Sum Sum Summer Time

So the it's mid-summer and it's mid-summer fishing. Middle of the day and the fish don't eat, unless off course it's cloudy or something. Yesterday the fish were hungry for flies, today while fishing with my nephew and his friend, the fish were loving the Hogies. The fish seem to be between 24-26". I don't know where the Mommy fish are hiding.

Timing is everything. This summer it's been good and not so good. It was good when my client hooked a 36" striper just at the moment that I was telling friends on another boat that they should come fish next to me as there were "big fish here" when BAM a big fish hit the lure as if I'd staged the whole thing.

It wasn't so good yesterday. I was on stage for the local whale watchers when, for reasons that are way too complicated to explain, I managed to drop my boat off the back of the trailer on to the ramp. It was awful, not only because it's tough on the boat, but why did it have to happen in front of a boat full of tourists? I can hear the announcer now "yes, that boat on the pavement belongs to local fishing guide Captain Ms. Salty Fly"... The boat suffered only a little damage, as for me, I'm still recovering.