Gar -- I'm glad somebody is having some shore success!

This year has been downright pitiful for me and most my friends off the beach. I have taken one nice fish, lost a couple others and just about worn out my arms casting and retreiving. I didnt expect another 2001 (I punched over 50 fish) when daily limits were the rule, but I thought we would all be doing better than we have been this year.

There ARE fish out there, and certainly there are some nice sized silvers. But they seem to be mostly allergic to lead and to flies in 2004, at least as far as I have witnessed.

I'll give it another week before I start heading north to the Skagit River on my days off.