More stuff for the raffle just keep rollin in.

Jamie and Kristen Lyle of Outdoor Specialties just sent us a box full of Rio fly lines and tippets plus a Sage and a Reddington ball cap. Along with the Sage hat were two Sage humidors, The fly lines just keep coming. Hutch Hutchinson at Orvis sent us two floating lines, with the WF 7 F line being an excellent line for sight casting to those stupid corbinas in the flats on the beaches. Also from Orvis it sounds like we will be getting a pair of sun glasses from the Orvis Pasadena Corporate Store. For the film buff we got sets of free tickets coming our way for the Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Film Tour. They will have 2 sets of 3 tickets waiting for you at will call. Maybe I can talk Drake into throwing in popcorn, candy and drinks. Now that would be cool. Lastly in chatting with Jeremy S. from Outcast he agreed to donate the demo Fat Cat they had on display at the Bob Marriott's Fly Fair. That was truly too cool, as it was to catch up with Jeremy. Last minute items are a $100 gift certificate from Bob Marriott's fly shop, and 2 doz. flies from Fly Fishing Euphoria (http://www.flyfishingeuphoria.com).Well Below is the full list of Donors and what we got or are getting from them: new stuff in red.


Raffle Donations

Abel Reels – Super 7 Deep Blue
Patagonia – wadders and wadding boots combo.
Fin Sport – 2 Fly Wallets
Hareline – Fly Tying Materials 5 Grab Bags each with a neck and saddle.
Gamakatsu – Limited edition knife and hat
William Joseph - Amp mag chest pack, Classic old school satchel bag, 3 50% off coupons, hats and 2 T-shirts
John Williams - Original water color
Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Film Tour - 3 sets of 2 movie tickets, 3 Film Tour custom Buff head gear, 3 William Joseph Hats
Wet Fly – 2 sets of 60 flies
Ken Hanley – DVD Saltwater Salmon on Fly and Book Fly Fishing the Pacific Inshore

Outdoor Specialties - 1 Redington Hat, 1 Sage Hat,1 Rio Hat

1 Rio Outbound WF8I/S3, 1 Rio Outbound T8, 1

1 Rio Grand WF6F line, 1 Selective Trout WF5F line

2 Sage Humidors

4 Rio Surf Leaders 5ft 12#, 2 Rio Adhesive Rod Ruler,

2 Rio 16# tippet 30 yards

3 Rio Extreme Tippet 25# - 20 yds

Orvis Pasadena Sun Glasses

Orvis Fly Lines WF 9 F, WF 7 F

Fishermen's Spot – 2 $50 Gift Certificates
Dennis Harper of Harper Custom Rods – 5 Rivers 10’ 7wt. 4pc. Fly rod.

Outcast Fish Cat Float Tube (Marriott’s show demo tube)
Fly Fishing Euphoria - 2 doz. surf flies

Jay Murikoshi – 21 Surf Flies  And a Spirit River Sectional Fly Box
Dave Valdez – 1 doz. bonefish Flies
Shane Chung – Flies 1 doz. spotted bay bass flies.
Andy Koczan - 26 surf Flies and an Orvis Sectional Fly BoxFlies
Mike Centofani – Flies 1 doz. Surf flies
Matt Warnock – 1 doz. Flies
Paul Cornin – Flies 1 doz. Surf Merkins
Al Quatrocchi – 18 Surf Flies
Gary Bulla – 1 Baker'sdoz. Surf flies.

Short hallies on the bite.

Well I went out to the One Surf Fly location to see the beach conditions after some larger swells / waves came through the week before. Some holes are gone, but new troughs and holes have been made in their place. Actually two of the smaller hole merged into a bigger one. The conditions were just too fishy for me to explore the rest of the beach. I raced back to the car to wader up. The water conditions was a bit churned, and in some spots the along shore current was moving at autobahn speed. Once you found the tail out there were short flatties to be found. The little hallies were not line shy at all. I basically was fishing with the same rod I had used at Catalina at the beginning of the month. It was just the first rod I grabbed out of my trunk, oh well. I was fishing an Orvis Helios 10wt with a 400g integrated line, and a 7' 15# leader. The fly I was using was a jig hook surf whistler from Gary Bulla. I got some short strikes through the various holes. I lost the bigger hallie at my feet. Trout sets are badddddd! The second hallie now has a longer lower lip. When the hallie hit I ripped some lip for sure. This one was not coming unbuttoned like the first one. We the second hallie was a shadow of the first fish. It was a short hallie about 16" / 17". That was when I realized I was supposed to be at my mom's house by then to pick up my kid. I knew there was more to my day than scouting the beach. I left the fish biting with the beach only half scouted and at least a half hour late picking up my kid.

Directions to the One Surf Fly Beach Classic at Huntington State Beach

Directions to the One Surf Fly Beach Classic Check in Location.

Coming north from the south (Southern OC and San Diego County)

1. North 5 to North 405.
2. Exit Euclid. Turn right from off ramp onto Euclid St. Euclid changes names after going under the 405 to  Ellis St. Proceed down Ellis until Brookhurst.
3. Left turn at Brookhurst. Proceed down Brookhurst to PCH.
4. Right turn at PCH. Proceed down PCH until Magnolia.
5. Left turn at Magnolia into the Huntington State Beach main entrance.
6. Proceed south (the direction you are facing as you pay your entrance fee.) through the first large parking lot.
7. Go around the Brookhurst entrance and proceed to the end of the next parking lot. The One Surf Fly check in will be at the end of the parking lot by the bathrooms.

Coming south from the north (LA County and Riverside County)
1. South on the 405
2. Exit at Magnolia. Proceed down Magnolia to the Huntington State Beach main entrance
3. Proceed south (the direction you are facing as you pay your entrance fee.) through the first large parking lot.
4. Go around the Brookhurst entrance and proceed to the end of the next parking lot. The One Surf Fly check in will be at the end of the parking lot by the bathrooms.

Google Maps link to Sat photo of the parking lot. We will be at the bathrooms next to the last lot (cement lot)
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=33.634756,-117.964164&spn=0.005351,0.01369&t=h&z=17

There are free parking on Brookhurst Street from Adams to Bushard (this is .5 miles from the Brookhurst entrance.). You can also park in the small strip mall without hassle until 10:30. We got the okay from the business. If the Pizza guy is open pop in get a slice and say thanks. Also you can park on the residential streets behind the strip mall on Bushard. We will be running shuttle cars from the check in spot to the free parking areas. The last run will be 6:30. Rules and boundaries will be addressed at 6:45am with the beach start at 7:00 am.

30" Hallibut caught at Huntington Beach.

Well with the big northwest swell that hit last weekend, you would figure fishing would be slow.  water temps droped and the water got a bit churned up.  The good news is that there are lots of fishing hole all along the Huntington coastline.  There are reports of lot of credit card to palm size surf perch in the water.  Some yellowfin croackers in the chuncky size are being caught by some of the fly regulars that hit Huntington State Beach.  Before the storm Vaughn P. was able to get a three spotfin crockers at Huntington State Beach.  The biggest catch of the week was Vaughn's 30" halibut caught on the tried and true olive over white clouser minnow.

More Goodies For The Raffle

More raffle updates.  I have been notified that Patagonia is donating a combo set of wadders and wadding boots. The wadders and boot pictured below are just an example of the patagonia products.  The new wadders and boots will not be available to the shops until January. The winner of this prize will be measured at Marriott's for a sizing that will then be sent to Patagonia.  Also Denis Harper of Harper Custom Rod sent over some pictures of the custome rod for the raffle as well.  The raffle is shaping up nicely with more suprises to come.

Abel Super 7 Donated to the Fundraiser Raffle

I just got an email letting me know that Abel has donated a Super 7 in deep blue (http://www.ablereels.com/pages/finishes_new.htm) for the raffle. Rod Maker Denis Harper is making a custom 5 Rivers Signature V 10' 7wt 3pc. fly rod for the raffle (http://www.harperflyrods.com/). Also we got a bag coming from William Joseph (http://www.williamjoseph.net/ ), 2 dozen flies (sea habitat, and rabbit strip divers) from Wetfly.net (http://wetfly.net/), and a limited edition knife and hat from Gamakatsu ( http://www.gamakatsu.com/ ). Hareline ( http://www.hareline.com/ ) sent us a bunch of tying materials to make 5 grab bags which will include a neck or saddle or both. Fin sport sent us a couple of fly wallets in the larger size (12" x 6"). We also go a signed first edition Fly Fishing The Pacific Inshore and the DVD Saltwater Salmon On The Fly done by Ken Hanley (http://www.pacificextremes.com/ ). Plus gift certificates from The Fisherman's Spot (http://fsflyfishing.com/). Lastly we have custom flies tied by local salty fly guys. I just got done using some flies I won at the first One Surf Fly Classic catching a boat load of bonito and super macs. We got other stuff on its way to us, so goodies in the mail.

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Pacific Extreme