One Surf Fly 5 – Dockweiler LineUp courtesy of Kristina Kaufman and Jorge Salas!
well the overcast morning and price of gas didn’t seem to discourage a nice turnout for our fifth one surf fly, held on dockweiler state beach in the shadows of los angeles airport. i will be adding more pics and stats to this report once i get the totals in for the fish counts. shane ran off and went fishing with the score cards, LOL! in the mean time i do have the winners noted and will be adding a photo gallery very soon. We would like to thank the fisherman’s spot for being the host fly shop and throwing in a fifty dollar gift card to our fantastic raffle. this years raffle earned $2800 for a wonderful cause. we all supported casting for recovery which helps breast cancer victims through fly fishing. marguerite duncan-abrams from the local los angeles chapter gave a brief presentation about the organization and was present to receive the donation. I want to personally thank all our sponsors: Abel, Buffs, Ross, Orvis, Redington, Fish Skull, Nightwatch Coffee and Olson Visual for making the yearly pledge and supporting us so we can all do great things for the industry and non-profits we support! I would also like to thank all the spotters and volunteers, who take a back seat to help keep the beach safe and record all the catches. a special thanks to everyone who donated to our awesome raffle, we couldn’t have raised the money and support without you and I am sure casting for recovery is very grateful for your kind generosity. we are all very lucky to have a great fraternity of saltwater fly anglers willing to assemble together for one day each year to celebrate our passion and in turn help some of us who need a helping hand. let’s keep this thing rocking, it can only get better! take a kid fishing, they are our future…
cheers…more pics to come!
-Al Q
this year’s trophies courtesy of the Fishermen’s Spot
© 2012 photo by kristina kaufman / jorge salas
the winning teams! from left: rocky harris/carl laski, rich hall/mike miller and waldie brangham/andy malove © 2012 photos by kristina kaufman / jorge salas
Stats under slow conditions: out of 65 anglers, 17 angler caught fish,
totals for the morning: 53 barred surf perch, i walleye surf perch & 1 smelt.
First Fish Trophy – Rocky Harris (barred surf perch) 7:05am, using one fly #27
Most Fish Trophy - Rich Hall (barred surf perch) total: 10 fish, using one fly #41
Big Fish Trophy - Waldie Brangham ( barred surf perch) 12 inches, using one fly#30
All winning flies received one year subscription to Fly Fishing the Southwest or Northeast magazine
one fly #27 – first fish (orange rat) submitted by Carl Laski
one fly #41 – most fish (orange rat) submitted by Michael Miller
one fly #30 – big fish (orange rat) submitted by Andy Malove
al q getting pumped.
bill and jeff doing a great job at early check-in!
sign up!
the anticipation!
roy and rich discussing the strategy
greg, happy with his pick!
another fine selection!
jorge digs out a clouser
spotters getting ready
Q explains the boundary lines
the spotters in position for the start of the osf5, rick olson in position
let the fishing begin
anglers as far as you can see, as a lone surfer looks on in amazement
some of the boys: from left, Q, dave wratchford, bryan ida, shane chung and chris chamberlin
james working the trough as a flock of birds flies by.
waldie nails a nice twelve inch perch!
jim solomon and rich hall having a few laughs
lauri having a great time.
shane chung and al Q pose for a quick pic
back at the spot, the crowd gathers for the award / cfr presentation / raffle
marguerite working the casting for recovery information table
kevin green signing the poster of zack solomon who at age 27, lost his heroic battle to cancer this past year and will always be part of our saltwater fraternity of anglers.
the raffle gets started!
bill and shane working the basket
bryan handing off some fine raffle prizes to a happy michelle
some of the custom osf fly boxes and umpqua flies
beautiful osf wine glasses
jeff with a big smile after winning a pair of redington sonic waders
even the pooch was excited about the raffle
and the winner of this year’s abel is…
dave wratchford scores the custom abel
it was all about casting for recovery!
thanks to everyone who helped us raise $2800 for Casting For Recovery this year!
