im itching for stripers to come back :( i havent had any luck for stripers in the delta... cause I have no boat, btu I go to a lake full of them. :) Anyone else here addicted to striper fishin?
I usually do the o'dark thirty drift during the spring and summer for Stripers on the Lower American a few times each year. My goal is to get a Striper on the top this year.
me too. i wanna try to get one in the surf at half moon bay or pacifica. imma go nuts on them once they start moving more. Lake San Antonio has guaruntee 22" and up. boiling water right before there is a hint of light.
There is an innovative fly tier based out of Sacramento County named Charlie Bisharat. He is an Umpqua signature tier. He has a subsurface fly called Charlie's Airhead. It is one of my favorite Striper flies. I use it with an intermediate sink line.
Charlie's Airhead
He has a topwater fly coming out called Charlie's Pole Dancer. It will be available in limited distribution this spring. Think of it as the Zara Spook of fly fishing. I cannot find a picture of it through the internet although you can find a picture of it in Costello and Sherman's book, Fly Fishing the California Delta. It will be the hot fly this year. From what I have been told, shops may be charging $15 to $20 for it.
