benjamin sandoval
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The last thing I’d want to hear while out fly fishing on a river or flats would be the sound of a lawnmower flying overhead. Some of us like to get away from all the man made noises.
Zach some of the more common species caught from the surf include bard surf perch, halibut, corbina, yellowfin croaker, leopard sharks. There are a lot more fish often caught but these are what most of the fly guys catch out in SoCal.
Red Surf rats, surf bug, and clousers. Red in particular seems to attract more perch and halibut, although most of the fish are opportunistic feeders and will eat just about anything passing in front of them.
The Surfin Merkin, are used to sight cast for corbina. These fish are one of the most difficult fish to get to take the fly, but they are so much worth the efforts once hooked.Most guys use a 6wt fast action rod with 200-250 grain full sinking line. For bigger fish like leopard sharks an 8wt with 270-350 grain sinking line would work.
The fun part of fly fishing the surf is that you really never know what you might hook. It could be a small perch or a leopard shark that will take you well into your backing.
You should have brought fly fishing gear for the surf, or for off shore fishing lots of fish being caught off shore as well. Plenty of water in the Pacific.
I’ve backpacked and fished extensively in YNP, particularly the Lamar and Slough Creek watersheds…..ditto for Alaska. I’ve seen plenty of brown bears (or grizzlies) in both places. Let me tell you….I’m terrified of the Yellowstone bears….the AK bears not so much.
Steve, is there any specific reason why you’re terrified of the Yellowstone grizzlies, and not so much so for the Alaska grizzlies?
No, I don’t think the wolves are a contributing factor to all the recent bear maulings. It’s just more humans in the back country in my opinion, and not taking the proper precautions when visiting grizzly country.
Grizzly bears are extremely territorial, not to mention very aggressive when it comes to protecting food or a sow protecting her cubs. The people that have been mauled and killed just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I’ve read and heard it advised, when hiking in grizzly country, try to hike in groups of six or more, never hike alone. This was a mistake made by the more recent fatalities. One was alone, the other two were hiking together and made the mistake of running.
Talk to me about that foam in the first photo? What is it and where can I get my hands on some?
The foam used for these flies is called Loco Foam, it’s in a Northern Lights color. You could get it online pretty much anywhere. I bought mine from the local fly shop, Bob Marriott’s.
The fish I’ll be targeting are indeed Lahontan Cutthroat, let’s just say the fish get really big in Pyramid Lake.
That’s an interesting idea, I like it.
I have the clear heat shrink in 1/16″ and 3/32″. I might be able to spare a few tubes. What size are you using for the San Juan?
A buddy of mine uses those rubber wormy balls for tying a carp pattern. The rubber fly seems to work well for him as he’s always showing off huge carp photos.
You could also try using round rubber legs for a San Juan worm. The only thing is you need to tie it with loose thread wraps so you won’t cut through the rubber. The rubber seems to give the worm a nice action in moving water.
The food choices out here are insane, lots of great food. Lots of coastline to fish out here as well.
I’m curious to know what’s your pack weight, and what you would consider heavy.
Winter backpacking is a totally different beast. You need the extra change of clothing. If your only set of clothing was to get wet you could be in serious danger of developing hypothermia. Even when backpacking in the summer it’s advised that you carry an extra set of clothing.
As far as packing in the camera gear, that would depend on how many miles I was going to be trekking. If it’s only four or five miles on a snow free trail I would bring along minimal camera equipment. If your going to be using snow shoes and other winter equipment I’d go for a very light P&S.
Here is a winter backpacking list of articles from Backpacking Light that you might find of interest.
Here’s what I finally settled on. I was going back and forth and kept changing my mind on what exactly I wanted to get. I decided that a PC would be able to work. I built my first ever PC, very easy to do, wish I would have done this sooner.
My PC Build
Intel i7 2600K
Asus P8Z68-V-LGA motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 16 gb 1600
Cooler Master HAF 912
Asus GTX 460 graphics card
Antec HCG 750W
2X 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
Asus dvd/RWI also installed Windows 7 Ultimate and Adobe CS5 Master Collection plus my LR3 once again. I was able to transfer over all my file with relative ease.
I would only get a Mac Pro if I was doing a lot of video editing and motion graphics or if you just want a super fast computer…
A super fast computer would be awesome!
A couple of buddies and I were out on the water on Memorial day. We spent the day chasing calico bass at this place known as The Wall here in SoCal.
We had a great time!
