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Thursday, April 23rd Tom Pelikan and I fished Rancho San Carlos (private water) with John Jordan, a local guide. It was a very fine day. We got on the water at 0900, and I reluctantly quit at 1845.
I had thirty fish to hand, LDRd a few, had a few break me off on 5X, and missed a bunch of half hearted strikes. All the fish but one were over 14 inches, several over 16. The largest was over 18 inches The one small one was an 8 inch wild fish (adipose fin present), and all but one fish were taken on dry flies. The exception was a fussy 16 incher who succumbed to a Pheasant and Copper dropper off a #18 GFT. The GFT was very successful.
The fish ate Grey Fuzzy Thing, Orange Humpy, Orange Beetle, Adams, Baetis Emerger and BWO Emerger flies. The amazing thing to me was how well they fought. There was none of this “30 seconds and I’m DONE, baby!” These fish were fighting hard and jumping all the way to the float tube, and in the net.
Rancho San Carlos is a membership private enclave. There is a rod fee as well as the Guide’s fee, but the cost is still very reasonable. Try mid week. Geoff Malloway at Central Coast Fly Fishing can give you John’s phone number.
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