Chris, Congrats on the Corbina. Thats hard to do. A few weeks ago I was riding my bike along the cliffs near sandpiper and stopped to look down into the waves--I could not believe my eyes. The waves broke at a slightly different angle at this spot, and every time a wave broke (they were very small) I could see at least twenty corbina rooting around in the sand. All up and down the wave you could see little puffs of sand and silver bodies darting back and forth. If it was not very late afternoon I would have gotten my fly rod. I have been back several times looking for them again, but have not managed to find them there. I'm going to keep trying! I've caught surf perch, halibut, and calico bass (the best!) on the flyrod but the corbina has always alluded me. It's not for the lack of trying though. Sooner or later it has to happen. To this end I have a couple of new patterns to try. One of these days--hopefully soon. Congrats again, Gerry
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Broomell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 3:25 PM Subject: [VFB] First Corbina > Hello all. > > Today was the first day in almost a week that it wasn't (isn't) raining. I > took advantage of the sun and went out the the harbor to fish. > > Conditions...not good. Wind. Peak high tide, lot's of swell...and several > days of junk coming down from the hills. > > But I fished anyway (for about an hour). Caught 3 surfperch (one was pretty > good size). > > But - the highlight of the day...my first corbina! > > It wasn't big (maybe 14 inches or so)...but it was still pretty > feisty...took some line off my reel and didn't really want to come to the > hand. It was released to elude people another day. > > Just thought that I'd let you all know. > > Cheers, > Chris >
