TR: Ocean Isle, NC

Mu Young Lee wrote:
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, DrewPatterson wrote:

Quit right. Maybe I should have stated "...forget the surf with a fly
rod at my skill level."

Any tips for my next visit?


If it's a sandy beach (i.e. no obvious structure), the best thing to do on
an unfamiliar stretch of water would be to go at a very low tide and make
a mental note of depressions, troughs, rock-sand transition zones, etc.
Then come back at the peak of the current - not necessarily peak of the
tide - and fish those spots, assuming that those spots remain within
casting distance of your fly rod. Here on the west coast where we have
wide sandy beaches and the tide difference between San Diego and San
Francisco is only about an hour, the peak of the current typically happens
in between the high and low tide - places like the Sacramento delta being
an exception. On the east coast the relative time between peak current
and peak tides seems to vary quite a bit from place to place.

Mu


Thanks, Mu. I appreciate that insight. I'll keep you posted on my next
adventure surf side.

Drew