Hi All:
It was one of those great days on the water.
I tied a different type of squid fly and used them for the first time in the kelp. The calicos hammered them. I caught and released four calicos and one sand bass. What’s cool about the fly is that the hackle feathers are sprung open when the fly is still in the water and when the fly is pulled through the water, are hackles are drawn together. The pulsing action is so seductive. Knowing how the fly responds to movement made it easy to tease strikes.
This was also my maiden voyage with my new kayak loader – what a treat! As I often fish alone, hefting the kayak up onto my racks is not very pleasant for me. Thinking that there had to be a less stressful way of loading and unloading my yak, I found a great guy in Wyoming who made me a collapsible kayak loader. Think of a tubular steel sawhorse with rollers. Excluding the rollers the loader collapse to 2 ½ inches. I am using Yakima’s Hullyrollers and purchased them for a song online – they fit perfectly. I have hung my skin diving weight belt on a cross bar to keep the legs on the ground when pulling and pushing my yak. Problem solved.
It was a sweet day.
Steve A
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