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Jesse's Hunting > Fishing Articles > Articles > Flyfishing Cabo
Flyfishing Cabo
Dave Blake
- L.A., CA
August 02, 2007
Recently I spent a week in Cabo San Lucas with the wife, somewhere in the general vicinity of our anniversary. Being the gracious person that she is, my wife gave me a hall pass to get some fishing in while we were down there.
Whenever I go fishing, I try to use a fly rod so I called Grant at Baja Anglers and booked a trip. It’s always good to use an outfitter who knows something about fly fishing when you book. Grant set me up with one of his captains named Arturo on a very nice panga for a fast paced day of Baja fly fishing.
I took my own gear which consisted of an Orvis 12 weight rod, Damon 10 weight rod and a Teton 10-12 weight reel with interchangeable spools with sinking line to get the fly under the surface.
Not the biggest
The great thing about flyfishing is that even the smaller fish can make for a great fight and an exciting day. |
We turned west on the Pacific side of the Cape and ran for about 30 minutes. The wind was relatively calm and the chop minimal. We’d be fishing right on the back side of the surf, along the beach.
Arturo pulled the boat in behind the surf and began casting a large hookless top-water plug, while Joseph, the deckhand, held the boat steady. My job was to make a 35 to 40 foot cast and put the fly right behind the splashing plug. This was incredibly fast-paced fishing, and to my mind, much more exciting than sitting behind a trolling rod.
Our main quarry was big rooster fish. We could see some big ones surfing in the waves, but none of them came after the plug. Eventually some of the smaller fish including green jacks, ladyfish and small rooster fish began following the plug to the boat.
When my fly landed behind the plug, the fish would follow it instead of the plug. When the strike came I was supposed to pull on the line, not the rod. This took some getting used to, but I eventually got the hang of it and landed some nice albeit small fish, including 3 rooster fish.
If you like fast paced fly fishing give Grant at Baja Anglers a call. When the bite is on you can go after dorado, white marlin and sailfish as well.
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