6/17
Haven't had a chance to report lately but I met Abcarius last Sat & really enjoyed fishing with him. He know's what he's doing. Kudos to him for staying with the fly rod in stiff wind for a good 2 hours. Fish weren't cooperating though. The only highlight to speak of was the 22" trout I finally convinced to take a Chug Bug.
Look forward to fishing with you soon Steve.
6/21
Today was for the fly rod. I was on the water with a buddy of mine by 6:00am and we picked up a few big lady fish on topwater. There's a lot of bait around now (Pilchards in particular). On my way out surprise surprise up pops Bakertize. He'd already scored a nice trout & we chatted a while. I thought he'd stick around and fish with us but I looked around & he was gone. I guess he had other directions or thought we wanted the spot to ourselves. I hope he found more fish than we did.
I started with one of the chartreuse Merkin Crabs that Noleflyfisher gave me and my buddy used a pink deceiver. He caught Lizardfish and after an hour of casting I finally hooked a Ladyfish. On the flyrod I'll take it. My buddy moved elsewhere & I switched over to a weighted clouser and kept casting, and casting some more.
I needed the practice.
Then, after a decent cast and a few quick strips the line started to take off. I turned the rod to set the hook and up leaps the giant silver monster fish.
Tarpon!It did the full jump and was somewhere close to 100lbs. The whole episode lasted for about 3 seconds.
3 glorious, eternal seconds.
I think I could have used a slightly heavier tippet than 14lbs.
The fly was gone but who cares, I didn't really bother fishing much after that.
