Kevin DeGulis reports on 5.3.18

What a difference a week makes! The bay is hot and heavy right now, so get after it. 

Saturday we hosted our second Fly Fishing the Surf Clinic, it was a home run. We had 8 participants join us for the day: Martin, a long time fly angler and part of the Golden Gate Casting Club, has always dreamed of catching a California halibut on the fly. Over the past couple...

Evan Praskin reports on 5.3.18

This last Saturday we had our Fly Fish the Surf/Bay clinic at Crissy Field and it was a hit! The group of guys and gals we had were eager to learn and picked up our lessons quick. All of our attendees started off the morning getting lines wet with some basic instruction followed by some “surf talk” right there on the sand. 

The rest of the day was balanced out with...

Evan Praskin reports on 4.26.18

Monterey Surf

Well, it’s that time of the season when the Stripers have pushed down from the coast and are invading our Monterey Bay beaches!! 

There has been some steady reports of schoolie fish being caught at quite a few different beaches along with some more decent fish in the mix. If it was my call I’d give that perch gear a rest and pull out the bigger baits and...

Evan Praskin reports on 4.19.18

The Surf

Hello, weather? Yeah, you had your chance during the winter to throw your swells and cold, rainy days at us. Could you just keep on trucking in the summer direction? Much appreciated….. Battle of the swell was the case for last week and it seemed to hold its energy throughout the weekend. Sunday gave us our best chance so we hit the surf at first light in...

Kevin DeGulis reports on 4.12.18

The Bay

As all weather apps falsely implied that it would be a rain-soaked weekend in the Bay area, LCO ambassador Jon Ng woke up Saturday morning to perfect blue skies. Taking advantage of the surprising weather, he decided to head down to Crissy Field for some surf fishing. Jon was especially excited today, due to the fact he finally received his “dream surf...

Evan Praskin reports on 4.12.18

Surf

We had some seriously unpredictable weather lately! With the forecast showing lots of rain and wind for the weekend, I wasn’t so sure it would be fishable. I kept a close eye on the wind and swell all week and by the time Friday rolled around it looked just doable. I was joined by bay area local Dan Costello who met me at first light, in the pouring rain, with a...

Kevin DeGulis reports on 4.5.18

The Bay Area

Friday 

The weekend started off with a bang– or should I say Barred! The entire LCO team (besides Art and George(someone had to work…)) went fishing; Steve, Sarah, Ben, and I headed towards the Golden Gate Bridge.

On the way, we were grooving to some live bluesy tunes from Chicago’s oldest and finest blues bar, Kingston Mines–live blues 7 days a week until...

Evan Praskin reports on 4.2.18

Surf

Talk about spring weather! We had a fantastic weekend fly fishing the surf with first-time surf chargers, Martin and Christian. The swell was really mellow with a light wind making it near perfect for throwing flies. We had a high tide around 11AM and as the tide pushed in so did the perch. Both of these guys picked up the surf game real fast and put plenty of...

Kevin DeGulis and The LCO team reports on 3.28.18

Knowing that April is on the horizon, the Lost Coast Outfitters team made it a goal to fish both the California Delta and the San Francisco day in one weekend.  

Delta

The first step was to prepare. Luckily, Friday Redington sent two 8 weight Crux and two 7/8 Redington rises to match. Ben had his Sage One with a Bauer Reel and one old-school sage...

Captain Greg Holland reports on 3.29.18

The Bay

Could not have started the 2018 year off any better than on Wednesday the 28th. Had a guest on board from Banff and we enjoyed a beautiful sunrise stripping flys on Cronkite Beach then moving on to Red Rock for half dozen schoolie stripers.  

The conditions are perfect for a great striper and halibut year with all the bait and runoff. Olive over white...