Met up with Paul C....and Tim P. at the Mini Cove I caught the Clam at last week.. Paul & i had talked about this over the Phone and agreed that hitting it early would give us time before the Crowds arrived... A little Quality time at the Beach.. Tim found out from Paul and was there suiting up as i arrived.. That was an Added Bonus.
It was windy& Cool and I was Very glad I brought along my Simms Surf Pull over..it made a difference, I was wet wading...
Tim was the First to get Bend-O action...
A small Halibut, but it beats watching paint dry...
We continued to work around the Little Cove, trying to find areas where we'd not risk the Chance of Whacking ourselves with the Fly, due to the Wind..... Paul caught a jack/Top Smelt... Tim got a Small walleye Perch.. i didn't get a take.. The water in the Cove was dirty due to the Wind and if you didn't put that fly Right in their face you would Scratch..
We then decided to let Paul & Tim give a shot at being "Jetty Jockeys" so we climbed up on the Jetty.. Tim got a Top/Jack Smelt as his first Jetty fish. We All Sacrificed Flies to the Jetty Gods....
Back onto the Cove and Paul gets this Fine Halibut..
He got it on a Merkin crab pattern and it really gave Paul a Sweet fight on his 6wt...(Tim & Myself where fishing our 7wts because of the Wind...)
The "End of Day" bell rang as the Flies where getting too close to our heads, the wind had picked back up.. Besides, More & more folks where showing up and we were spending alot of time waiting for Beach Combers to walk past us so we could cast again...
On the way home, I went down PCH and the Beaches were Packed with Holiday crowds... Glad we got out Early for Our bit of Labor Day fun ...
It was a Fun session out there with Paul & Tim... We'll have to do it again ASAP....
DEAN ~~
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