03-27-2007, 04:10 AM
Overall the show was a great time.. lots and lots of boats of course.. I saw everything from inflateable pontoon boats to large aluminum pontoon boats to ocean and fresh water kayaks to cabin cruisers... one of the best I saw was a large hulled boat with a large rectangular cabin.. it was set up to accomodate 6 - 8 people for trips of up to a week.. if I was in a local fishing business it would be a boat I would look at seriously....
They had it set up in five or six different buildings.. the first four were all the boats and kayaks.. plus Ford, Toyota, and Chevy trucks .. most of those were in the building that had the campers in it..
In the second to last building there had fishing demos going on over a huge fish tank... even though it was all jig and spinner demos the tactics discussed were worht the time..
In the las building were all the retailers booths.. lots of saltwater gear at really great prices from what I could see.. for example a spool of flourocarbon line that I have seen elsewhere for 13 - 14 dollars on sale for 9.00... I was not able to find spools of uncoated flourocarbon (out of stock or coated)..
My one local fly was there and I was able to get several renegades and copper johns with rubber legs for .50 each.. normally run 1.25 each.. so I did get myself one really good deal...
In the fly fishing booths there was a lot of tying going on and as usual I was awestruck with what these guys were taking off of their jigs...
I did get a chance to talk to one gentleman about salt fly fishing.. he made it sound a lot simpler than some have explained before to the point that I may look at getting a new line on my Shakespeare reel ... according to this guy silver strand beach is rated as the #2 salting fishing shoreline in Ca... I had no idea and that is where he really caught my interest.. I did get his card and may, at some future point, contact him for more information...
They had fly casting lessons outside the last building and I had my grandson take a lesson.. I was surprised and pleased at how well he did.. I did not like the attitude of the instructors plus it was crowded so I left it at my grandson getting a lesson..
Surprisingly my grandson did not want to take part in the kids trout fishing pond sponsored by Berkley.. not sure why but was not gonna force the issue... we did take some time to watch the kids and one caught a beautiful trout of about 2 pounds.. I thought it was gonna be catch and release but apparently if you caught something you kept it..
We also took the time to watch a really good wake boarding demonstration.. these young guys were simply awesome.. on a board traveling about 12 miles an hour over a course of about 200 feet.. amazing stunts....
Overall.. my grandkids loved climbing all over the boats and trucks...
I got my deal on the flies so I walked away happy.. and my daughter got a bag of really good beef jerky...
A great day on a beautiful southern California Saturday...
I will post pictures as soon as I can get the camera from my daughter....
MacFly [cool]
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They had it set up in five or six different buildings.. the first four were all the boats and kayaks.. plus Ford, Toyota, and Chevy trucks .. most of those were in the building that had the campers in it..
In the second to last building there had fishing demos going on over a huge fish tank... even though it was all jig and spinner demos the tactics discussed were worht the time..
In the las building were all the retailers booths.. lots of saltwater gear at really great prices from what I could see.. for example a spool of flourocarbon line that I have seen elsewhere for 13 - 14 dollars on sale for 9.00... I was not able to find spools of uncoated flourocarbon (out of stock or coated)..
My one local fly was there and I was able to get several renegades and copper johns with rubber legs for .50 each.. normally run 1.25 each.. so I did get myself one really good deal...
In the fly fishing booths there was a lot of tying going on and as usual I was awestruck with what these guys were taking off of their jigs...
I did get a chance to talk to one gentleman about salt fly fishing.. he made it sound a lot simpler than some have explained before to the point that I may look at getting a new line on my Shakespeare reel ... according to this guy silver strand beach is rated as the #2 salting fishing shoreline in Ca... I had no idea and that is where he really caught my interest.. I did get his card and may, at some future point, contact him for more information...
They had fly casting lessons outside the last building and I had my grandson take a lesson.. I was surprised and pleased at how well he did.. I did not like the attitude of the instructors plus it was crowded so I left it at my grandson getting a lesson..
Surprisingly my grandson did not want to take part in the kids trout fishing pond sponsored by Berkley.. not sure why but was not gonna force the issue... we did take some time to watch the kids and one caught a beautiful trout of about 2 pounds.. I thought it was gonna be catch and release but apparently if you caught something you kept it..
We also took the time to watch a really good wake boarding demonstration.. these young guys were simply awesome.. on a board traveling about 12 miles an hour over a course of about 200 feet.. amazing stunts....
Overall.. my grandkids loved climbing all over the boats and trucks...
I got my deal on the flies so I walked away happy.. and my daughter got a bag of really good beef jerky...
A great day on a beautiful southern California Saturday...
I will post pictures as soon as I can get the camera from my daughter....
MacFly [cool]
[signature]