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02/28/10

fly fishing hawaii:

once more into the fracus and the bonefish report.

 

did a little k bay scouting on wednesday with “pops”, eugene, and didi.  the water was super calm so we shot a little outside the bay and did some bottom fishing... it wasn’t happening.  greg got “the boss” (‘a’awa or hawaiian hogfish) and a couple of trumpets and eug. somehow managed to dive bomb his bottom fishing rig onto a school of opelu (makerel scad) and got two of them.  we then just cruised aroung the bay.  the bay just wasn't giving us that loving feeling so we just enjoyed the day doing some serious and some ridiculous things to amuse ourselves.  we ended the day with a little sash for grandma and a few signs of good things right around the corner.  it’s always great to get out on the water and kick it with the crew.

 

went out to the lake again on thursday with the kirksta from the nwff crew.  the peacock bass bite wasn’t as consistent as the last time out, but the kirksta has seen the lady of the lake in all of her many moods so we just did what we do and stuck with it.

 

i again fished the sage smallmouth bass rod with a popper.  the topwater bite was pretty tough, but i just love how easily the sage bass rod lays down poppers with pin point accuracy.  we got a few swirls and misses.  i used that same small banger that i’ve been fooling around with lately and kirk was throwing a castiac shad type soft plastic bait that i wanted him to try.  kirk hooked one good peacock that quickly broke him off in the wood and i caught a couple of small peacocks but that was about it.

 

later kirk switched to the “day saver” and began destroying red devils.  the devil bite was on.  there were lots on the shoreline and many were willing to eat.  i pressed on with my popper and streamers as i just wasn’t really in the mood for devilin’.  in the late afternoon the peacocks started loosening up and we began to get more action.  we ended up catching some decent size tucs on both streamers and poppers.  we caught the tucs on the same stretches that we had fished earlier validating my theory that the peacock bass are always there, but are an extremely moody fish.  to catch them they just gotta be “on”.

 

on the bonefish front, the bonefish bite appears to have picked up again.  deano’s been getting some good fish.  he and craig went out ther on thursday.  e.t., oh excuse me g. loomis pro staff guide e.t. reports that he’s been  getting his clients on fish as well as conking fish himself.  all good news.  perhaps the winter with all it’s ups and downs is slowly starting to release its grip.

 

well a near miss tsunami and an evening cruising with the peeps in the shimano/g loomis booth at the ocean expo yesterday pretty much brings the blog up to speed.  i’ll be tying flies at the ocean expo later on today, but you can be sure i’ll be on the water again soon.

 

a beautiful morning on the bay.

 

greg hooks up while didi does what a didi does.

 

the "boss" comes up.

 

what'cha got there eug...

 

a pair of opelu which turned out to be the catch of the day.  as anyone who fishes hawaii knows... sometimes like that.

 

pretty little peacock bass.

 

kirk caught this fatty blueg on what else... the grand slam fly.

 

he also slaughterhoused a bunch of big red "day savers" with the grand slam.

 

then the peacocks became "on".

 

 

 

... and kirk quickly got into the bite.

 

we fished until the rain looked imminent.  we then raced in, not wanting to "overstay our welcome".

 

 

 

...meanwhile back at the flat.

 

 

 

 

nwff crew member deano was busy doing what he does with the switch.

 

bruce tilbrook and nwff guide e.t. had a pretty cruddy day but still did what had to be done.  bruce wrote,"ed is an excellent guide and worth every penny even though he said he was frozen that day."

 

roy miller from sisters oregon says, "firm coconuts for all.  kudos to guide ed."

 

paul ridgeway wrote,"a great big thanks to the crew of nwff and especially to e.t. for his hawaiian hospitality and superb fishing skills."

 

now hawaii's g. loomis pro staff guide, e.t. is who he is and does what he does... and does it better than anyone i know.

 

i just get my licks in when i can, enjoy the ride and the neverending quest for the next good time.

 

clay.


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