San Diego

Any decent surf casting this time of year? Trying to figure out if I
should bring my rod when I go out there for a weeklong confernce
starting the 16th of this month.
Frank Reid

Frank Reid wrote:

Any decent surf casting this time of year? Trying to figure out if I
should bring my rod when I go out there for a weeklong confernce
starting the 16th of this month.
Frank Reid

That's an easy one. Take your rod.

This site(especially the bulletin board)should help.

http://www.garybulla.com/

Don't let those white sand beaches fool you. It can be treacherous wading.

brians ;-)

On Mar 6, 9:02 pm, Frank Reid wrote:
Any decent surf casting this time of year? Trying to figure out if I
should bring my rod when I go out there for a weeklong confernce
starting the 16th of this month.
Frank Reid

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008...0300819085.txt
(last five lines)

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...s4surffly.html

http://flyfishing.about.com/od/saltw.../surfperch.htm

http://www.fliflicker.com/tactics.htm

http://www.flyfishinsalt.com/techniq...bug-39237.html

Mu took me surf fishing in LA once many years ago. Slow day, among
four of us I think one perch and one corbina. Not sure I had a hit all
day. The guy who caught the corbina caught it in just a few inches of
water. Those fish would come up all the way in with a wave and then
look about for stuff stirred up in the sand. So don't immediately
dismiss the 6-inch deep water at the tail end of the wave. After
learning where to look I did see a couple of fish in that real shallow
water. Mostly we cast into the 3-5' deep water inside of the breaking
waves, though. Not sure about March, but I just fished in shorts and
sandals (May, IIRC).

Jon.

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
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Any decent surf casting this time of year? Trying to figure out if I
should bring my rod when I go out there for a weeklong confernce
starting the 16th of this month.
Frank Reid

Frank, this surf casting gig is most definitely not for you. Lots and lots
and lots of walking around looking dumb, too many people on the beach that
get offended by the slightest snag by a salt water fly, and its pretty hard
to find a proper place to fish if you don't know what you're looking for.

If you have a couple of extra sheckels to spend, here's what I'd suggest:
1) Rent a sit-on-top kayak and paddle. Uhh, better rent the pfd, just in
case, y'know. There are several vendors near San Diego Bay. Be sure to call
ahead to reserve. You're not the only dumbshi....err, intelligent, but
meteriologically challenged Midwesterner, freezing his cojones off whilst
watching The Weather Channel. Strap the yak on your rent-a-wreck with some
bungees you brought from home. You're not going far. (This oughta be good!)
2) Hie thyself to Tidelands Park on San Diego Bay. Plug it into Google Maps
or some such. Tidelands Park sits underneath the west end of the Coronado
Bay Bridge.
3) Launch on the nice beach at the park near the bridge. Paddle over to the
bridge and fish around the columns numbered 8 thru 12. Also fish around the
brazillion boats moored between the beach and the bridge. When you get tired
of catching fish there, paddle south to the yacht clubs and back.
4) I suggest a 6 wt, or thereabouts, with a full sink line. Not a sink tip
line. Ten feet or so of 8-10 pound mono for a leader. No Tippet. Fish close
to the bottom.
5) I suggest using a "Super Fly, with Bling". I'd be happy to send you a
couple of examples with recipe, if you like.

Unfortunately, I have plans for that week that will keep me out of town. I
would love to see firsthand what Frank does with a kayak, first strapped to
a vehicle and then to his person. Be sure to post a TR.

Have fun,
Danl

On Mar 7, 7:40*pm, "Danl" danlfinn@*remove this*intergate.com wrote:
"Frank Reid" wrote in message

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Any decent surf casting this time of year? *Trying to figure out if I
should bring my rod when I go out there for a weeklong confernce
starting the 16th of this month.
Frank Reid

Frank, this surf casting gig is most definitely not for you. Lots and lots
and lots of walking around looking dumb, too many people on the beach that
get offended by the slightest snag by a salt water fly, and its pretty hard
to find a proper place to fish if you don't know what you're looking for.

If you have a couple of extra sheckels to spend, here's what I'd suggest:
1) Rent a sit-on-top kayak and paddle. Uhh, better rent the pfd, just in
case, y'know. There are several vendors near San Diego Bay. Be sure to call
ahead to reserve. You're not the only dumbshi....err, intelligent, but
meteriologically challenged Midwesterner, freezing his cojones off whilst
watching The Weather Channel. Strap the yak on your rent-a-wreck with some
bungees you brought from home. You're not going far. (This oughta be good!)
2) Hie thyself to Tidelands Park on San Diego Bay. Plug it into Google Maps
or some such. Tidelands Park sits underneath the west end of the Coronado
Bay Bridge.
3) Launch on the nice beach at the park near the bridge. Paddle over to the
bridge and fish around the columns numbered 8 thru 12. Also fish around the
brazillion boats moored between the beach and the bridge. When you get tired
of catching fish there, paddle south to the yacht clubs and back.
4) I suggest a 6 wt, or thereabouts, with a full sink line. Not a sink tip
line. Ten feet or so of 8-10 pound mono for a leader. No Tippet. Fish close
to the bottom.
5) I suggest using a "Super Fly, with Bling". I'd be happy to send you a
couple of examples with recipe, if you like.

Unfortunately, I have plans for that week that will keep me out of town. I
would love to see firsthand what Frank does with a kayak, first strapped to
a vehicle and then to his person. Be sure to post a TR.

Hmm, Frank on a kayak in the ocean with a water temp of 57 degrees.
What could possibly go wrong?
Got to dig around, but don't really know if I've got any full sink
lines. Will search, but we've lost our last fly shop locally (though
we do have a Cabelas and a Bass Pro).
Sounds like som fun.
Frank Reid

Frank Reid wrote:
On Mar 7, 7:40 pm, "Danl" danlfinn@*remove this*intergate.com wrote:

"Frank Reid" wrote in message

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Any decent surf casting this time of year? Trying to figure out if I
should bring my rod when I go out there for a weeklong confernce
starting the 16th of this month.
Frank Reid

Frank, this surf casting gig is most definitely not for you. Lots and lots
and lots of walking around looking dumb, too many people on the beach that
get offended by the slightest snag by a salt water fly, and its pretty hard
to find a proper place to fish if you don't know what you're looking for.

If you have a couple of extra sheckels to spend, here's what I'd suggest:
1) Rent a sit-on-top kayak and paddle. Uhh, better rent the pfd, just in
case, y'know. There are several vendors near San Diego Bay. Be sure to call
ahead to reserve. You're not the only dumbshi....err, intelligent, but
meteriologically challenged Midwesterner, freezing his cojones off whilst
watching The Weather Channel. Strap the yak on your rent-a-wreck with some
bungees you brought from home. You're not going far. (This oughta be good!)
2) Hie thyself to Tidelands Park on San Diego Bay. Plug it into Google Maps
or some such. Tidelands Park sits underneath the west end of the Coronado
Bay Bridge.
3) Launch on the nice beach at the park near the bridge. Paddle over to the
bridge and fish around the columns numbered 8 thru 12. Also fish around the
brazillion boats moored between the beach and the bridge. When you get tired
of catching fish there, paddle south to the yacht clubs and back.
4) I suggest a 6 wt, or thereabouts, with a full sink line. Not a sink tip
line. Ten feet or so of 8-10 pound mono for a leader. No Tippet. Fish close
to the bottom.
5) I suggest using a "Super Fly, with Bling". I'd be happy to send you a
couple of examples with recipe, if you like.

Unfortunately, I have plans for that week that will keep me out of town. I
would love to see firsthand what Frank does with a kayak, first strapped to
a vehicle and then to his person. Be sure to post a TR.


Hmm, Frank on a kayak in the ocean with a water temp of 57 degrees.
What could possibly go wrong?
Got to dig around, but don't really know if I've got any full sink
lines. Will search, but we've lost our last fly shop locally (though
we do have a Cabelas and a Bass Pro).
Sounds like som fun.
Frank Reid

uh...don't suppose there is any way you could video this outing, is there?

jeff (seeking amusement in all likely places)

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
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On Mar 7, 7:40 pm, "Danl" danlfinn@*remove this*intergate.com wrote:


Hmm, Frank on a kayak in the ocean with a water temp of 57 degrees.
What could possibly go wrong?
Got to dig around, but don't really know if I've got any full sink
lines. Will search, but we've lost our last fly shop locally (though
we do have a Cabelas and a Bass Pro).


Scratch that "full sink only" remark. You'll only be in 20 feet of water in
that area, more like 12. A sink tip will be just fine.

Danl

Sounds like som fun.
Frank Reid

BTW, what hotel/motel are you staying in?

"Danl" danlfinn@*remove this*intergate.com wrote in message
om...
Scratch that "full sink only" remark. You'll only be in 20 feet of water
in that area, more like 12. A sink tip will be just fine.

Danl


Danl....the line really doesn't matter when cast by a "full sinking" angler.
Just sayin......g
Tom

Hmm, Frank on a kayak in the ocean with a water temp of 57 degrees.
What could possibly go wrong?
Got to dig around, but don't really know if I've got any full sink
lines. *Will search, but we've lost our last fly shop locally (though
we do have a Cabelas and a Bass Pro).

Scratch that "full sink only" remark. You'll only be in 20 feet of water in
that area, more like 12. A sink tip will be just fine.

Danl

Sounds like som fun.
Frank Reid

BTW, what hotel/motel are you staying in?

Well, I've got a Scientific Anglers Wet Tip III that I won in a
raffle. I can spool that on, so will run that on my 8wt, (its a 9wt,
so don't want to use it on my 7wt).
I'm staying at the Manchester Grand Hyatt on W. Harbor, right up the
street from the convention center.
Frank Reid

Well, an 8wt is a bit of overkill, but so what. OTOH, if you've got a
sinktip or sinking 5wt, I'd opt for that rig. You won't be doing any
distance casting, per se. The sand bass and spotted bass that you'll be
bothering ain't that big, but in the salt water, you never know what'll be
cruisin by.

For a fly, think heavy, #2 - #4, heavy, root beer brown, heavy, lotsa flash,
heavy. Frank's Fightin' Craw, tied on a spark plug, with some extra sparkle
oughta be just about right.

Danl


"Frank Reid" wrote in message
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Well, I've got a Scientific Anglers Wet Tip III that I won in a
raffle. I can spool that on, so will run that on my 8wt, (its a 9wt,
so don't want to use it on my 7wt).
I'm staying at the Manchester Grand Hyatt on W. Harbor, right up the
street from the convention center.
Frank Reid