Fly Fish Baja

Hi Folks,

I got some fun news! My good friend Lynn Boyd of Houston, Texas was fishing with me today, and we had some great action on smaller roosterfish, but Lynn decided at the start of the day that he wanted to fish only for big roosterfish (he had caught smaller ones the day before), so he passed up at least 200 shots at the smaller 10 lb. fish. It looked like he was going to have a skunked day. During the day, we kept chanting- our patience is going to pay off. It did, late in the day, when all looked bleak, a small school of giant roosterfish jumped on my teaser. It was nuts-crazy action. Thirty roosterfish and the smallest looked to be around 50#. Lynn made a cast and the fly landed long, and lined 5 huge roosterfish, but the 6th fish was in back (the smallest of course) and he ate the fly with Gusto! Fish on- I grabbed the second rod for a double, but quickly put the rod down- Lynn insists that I fish with him, but this was Lynn’s biggest roosterfish ever! He fought the fish for over 45 minutes and was having a hard time of it (he suffered a heart attach a few years ago), so he decided to take it easy and I finished the fish off. Wow, what a fish, He took at least 30 screaming runs during the fight. I finally brought him to boat and Alex netted him. The fish was at least 65#, just a monster! We quickly took some photos and released him unharmed. The fish swam away really strong. The fish was caught on a G. LOOMIS Crosscurrent 11wt, with an ABEL 4 reel. The fly Line was RIO Deep Sea 400 grains, and he was using a RIO 20# tippet, The cast and hook-up was IGFA, but when we switched the fighter, it became a non-IGFA catch. The fly was a “Charlie’s Angel”. Way to go Lynn!!! Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy!!!

Check out the action at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j32qtrwl_w

The fishing has been good for this last week, although there has been a good wind out of the south. The chop has made it a bit harder to fish, but the fish don’t seem to care.

Plenty of roosterfish to catch, and most of them are under 15 lbs. Great fun on fly and light tackle. The big ones are starting to show, and it’s about time! I expect Lynn to catch another HOG tomorrow!

The sierra are still here and they are mostly on the Pacific side- They are too much fun on fly rods, and top water poppers on light spinning rods.

Some Cubera and Colorado snappers around, we had shots at them today, but Lynn decided not to cast to them.

The offshore fishing continues to be good for Marlin. The marlin have been biting pretty good on baits and lures. The average catch is two fish to the boat. This has been an awesome striped marlin year, hope it lasts. I am getting spoiled!

Tuna and Dorado are mostly by-catch while marlin fishing. The offshore fishing will improve this month as the warm water moves in.

Tight Lines,
Grant

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