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I will stop by Paul. Anytime after 7pm? I think the upcoming funny fish season is what really got me thinking. A flyrod is the only way to catch false Albacore. I will still surfcast but the flyrods will be with me ( at least two) Just another weapon that I should have been packing when out fishing. There are nights on the beach when the fish are eating tiny bait and a 7 inch needle isn't going to interest them. So if faced with a choice of not catching or catching then the flyrod should be in your arsenal. And as ben put it there is a Zen thing about it. I love casting them as much as catching fish on them and when the wind blows break out the spinning rods.
I used to organize a winter flyrod seminar series for the Osterville Anglers club. We did 7 or 8 each winter. People like Page Rogers, Dr. Dave Ross, Harry Koons, Art Crago, Al Brewster, Peter Alves, Dave Peros, Capt. Ron Murphy, Gene Bourque and many others spoke and presented, free of charge. They were always fun and informative but I always told everyone, when I was asked how to take a really big bass, to put down the flyrod, pick up a ten foot conventional loaded with 50 pound braid and toss a 18 inch live eel into the surf or from the boat! You have to know your limitations. My biggest bass on the fly was 32 pounds, I had fish I know would have gone forty but it was never to be for some reason. I am going to renew that quest for one thing. Art Crago has two fish already near that size this year alone from his Jones Bros along the Elizabeths on the fly. That piqued my interest again.
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