Fall Blues and Stripers 2013
When my scheduling allows, I like to arrive a few days early for the International Fly Tying Symposium and fish for stripers and blues with Chuck Furimsky and with our friends Theo Bakelaar and Harry Schoel, from Holland. This year was one such year. The first day, the ocean was too rough, so we fished the bay. Theo had a new fly design that outfished the “standard” fly I was using 2 ½ to 1. I landed three fish, Theo landed 6. But, he had 4 more on, and I only had 1 more on. His new fly had a very unique rattle on it. More on this design later.
The next day Theo, Ben Furimsky (Chuck’s son), and I were out on the ocean. There were 6-foot swells, and we bobbed about very nicely. Not being one who can withstand such oceanic twisting and turning, I naturally get very seasick. So, I had taken some meds an hour before hand. Everything went very well until I looked down to get my rod. Then it was all over. For the rest of the day, I was a bit more on the green side. However, I fished all day just as hard as if I had not been so sick. I did great. I caught 5 sharks!
Theo and Ben, however, caught blues and stripers, and Theo even caught two flounders and a squid. Yes, a squid on the fly. He will soon be writing a new book entitled, “Selective Squid, with ancillary notes on flounder.” Watch for it at your favorite bookstore.
Theo with a striper, getting ready to catch squid.