Archive | May, 2008
California American Shad Fly Fishing

Shad Run, 2008

By on May 19, 2008 in Fishing Reports

It is the middle of May in California’s Central Valley and the temperatures have been breaking into the triple digits for the last week. The crop dusters are busily buzzing I5. The cotton has begun to fall from the trees. A little blue truck pulls up to a secluded gravel bar along side the lower [...]

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Fly Fishing for Crabs

A Crabby Day In The Surf

By on May 10, 2008 in Fishing Reports

This week’s tides were some of the biggest of the year, with flood highs and minus lows. Jeff & I headed over the hill at o-dark thirty to catch the last few hours of the early morning outgoing and see the beach at the lowest tide we’d witnessed yet. We weren’t sure what to expect [...]

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Bow River May Fly

The Bow River, Calgary Alberta

By on May 3, 2008 in Fishing Reports

The Rainbows and Brown trout reach 29 & 30 inches! Their average size is said to be ~19 inches, and their “Blue-Ribbon” distribution throughout the watershed is estimated at 3000 fish per mile! Just doing a quick google image search for Bow River fly fishing will make anyone worth their trendiest over-priced Simms costume drool. [...]

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