bill kiene

Hello ROFFers,

Well, it is pretty chilly here in sunny California- only at night.

Actually today it was very warm out there from 11am till about 4pm in the
warm sunlight. PM-night-AM will freeze your tofu.

I went down to Watt Avenue on the lower American River today. First, I tied
on a #32 BWO on some special new FC 9x tippet that I produce myself daily so
it is really fresh. Knowing were "all" the fish hold in "my river" it is
getting pretty boring now. I made a 123' cast with my new 11' one piece 12
sided split cane rod I built last night while watching the Letterman show. I
put an aerial mend into it about 97 feet from the tip of the line and then
threw in about 50 stack mends. After a 70 foot drift free float a small 23
pound fresh run wild steelhead took my perfectly tied, perfectly presented,
free drifting bug. After 3 hours of fighting this smaller than average size
steelhead (for me naturally) I was able to slide it onto the bank and
quickly eat it with some wasabi and bug juice.

After that I like to catch a nice striper too. I tied on a 12" baby Rainbow
trout imitation with a battery powered system so it makes a sound like a
wounded little fish. Before I could make a cast a ~60 pound female striper
soon was making big wakes all around me and barking like a dog. She knows I
will release her because we don't eat stripers from the river system. I just
gave up and moved on.

I heard there were some small ~50 pound Yellowfin tuna in the lower part of
the river because we have had lots of salt water intrusion lately. I took my
trusty 16 weight helium filled titanium composite rod that I built myself in
my lab in Beijing. I have a new FC tippet that I blend with tofu so it is
tasteless. I made a few casts from my 35 foot center console cigar boat and
wouldn't you know it, I hooked a large striped blue marlin. Well, I did not
have time to fight him so I just pointed the rod at him and said "sayonara
baby".

I guess I already got my moneys worth out of that new fishing license so I
can relax now till the Roosterfish start coming into the Sacramento Delta
this spring.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
http://www.kiene.com

brimbum

Looks lke they still have some pretty good drugs out there on the left coast.
Thanks for the entertaining report.

Big Dale

larry l

Today's weather is my favorite type we get here in the valley .... partly
because I used to hunt ducks so much and this is "goose weather" .... indeed
I had 20 Honkers on my pond this morning for a while ... obviously fresh in
from someplace north, tired, wary, they circled the area several times
before choosing a landing, but more tired than wary .... I didn't bother
them but something did and they left after an hour or so
Great report, btw <G>

larry

I miss George sometimes, don't the rest of you?

=)

allen epps

Must have a hell of a living room.

Allen

rw

I thought Bill's spoof was a dead on parody of ROFF, in at least of some
of its aspects.

And yes, I miss George sometimes. On ROFF he was an ass, but in person
he was a kind and decent man. The Internet mode of communication brings
out the worst in some people.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

bill kiene

Amen

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
http://www.kiene.com

jr

<g> One of the better lines written here in a while.

JR
(but you misspelled stripper)