The Angle

The Delta, A Half Day

Doug — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:22:00 +0000

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. I was toying with the idea of hitting the Delta in [...]

The Delta, Fall 2008, Day1

Doug — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:43:22 +0000

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 [...]

Raising the Ghost, Steelhead on Dead Drifted Dry Flies?

Doug — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:39:30 +0000

Surf Perch, Back to Monterey

Doug — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:52:31 +0000

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 [...]

Bass: The Movie (The Trailer)

Doug — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:39:45 +0000

Jamie Howard (of Chasing Silver fame) has the trailer up of his latest project, “Bass: The Movie”. There’s some good topwater footage of The Delta being fished by John Sherman and the guru himself, Kevin Doran. You can check it out at http://howardfilms.com/trailerBass2.html This Is Fly, an online fly fishing magazine, also has a good article [...]