On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 02:35:18 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

You will need at least an 8 wt for the salt. Throw Clousers, or a crab fly
in the shallows. Out here in the west, we fish for Rockcod with shooting
heads in up to 15-30' water and for stripers inland with the Clousers and
some poppers. Try www.danblanton.com he has one of the best websites
dedicated to fly fishing, and he has done florida and other salt. Chum up
Blue sharks and sight cast big cheap flys. Just cut off the fly when you
have him to the boat.

What do you use for leader material? I like to use a light SS leader
- usually 20 lb test and 18 to 24 inches long depending on whether
there are toothy critters in the area.

In the Bay, heavy leaders and BIG streamers seem to work real well.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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The years will bring their Anodyne,
But I shall never quite forget,
The fish that I had counted mine
And lost before they reached the net.

Colin Ellis, "The Devot Angler" quoted
in A. R. Macdougall, Jr's "The Trout
Fisherman's Bedside Book" (1963)