Eight pounds or more of blue and silver beauty...

The Southern California bight is a nursery for the juvenile makos (10 – 250 lbs), and the waters off San Diego provide a unique opportunity to fly fish for these incredible game fish.

Kirk Deeter of Field&Stream's FlyTalk claims there's no such thing as "EXTREME FLY FISHING..."

Sure, the Baetis are popping, but Copi spotted a Golden last week on the Fork and EVERYTHING is moving on the Colorado. I spent the better part of a month throwing mayfly nymphs beneath what I thought was a new piece of structure, until I saw some hooves.

Vintage Alaskan video from Katmai National Park and the Brooks River Camp.

We lived in the bush, got eaten alive by bugs, boated and hiked into the remotest spots we could find, and ran out of booze, all trying to get the footage we needed.

Word has gotten out and folks are catching fish all around the Island.