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By Sean Fenner, April 30, 2009

I had a chance to get in alittle Urban Carp Fishing down at the LA RIVER with my buddy Dan “The Fishing Guru”. It was absolutely the most frustrating time that I have ever had fly fishing. We had missed the perfect warm weather Fly Fishing conditions by a day, the water was as stained as I have ever seen it, and I could not land a fish. I hooked up with about 4 nice sized Carp, and could not get one single fish into a net. Two broke me off on rock piles, one rapped me around a tree, and one actually spit my fly out on a head shake (which if you have been carp fishing before you know does not ever happen). So I will definitely be heading back up there soon to get my revenge on these Carp. The highlight of this fishing experience had to be the fact that I learned to do the Fly Fisherman’s dance of irritation and frustration!!!

 

 

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By Sean Fenner, April 28, 2009

The California Department of Fish and game has posted the list of the fishing spots that they will be stocking this week for Region 5-South Coast Region. Remember to practice catch and release as much as possible, pick up trash when you see it, and respect this resource so that everyone can enjoy it!!!

(Rainbow Trout)

Arroyo Seco Creek
Belvedere Park lake
Castaic Lake
Cerritos Park lake
Downey Wilderness Park Lake
Echo Park lake
El Dorado Park lakes
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
La Mirada Lake
lake in Hollenbeck Park
Legg Lake
Lincoln Park lake
Laguna Lake
Cuyamaca Reservoir

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By Sean Fenner, April 24, 2009

A Nice pic of a little Largemouth Bass that I pulled out of the small lake at Mile Square Park just before dark. I love fishing at Mile Square. It is a nice little Park Lake that does not get a ton of fishing pressure, and has a good population of Largemouth and Sunfish. If you want more info about Mile Square check it out under my locations section on the main blog page.

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By Sean Fenner, April 24, 2009

The Eggi Juan Kenobi has got be one of the coolest flies that I have ever seen. This fly is the Glowbug and the San Juan worm in one fly, and they even added a bead head to help get it down. I got to fish over at the LA River with this fly, and I have got to say that the Carp definitely have a week spot for it. Pick a couple up at Orvis or play with the pattern and tie a couple of your own.

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By Sean Fenner, April 21, 2009

The Urban Fly Fisher

Brownlining adventures…mostly!

I had originally found out about The Urban Fly Fisher from Tom Chandler over at Trout Underground, and I have got to say that it is quickly becoming one of my favorite blogs to follow. Alistair Stewart the Genius behind this blog is straight out of Glasgow the largest city in Scotland, a city that was once one of the largest industrial cities in the world (if that’s not Urban I don’t know what is). It amazes me as I look through Alistair’s blog, and I see him catching Trout in rivers that seem to be more urban than the LA RIVER by far. This makes me wonder if that could be us here in Southern California catching trout in the SANTA ANA, LA, AND SAN GABRIEL River beds. If you want to see what Scotland has got to offer than I suggest that you drop what you are doing, and get over to this blog!!!

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By Sean Fenner, April 19, 2009

The California Department of Fish and game has posted the list of the fishing spots that they will be stocking this week for Region 5-South Coast Region. Remember to practice catch and release as much as possible, pick up trash when you see it, and respect this resource so that everyone can enjoy it!!!

(Rainbow Trout)

Castaic Lagoon
Cuddy Creek Pond
Elizabeth Lake
Hansen Lake
Peck Road Park lake
Puddingstone Reservoir
Santa Fe Flood Control Basin
Trabuco Creek
Murray Reservoir
Lion Canyon Creek
Santa Ynez River
Lake Piru
Lower Rose Lake
Rancho Simi Community Park lake
Reyes Creek

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By Sean Fenner, April 19, 2009

My buddy Dan and I set out to get alittle fishing in this morning at El Dorado Park in Long Beach. We were there fishing and exploring around for a couple hours and managed a few Bluegill. We Used 5 weight rods and reels with DT floating line. We fished a tandem rig for the flies, a small Woolley Bugger w/ a dropper Zebra Nymph. As far as I can tell it looks like the Panfish/Bass action is starting to heat up, and should continue getting better as the weather gets warmer. I have a feeling that there is going to be some really good fishing this year. Here are a few pictures of the action!