) and Mike (right)! 2013 © photo by Al Quattrocchi
Geno beating up the dink perch! 2013 © photo by Al Quattrocchi
The Mike Cento surf fly collection. 2013 © photo by Al Quattrocchi
Red flies do well on all of our local beaches. 2013 © photo by Al Quattrocchi
Low tide on El Porto beach. 2013 © photo by Al Quattrocchi
Parking lot groupies. 2013 © photo by Al Quattrocchi
this is why we wear waders! 2013 © photo by Al Quattrocchi
When Jerrry Siem of Sage talks about fly rod building, I am all ears… click here for film about circa fly rods!
Our good friends at Rio have put together a very informative video on their proprietary facility that is worth a watch! Click Here!
© 2013 photo by John Frazier
Peter Koga poses with a nice yellowtail that ate a Qs calamari off of Mexico. Photo by Peter Koga.
Here is the step by steps for tying my calamari squid fly on the articulated shank by FishHead. Click Here!
we will be screening the 1st part of a four part series entitled “GeoFish” on Wednesday, January 9th at 7:30 pm at the Southbay Fly Fishing Club. Click here for location! Admission is free! Here’s your chance to experience what all the buzz is about? Hope to see some new faces…
PLEASE NOTE: FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING GEOFISH, PLEASE CLICK HERE!
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Peter Laurelli is a very talented and special film maker. I have had the pleasure of watching his films get better and better like fine wine over the years. His passion of fly fishing the surf and inshore waters especially where I grew up fishing in Breezy Point, New York has resonated with my inner being. He just has a way of way of taking things I have always taken for granted (like the long walk to the end of the Breezy Jetty) and make them look so beautiful. I can’t wait for this final cut… The full 20 minute movie will be shown as part of the International Fly Fishing Film Festival, or IF4, playing across Canada, the US and South America throughout 2013. Click here for the trailer!
there are those that try to come up with innovation in design and there are those that actually do! this is truly a wonderful, refreshing, and well designed approach using materials which are commonplace. I always try to post interesting stuff here that relates to fishing or the water. this is really cool and I wish these guys nothing but great success…check out this new kickstarter project called the Oru Kayak, i think it is awesome! Click here for more info!
© 2012 photos by Al Q
photo by Jim Solomon
Last week was pretty cool deal in the south bay. there was lots of bait everywhere, mostly anchovies, birds working outside, dolphins and seals chasing bait off shore. the beach was very fishy and active.
did I mention the corbina that paid us all a visit? we saw lots of large beans in tight cruising in shallow water. why were they there? maybe they are in a spawning cycle? global warming? it is crazy? typically we do not see these fish grouped up like this in the late fall. no one knows where they winter after they leave our beaches in the early fall. speculation is they go out to sea to spawn.
the water temperature was looming between 60 – 62 degrees the weather last week was perfect for the long rod. high pressure system, blue bird skies, no wind, surf 1 to 2 feet, and corbina cruising and big winter perch on the chew. we fished tan and orange clousers in size 4 with some silver flash in them. dust off that fly rod and get out there, the beaches are pretty vacant in the mornings. the swell came up a little over the weekend so check your local beaches for conditions. I received reports of corbina sightings were from santa monica to palos verdes, even in bolsa chica/huntington. we were not sight casting to these fish, we are just vicinity casting in areas where we would spot them. tight lines and a happy thanksgiving to everyone!
ps: thanks to all who came out to Marriotts last saturday to check out Jamie Lyle’s new sage, redington, smith optics and tibor products and to see Andrew Harris, Guy Jeans and my slide presentations.
I am a big baseball fan and I have never seen this item before. It was a custom bat / fly rod by Ted Williams which sold at a recent auction for $1600. Ted Williams was one of the greatest hitters of all time. He was the last baseball player to ever hit over .400 in a single season. He hit .406 in 1941. What most people don’t realize was he was also a hall of fame, fly fisherman and loved to fish for bonefish in the keys. He was quite an angler. How cool would this bat/rod be hanging in your fly tying room?
flies, sand & surf 