Handles local outfitting on our kayak trips. Tell them Gary sent you!
La Ventana Info
Tides
Tides chart is for La Paz which reflects closely with La Ventana, great sol lunar info.
(small graph icons will display the last 5 days of data for the given measurement right up to 10 minutes ago)
(tons of stuff here)
(click through the icons & menus on the left until you understand what everything is)
EEB Mike
Baja California Weather, Storm, and Hurricane Tracking
Water Temperature (SST)
Sea surface Temperature charts 1-30 days
NHC East Pacific
Two Day Advance Hurricane information
NHC
Current graphics depicting adverse weather in the Atlantic and Pacific.
NHC Discussion
Detailed discussion about current events that may effect/cause hurricanes.
GOES Color-RGB Sat
Near real time color enhanced IR imagery of water vapor
Precipitable Water
Animated chart of precipitable water
NOAA SST
Stunning imagery of Pacific water temps. See above SST for local water temps
East Pacific Animated Water Vapor Loop
Rainbow Animated water vapor East Pacifc
Good Guides
Solis Fly Fishing
Solis Fly Fishing – San Diego California
Maury Hatch
First Hatch Guide Service – Northern California
Bowman Bluewater Guides and Outfitters
San Diego’s Premier Off Shore, Inshore and Freshwater Guiding Service
Outerbanksflyfishing.com
Outerbanks Fly Fishing Charters
Photographers and Writers
Corey Kruitbosch
Freelance Photographer and Website Designer
Scott Sadil
Author, angler, wooden boat builder and editor of fly fishing at Grays Sporting Journal. Scott is fly fishing wordsmith. Check out his latest collection of short stories “Good News River”.
C.J. Box Not only an excellent rooster fisherman, he is a bestselling crime mystery writer. His Joe Pickett series about a game warden in Wyoming, is excellent.
T. Jefferson Parker Jeff Is a gifted flyfisher and crime mystery writer about Southern California detectives and police procedures, but also delves into other amazing stories.
Brian Wiprud Brian is an avid saltwater flyfisher and author of the series Linsenbigler, among other books, about a talented flyfisher and mixologist who is always getting into hilarious dangerous predicaments
Dylan Tomine
Writer, conservation advocate, blueberry farmer, and father
Internet Resources
(don’t overlook their “spots” sub-forecasts)
La Jolla Kayak Fishing
Jim Sammons’ Kayak Fishing at its finest Since 1996.
Wetsand – Links to some of the best weather surf report sites we have seen
Tidelines Tide Calendars – Illustrated tide tables with graphic wave lines running through the days to show the intensity and timing on a given day or the movement of the tidal pattern over a period of time. Available at most surf shops or online.
Channel Islands Marine Reserves map at Click here: MPA
Heal the Bay Beach Card Report – check for contamination grades at Southern California beaches on a roll-over map.
California Coastal Records Project – close-up aerial photos of the coastline.
Local Clubs
Southwest Council of the International Federation of Flyfishers
Flyfishing in Southern California and Southern Nevada
Golden State Flycasters
Northern San Diego County Fly Fishing Club
San Diego Flyfishers
San Diego County Fly Fishing Club
Sespe Flyfishers Inc.
Ventura Fly fishing Club-Gary’s home club
Non Profits We Support
Trout Unlimited
Fishery Restoration
Fedflyfishers.org
International Federation of Fly Fishers
Tarbone.org
Bonefish and Tarpon Trust
Caltrout.org
California Trout – Keepere of the Streams
Projecthealingwaters.org
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing
LPFW.org
Los Padres Forest Watch
Food For Thought
Community support and education for healthier food in schools
Ojai Green Coalition
Creating environmentally sustainable community in Ojai
Gray Fish Tag Research
Tagging and studying rooster fish