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.