loviatt

Just a quick question for any board members - has anyone done any flyfishing in southern California? Heading down to LA/San Diego next week (if I don't die of exposure here in the meantime...) and hoping to get into a day or even afternoon of fishing. I have tried google etc but am not having a whole lot of luck so far. Any first-hand experience? Thanks in advance.

Buy a GOOD LINE and use the remaining part of the 200 bucks to get the best reel that you can. For most fish, a large arbor (insert popular brand/alloy here) is probably overkill, and as long as you don't beat the crap out of your stuff. One of my best reels was an old cabellas reel that has an offset drag, and I still like it better than newer redingtons/pfleugers that I own. Just my 2 cents though.

Explosive runs, eh? I have never had any fecal matter deposited on me by a fish. In seriousness though, I too have caught some acrobatic browns that took me to backing far quicker than i would have liked. If it's big, it will run, and it may jump as well. Unless it's a bully or a grayling. Or a rock.

I fish the shouldice park/edworthy park area a lot in the summer, and you'd be surprised at the fish you can pick up by just nymphing 10-15 feet from shore or closer. worth checking out.