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Dave’s 3rd Cast in The Surf

Doug — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:58:20 +0000

Dave & I headed over to the beach for an early morning striper session a few weeks ago to strike while the iron was hopefully still hot – and sure enough, it was. Dave has joined me on the beach for surf perch in the past but this was his first striper fly fishing outing [...]

Crushing the 20 Pound Striper Barrier

Doug — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:57:52 +0000

OK, maybe “crushed” is a bit strong, but at 24 pounds, that 20 pound barrier that has been kicking my butt for years – is now officially behind me. And from the surf of all places… The magic gray-light hour was just beginning and I figured I still had another 10 minutes to get to [...]

California Surf Stripers – Persistance

Doug — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:47:01 +0000

Persistance pays off… I was out on the beach a few mornings ago looking for surf perch with Jeff, and we got skunked – again. I don’t know what’s happened, surf perch were never a difficult fish for me to find in years past, but recently it’s been a completely different story. On our way [...]

Shad Run 2009 – Trip 2

Doug — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:02:35 +0000

Another weekend, another fly fishing trip up to the Sacramento River shad grounds – this time with Dave. We pretty much had the place to ourselves which was awesome, the weather stayed down in the high 80’s (an added little bonus, especially compared to last year’s triple-digit-temperature shad trip we did together) and the fishing [...]

Shad Run 2009 – Trip 1

Doug — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:32:26 +0000

It had been about a month since I last wet a line and even longer than that since I’d busted out a spey rod and the itch was in need of a serious scratching. The time was finally here, it was the middle of May, the shad were in the rivers, and the weather couldn’t [...]