I got this brown rockfish at the Doran Beach jetty in Bodega Bay. I was using a 7wt with 30ft of t-8 and a pink Clouser. I got him on the last cast of the 1 hour sesh, jigging it under a submerged boulder. I realized after hooking him that a 9wt would have been better. I barely winched him out from under the rock. It’s crazy how such a small rockfish could pull so hard. A largemouth this size would get skated across the surface to the bank without a fight.
I’ve found rockfish are really easy to catch. I’m surprised less people fly fish for them, even though tons of fly fishers live in the Bay Area and have easy access to good rockfish spots.
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