Dave Fulthorpe Surf Striper

Dave’s 3rd Cast in the Surf

By on August 24, 2009 in Fishing Reports

Dave & I headed over to the beach for an early morning striper hunt a few weeks ago to strike while the iron was hopefully still hot – and it was!

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Big California Surf Striper

Crushing the 20 Pound Striper Barrier

By on August 11, 2009 in Fishing Reports

OK, maybe “c-r-u-s-h-i-n-g” 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…

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California Fly Fishing for Surf Stripers

California Surf Stripers – Persistance

By on July 8, 2009 in Fishing Reports

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 [...]

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Dave Shad Fishing

Shad Run 2009 – Trip 2

By on May 31, 2009 in Fishing Reports

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 [...]

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Sacramento River Road 48 Shad Fishing

Shad Run 2009 – Trip 1

By on May 17, 2009 in Fishing Reports

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 [...]

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San Francisco Urban Carp Fly Fishing

New Urban Carpery – with Jeff

By on April 19, 2009 in Fishing Reports

While out pedaling around on the mountain bike Saturday, taking advantage of the unseasonably hot weather that hit the Bay Area this weekend (mid to high 90′s), I stumbled on another little urban carp spot. I’d ridden past it before and not seen anything but when I passed it this time I caught a glimpse [...]

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Surf Perch Fly Fishing with the Boys

Shortest Surf Perch Morning Yet

By on March 29, 2009 in Fishing Reports

Jose Silva was in town for a very short visit. He wasn’t intending on fishing on this trip and therefore hadn’t brought any gear but Dave, Jeff, and I wouldn’t have any of it. The weather and surf conditions weren’t expected to be very good but we didn’t have the luxury of rescheduling due to [...]

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California Carp Fishing with Dad

Sludge Pond Carp with Dad

By on March 22, 2009 in Fishing Reports

Just back from steelhead fishing up north, I had 1 day to check in on the sludge ponds to see if there were any carp stirring around before my dad came into town for the weekend for another business trip. His last business trip out here a year ago paid off big-time with plenty of [...]

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Winter Steelhead Fly Fishing - Brandon

Winter Steelhead – Back Up North

By on March 20, 2009 in Fishing Reports

Rain, snow, hail, rain, sleet, ice pellets, more rain, and more snow… …rinse and repeat every 30 minutes. Toss in a 20 minute break every other hour or so and that was pretty much the weather pattern. The river held though, and with a warm jacket, dry socks, gloves, and steelhead-green-water – the fishing was [...]

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Skunked on the Delta

Delta Stripers – Fly Fishing Report

By on March 8, 2009 in Fishing Reports
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Olympic Peninsula Dolly Varden

Pacific Northwest Thanksgiving

By on December 1, 2008 in Fishing Reports

I went back up to my hometown for the holiday weekend and squeezed a day and a half away to check in on one of my favorite rivers with Brandon. It is definitely considered the “off season” but neither one of us were concerned with that and were just anxious to have a look, poke [...]

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Delta Stripers with Jeff

Delta Stripers – With Jeff

By on November 26, 2008 in Fishing Reports

Pulled the boat back over the hill for another day out fly fishing for Delta Stripers. Jeff joined me for the day and as usual, we had a great time. I think those short-sleeve fall days are finally behind us now. It wasn’t too cold, but the beanie and gloves did make their way out [...]

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Delta Striper Fly Fishing Report

Delta Stripers – Fly Fishing Report

By on November 23, 2008 in Fishing Reports

Another quick striped bass fly fishing report – Got out again to take another whack at this year’s delta stripers. The tides were predicted to be really good (or far better than when I’d been out with Brandon the previous week) and the weather forecast was for a flat, windless day – perfect conditions for [...]

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California Delta Fly Fishing - Brandon

Delta Fly Fishing, with Brandon

By on November 18, 2008 in Fishing Reports

It was late morning as I hurriedly tossed the boat bag, fly rods, fly reels, and sleeping bags into the back of the truck. The clock was ticking and Brandon’s flight was due to arrive in San Jose any minute. I quickly backed the truck in, hooked up the boat trailer, and headed for the [...]

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California Delta Fly Fishing Report

The Delta, A Half Day

By on October 28, 2008 in Fishing Reports

Another tricky case of jet lag had me wide awake and bug-eyed at 3AM this morning, despite going to bed at midnight. My flight had departed at 2pm and landed 11 hours later at 8am the same day; yeah, try and figure that one out.

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Delta Striper - Fall 2008

The Delta, Fall 2008, Day 1

By on October 16, 2008 in Fishing Reports

Finally got out on the the Delta for the first trip of the season. With all the steelhead fishing lately I’ve got to say that 9′ 9wt felt awfully short and took some getting used to. The first spot I hit was empty as well as the 2nd spot, but the 3rd stop paid off [...]

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Raising the Ghost, Steelhead on Dead Drifted Dry Flies?

By on September 19, 2008 in Random Stuff
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Monterey Bay Surf Perch Fly Fishing

Surf Perch, Back to Monterey

By on August 11, 2008 in Fishing Reports

The tide didn’t look any good but I was in a desperate need of soaking a fly, somewhere. When I got the word from Gabriel that he’d recently “gotten into them” off one of the Monterey beaches I had all I needed. The tide was basically flat until 11am so Jeff, Mrs. Jeff, and I [...]

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Baja Trip 2008 - Roosterfish

Baja 2008

By on July 8, 2008 in Fishing Reports

After weeks of fly tying and anticipation – the departure date for this year’s Baja trip finally arrived… …and I was ready. Unfortunately, the same couldn’t be said for my flight (mechanical issues), or the 4-wheel drive rental we had reserved in San Jose del Cabo… The travel issues prevented us from getting our lines [...]

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Fly Fishing for Carp

Carpin… Day 2

By on June 14, 2008 in Fishing Reports

Day 2, and sure enough, nothing like yesterday. I can’t get over how drastically the water gets jacked around by the city out here from one day to the next. It was far from a complete bust though. The fish that were so actively waving their tails around yesterday had mostly all vanished (much like [...]

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