The Fly Fish NorCal site – in addition to having the good taste to run some of my material – also showcases articles from other writers, including this thought-provoking little beauty about fly fishing the surf from Ken Hanley.

Fly fishing the surf isn’t perhaps the first thing that leaps to mind when you hear the words “fly fishing,” but saltwater’s the fastest-growing part of the sport, and if there’s something California has in abundance, it’s surf.


It’s pretty. It’s wet. And there are fish there. Why not?

The Underground’s Southern Cal Saltwater Correspondent Jim Troyer has become something of an expert on the genre, and frankly, his e-mails detailing his adventures sound like a hell of a lot of fun.

Sure there’s sand there (icky, scratchy stuff), and those of us in the Jaws generation will never look at the ocean without some level of suspicion, but there’s water, and big, strong fish in that water.

Someday I’ll trick Jim into writing a basic “how-to” article about it, but in the meantime, give Fly Fish Norcal’s article a try.

Any surf fishers out there? Let us know how you like it. And if you’ve ever seen Jaws.

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