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Hit SP Dan's semi-secret AO yesterday morning.
Set up and in the water by 0700.
Pretty stiff off-shore breeze, but not to worry, it blew me out to the main part of the area without much kicking effort!
Water was 58 degrees and clean, green. Air temp 68 to 70 and sunny.
Metered decent fish working my way to the outside of the AO. I was basically fishing a two fly drop shot type saltwater fly rig popular with the Long Beach Casting Club guys: chartreuse newport special was the top fly, with a San Diego Bay Crazy Dad on the bottom.
Picked up one small sandbass right away, but then it shut down for me for quite a while.
Saw another float tuber who was fishing conventionally...
He asked me how I was fairing, and I told him "just one." I asked him how he was doing and he laughed and said "just 17 - kind of slow, really." I laughed...
He asked if I had HUBs. I told him I was fly fishing, and he said "oh, cool."
Anyway, I decided to switch over to a single fly rig with a [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Olive over White clouser deep minnow, and continued on my way.
Finally, I started to get one here and there on my way back to the launch site, but noticed he was hooking up maybe 5 fish to my one! I guess bass would rather eat rubber rather then deer hair and fluffy colorful synthetic fabrics!!!
Total fish count for me: 3 Sand Bass and 2 Spotties.
My companion out there probably had 25 plus!
People ask me why I fly fish the bays and harbors when its obvious conventional techniques are superior in this environment?
1. It allows me to keep my fly casting tuned up while still catching fish. I can carry this over to when I fish in freshwater settings.
2. I like the challenge of tying my own flies and trying different recipes and color combinations.
3. Its fun to hook a hard fighting saltwater fish on a fly rod that. The tug is the drug!
4. I really enjoy just floating around on my float tube enjoying the freedom and semi-solitude. The fishing is what I truly enjoy, the catching is just a bonus!
There are also a bunch of other reasons, but I will admit, it is sometimes hard to watch my conventional compadres reel in fish after fish while I'm sometimes just scratching a few!
Sorry, no pictures...there were really none worth taking
A great day for sure!
Thanks for reading,
Fred
Set up and in the water by 0700.
Pretty stiff off-shore breeze, but not to worry, it blew me out to the main part of the area without much kicking effort!
Water was 58 degrees and clean, green. Air temp 68 to 70 and sunny.
Metered decent fish working my way to the outside of the AO. I was basically fishing a two fly drop shot type saltwater fly rig popular with the Long Beach Casting Club guys: chartreuse newport special was the top fly, with a San Diego Bay Crazy Dad on the bottom.
Picked up one small sandbass right away, but then it shut down for me for quite a while.
Saw another float tuber who was fishing conventionally...
He asked me how I was fairing, and I told him "just one." I asked him how he was doing and he laughed and said "just 17 - kind of slow, really." I laughed...
He asked if I had HUBs. I told him I was fly fishing, and he said "oh, cool."
Anyway, I decided to switch over to a single fly rig with a [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Olive over White clouser deep minnow, and continued on my way.
Finally, I started to get one here and there on my way back to the launch site, but noticed he was hooking up maybe 5 fish to my one! I guess bass would rather eat rubber rather then deer hair and fluffy colorful synthetic fabrics!!!
Total fish count for me: 3 Sand Bass and 2 Spotties.
My companion out there probably had 25 plus!
People ask me why I fly fish the bays and harbors when its obvious conventional techniques are superior in this environment?
1. It allows me to keep my fly casting tuned up while still catching fish. I can carry this over to when I fish in freshwater settings.
2. I like the challenge of tying my own flies and trying different recipes and color combinations.
3. Its fun to hook a hard fighting saltwater fish on a fly rod that. The tug is the drug!
4. I really enjoy just floating around on my float tube enjoying the freedom and semi-solitude. The fishing is what I truly enjoy, the catching is just a bonus!
There are also a bunch of other reasons, but I will admit, it is sometimes hard to watch my conventional compadres reel in fish after fish while I'm sometimes just scratching a few!
Sorry, no pictures...there were really none worth taking
A great day for sure!
Thanks for reading,
Fred
