Brandon made a comment years ago while talking about Largemouth Bass, “If you want to catch bigger fish – use bigger flies”, simple enough. Well… with the cold water and slowed fish metabolisms this time of year you need to tempt them with a mouthful worth moving for. This means big flies. And like Brandon [...]

My co-worker, Jeff, joined me for a day on the water for his first shot at our West Coast’s Morone Saxatilis and it didn’t take long at all before his 9wt was buckled over and thumping with the weight of his first Delta Striper!

Finally, the week’s end and I was able to get back for two more days. Best of all, I’d managed to talk Lee Haskin into joining me for one of them. The water temperatures had plummeted 6 degrees since last weekend and were currently ranging between 48 and 51. Not good… …My success rate typically [...]