Search results

At this point it's only a matter of time until your wife shows up and strangles me in my sleep

Weather was pretty sloppy yesterday and today was forecast to be a bit worst so we elected to cancel. Finally, a day off. What a season it's been. Possibly the best, most consistent albacore season I've seen. Still a handful of fly trips remaining on the books, and I've thoroughly enjoyed the...

Scott Sector 8' 4" 13 wt

Sounds like it's the Marlin we should really be wary of lol

Broke in a new to me tuna rod today. It works very well.

I honestly don't remember. I know it's an Ahrex, but it's one of the longer shanked, finer wire ones I don't use a ton. I've actually lost a ton of fish on this pattern lately and I think it's due to the hook. Next time I tie some I plan to tie em on a shank or a tube or something.

Sounds like it was worse down your way yesterday. I know SNB turned around on the way out. I didn't expect a beautiful, flat ocean, but I certainly didn't expect what we got either. 10-12 knots the entire way out, while occasionally going through slower patches, was just brutal. Forecast...

You and me both brother. None of us saw this one coming

Steve is likely still at the dentist getting his teeth put back in his jaw. The ocean was um ...special today. Very, very special.

Yeah dude, but you're forgetting, that is a Gary Loomis blank

So much this. Coho will eat anything. Also no need to actually use bait in a Brads. It'll catch plenty of coho on its own.

That was a fun, but rather unfortunate day. Jake wasn't his usual self, and bamboo guy was pretty much unable to fish due to getting sick and some hand issues. Still, we made the best of it and put some nice fish in the boat. Everyone who was able to get a cast out hooked at least a couple...

Looking forward to finally meeting you! I'll try to refrain from any swift kicks lol

This is the crux of the issue IMO. I feel as a guide/captain I need to set an example of the right way to do things, not just the way that I myself can do things. I can land src with a 4 wt faster than most seem to land them with a 6. However, I don't do this, nor do I allow people on my boat...

I've been on a big squid patterns kick this albacore season. These simple patterns tied with @SpawnFlyFish heads have been putting in serious work

Casting swim baits can be super effective. Used to have people do this a fair amount back when I used to have a swimmer in the troll spread most of the time. Very effective working them in on the slide as well, after another lure gets bit on the troll. My only issue with swim baits, and the...

Oh I've seen and/or fished all of them. Not judging, I just hate jigging lol. I can tolerate flat falls cause I can just plop them over the rail and watch albacore zip around and smack them as they fall, but that's as much hardware as I'm willing to tie on to a non troll rod.

Eh, it's as far into the jig world as I'm willing to get so it'll have to do.

Bamboo for tuna isn't a new thing. Leave it to fly fishers to try to reinvent the wheel ;)

Fly/bait combo trips can definitely work. I've done more than a few. I do strongly believe that if the goal is less about loading up the boat, and more about the fly fishing aspect, then sticking to flies is more productive for multiple reasons. At least in terms of getting them to eat cast...