Area 9 report - 7/29

[Stonefish]

Hit the beach again today with a couple of buddies. I ended up going 2 for 3, with a 3 & 5 lb silver landed. My friend John c & r'd a very nice fighting legal sized blackmouth. I got my fish on pink & chartruese clousers. John got the blackmouth on a yellow clouser. Nice day on the beach.
Brian

[jfh9]

I use mainly baitfish immitations and have trouble casting clousers for some reason. Do you cast differently with clousers than other flies? What weight rod have you been using?

[Jake Bannon]

Im not sure what Brian uses but you might have problems because its a weighted fly or possibly going back to far on your backcast. I use a 5/6wt and dont have too much of a problem. A lot of times I will be fishing a steep angled point and my clouser will hit the rocks on my backcast. Im kind of a rookie at this but Im just telling ya what has happend from my past experiances. Someone else may have a better answer for you.

Jake

[Lou Hoang]

Where can I find a map that shows this grid system? area 9, area 10...?
Thanks

[Stonefish]

Lou,
You can find the desciptions of the marine area boundries in the fishing regulations pamplet or wdfw website http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regs/2007/2007sportregs.pdf

jfh9,
I use a 6 wt for all my beach fishing.

Brian

[miyawaki]

WDFW rules pamphlet. The "grids" or areas are theirs.

Leland.

[Salmon fisher]

For clousers I make a slightly less tight loop, but I doubt it really makes much of a difference. What Jake says is interesting, because I know somebody who always complains about casting clousers and he drops his rod WAY too far on the backcast.

LOU- It's in the Regs. You can get them free at almost any place where you can buy fishing gear. Also WDFW probably has to have it on their website somewhere.

[ceviche]

And I'm certain the (hook) size of the clouser makes a big difference, too, when it comes to casting.

[Stonefish]

Dave,
While hook size comes into play, I think the size of the eyes plays more of a role when casting a clouser. Those large ones feel real good upside your head on the rare occasion a cast goes terribly wrong ;)
Brian

[wolverine]

Brian, thats why I always wear a long billed hat with a flap on the back. A little padding plus its easier to get the hook out of a hat than the back of my neck. I learned the hard way (MANY TIMES) to keep the weighted flies on the down wind side of my body.

[Salmon fisher]

I actually prefer to get hit in the back of the head with clouser eyes. Usually if I get hit with the eyes it means I don't have a hook in me.