Folks,
I hope all of you are having a delightful summer. Sacramento has been about as mild as I can remember. The older I get the less I like the heat. so I have been dancing a jig with this summers weather patterns.
As fall approaches and water temps in your favorite top water striper haunts start to cool down , it will soon be prime time top water season all over our local area.
I want to wish all of you addicts a good fix this fall and I am hoping that you have all your gear together for a fine top water season. Kiene's has been intensely dedicated to the top water fly fisher by carrying all the best top water lines leaders and flies.So if you have missing gear or have questions, see the wonderful folks at the store.They are really excited about top water stripers these days. I believe Andy Guibord brought a fat 15 pounder to hand a week or two ago.
I also know that Capt KD's calender is looking more and more full all the time and he is excited to take all of you that have dates booked with him.
If you are not an old pro at the top water thing or you just want to fish the best areas and not worry about controling the boat, KD is hands down the areas best at the top water game.
I wish I could report to all of you that my new top water fly was on the shelf at your favorite Umpqua dealer but that is still several months away at best. I did however, just today, overnight my first shipment of foam heads to the Umpqua factory so the sample process and quality control process is soon to follow.Umpqua is fully comitted to a hurry up production timeline for special release on the west coast.
I can hardly wait for you to have them in your top water arsenal and I won't mind in the least not tying them any more myself. They are a lot of work no doubt.
I will be on a mission myself to do some top water filming this season, so I am hopeful we can all find some willing fish.Best of luck to all of you this top water season and take some good photographs.
Cheers Chas
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