DS Fishing Blog

So, as opening day for the 2009 fishing season approaches this weekend I thought I'd post some of the pictures of the first annual DS Fly Fishing excursion to the Owens River from a couple of weeks back.  Mike and I were up in Bishop with some of his extended family and the weather ended up being pretty spectacular.  We braved some heavy winds and thick crowds, but in the end, Mike and I were both into some awesome trout.

So, like many of you, I devote some time every day to checking into the virtual fly fishing world.  If I can't be on the water fly fishing, then I can not be there with others that feel my pain.  Well, last week while I was peeking in on some of my favorite fly fishing blogs I came across  Jeff Kennedy's site.  Jeff is an artist who has a blog about his commitment to paint 365 flies in as many days.

My friend Dean in Oahu (See my older post here) sent me this video of a bonefish he was playing.  He was trying out his new Summer Spey fly reel from The Spey Reel Company.  Notice the sweet song that click and pawl reel makes with a bonefish on.  The camera he was using was a Go Pro.  The wide angle is cool, they are waterproof and they have a chest harness that he was using too - Nice!  Enjoy.  Thanks Dean

On Friday I wanted to check out some water in the Santa Monica Mountains that was rumored to have some trout.  Spring is here and I'm in fly fishing mode.  I had a little time so, with my fly rod in hand, I tried a couple access points.  I grew up in the area so I knew exactly where I was going.  Well, a lot has changed since I was a kid.  I was stymied in both locations that I had planned on.