The Life Amphibious

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Bad Weather Bluegill

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Saturday was a mixed bag of weather - rain, wind, sun and warmth - all spread out through the waking hours. I got out right after lunch to...
Friday, May 10, 2013

WORK SUCKS - Fishing Rules (but surfing da bestest)

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I've had a record bad week at work - try and do everything right, but some people just don't know what teamwork is... But you know ...
Saturday, May 4, 2013

Revenge!!! And the hatching dragonflies

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Since that last crappie I landed a few weeks back, everyone that I've got to take a fly literally took it with them. I've been usi...

Not Skunked -

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Lake Newport loves me - I can never get skunked at Lake Newport. I started out fishing with Marlon, but the wind was making it hard for hi...

SKUNKED!!!

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Before I helped out at the FYCC (Family & Youth Casting Call - I believe an arm of the District of Columbia Fish and Game Department), ...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

The Usual Suspects

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I'm volunteering down at Fletcher's Cove tomorrow for an event to introduce fishing to school aged kids. Buses will be shuttling k...

SUP Board Fish Stalking Organizer Completed

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I finished the milk crate conversion. Three rod holders - two in the trolling (while paddling) position and one vertical for holding a cam...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Rained Out and Attacked by Bugs

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Right after lunch, I took the kids to the Lake to try fishing today. I caught a few bluegill and this LMB - it inhaled a pink grub I tied ...

Milk Crate (Legally Procured) Fishing Basket

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Seeing the copious amounts of uneducated carp (dumb to the way of the fly) yesterday inspired me to catch up on a planned project that I ha...

End of the Day Redemption

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Despite all that blah-blah-blah I just wrote on my last post, getting skunked still stinks. When we got back, Marlon and I decided that we...

SUPing around CARP Nasty!!!

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After lunch, we loaded up the truck with La's SUP and the kayak and headed over to Fairfax Reservoir. We thought the lake was Beaverda...

White Sucker Fish from the Potomac

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I went to the platform above the Chain Bridge this morning to try my luck at catching some Hickory and American Shad while they are still a...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Thursday Afternoon Popper Action

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Marlon and I decided to try our luck again this afternoon. We also decided to try out the poppers we made this past Winter. We setup our s...

Boating, SUPing and the Ubiquitous Seaweed

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The rest of our Sunday in Annapolis was pretty varied. We had brunch with our friends Trevor and Sam. While there we admired the boats ti...

Playing Catch Up - Spring East of Maui Swap Meet

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I haven't posted in a few days - I'll slap up a few late posts... On Sunday we went to Annapolis to try and sell more water gear t...
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Victor Velasco
Salty Surfer (of shortboards, longboards, windsurfers, kiteboards, snowboards and standup paddleboards); Rabid Parawinger; Budding Surfboard Shaper; Studier of all manner of aquatic and plant life; Aspiring fly fisher; Husband to the wonderful Lala; Father to Big M and Noe; Mechanical and Ocean Engineer; RETIRED US Navy Deep Sea Diver;World Explorer
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