Links to useful and relevant web sites...

• Dan Blanton's Outdoor Ventures
  The most active message board covering bay area saltwater and striper fly fishing. High quality contents here.
  http://www.danblanton.com
  
  
  
• Department of Fish and Game
  General web site
  http://www.dfg.ca.gov
  DFG - Fish Identification
  http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/fishid.asp
  
  
  
• Ernie's Casting Pond in Soquel, CA USA
  It used to be a great place to meet other fly fishermen who are interested in local area fly fishing. It closed in 2008. Here's a link to an San Jose Mercury News article about this event: Ernie's Casting Pond, "a Santa Cruz institution," closing its doors
  We will miss the shop, Ernie and Diane and all the chance meeting of fellow fishermen there. Ernie is a veteran trout and steelhead angler and was great source of local area fishing information. His website is still up and they will continue to post updates of their travels so visit it once in a while. http://www.ernies.com/
  
  
  
• Gary Bulla's SoCal Surfcast
  Focuses on Southern California Surf Fishing. Interesting monthly newsletter. Active message board. http://www.garybulla.com
  
  
  
• Jay Murakoshi's Flies Unlimited
  Innovative and high quality flies for salt water fishing.
  http://www.fliesunlimited.com
  
  
  
• Ken Hanley's Pacific Extremes
  Our leading educator for inshore fly fishing. I took his surf fishing clinic in June 2001 to get started in the surf zone. It was a great way to get started if he is offering them again.
  http://pacificextremes.com
  
  
  
• Knots for Fishing from the NetKnots website
  A website by John Sherry that shows how to tie the best knots for fishing. http://www.netknots.com/html/fishing_knots.html
  
  
  
• San Jose Flyshop in San Jose, CA USA
  Another great place to meet other fly fishermen who are interested in local area fly fishing. The San Jose Fly Shop was the brain-child of Tom Malech. In 2006, Tom joined forces with Bernie Halterbeck of Fly Fishing Specialties. The San Jose Fly Shop then became Fly Fishing Specialties. The locations are in Sacramento and Los Gatos. The staff has great knowledge of local fly fishing and fly fishing products. http://www.flyfishingspecialties.com/
  
  
  
• Ryan Yoshimoto's music site
  My son Ryan wrote a song that is a hit in the European dance genre, Du What U Du. He released the original song. Trentemoller's remix took it up on the charts. He just released a music video. Check it out at: http://ryanyoshimoto.com/
  
  
  
• Glenn Yoshimoto's BLOG on Playing with Reality
  Since I started my break from fishing, I started studying various alternative therapies and related ideas about new models of reality and consciousness. I have been quite preoccupied but now feeling that I need to get back to fishing a little, so you might see me on the beach occasionally. You can read about the ideas here: http://playingwithreality.net/
  
  
  

Questions or Comments Contact:
Glenn Yoshimoto
glenn@zenflyfishing.com
Los Gatos, California

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