Die Fische

I was feeling a little stressed today and found, with my wifes encouragement, an amazingly relaxing way to spend two hours.

I’ve been curious for the last couple of weeks whether my 10′ Robert August surfboard could double as a SUP (Stand Up Paddle) board. After spending an embarrassing amount of time, surfing the web, trying to figure it out, i finally decided to use the hands on approach i should have used in the first place and headed for the water. With all the rain we’ve had lately there was only one option that wouldn’t be full of mud and debris, the ever clear San Marcos River.

Two minutes after getting in the slow current it became obvious that a board designed to ride waves is…well…designed to ride waves.

Not one to get discouraged (hah) i simply floated a nice section of the river in a sitting position with my feet dangling below the board for all the large bass to admire. Judging from the all the looks i received not many people fish on longboards in the San Marcos. It was a lot of fun, but the worry of gunking up my reel and line with wax from the board, combined with the tipiness experienced while trying to land and release fish in 15′ deep water wasn’t as relaxing as it could have been (by this i mean blissful). I can’t wait to try it again on a board designed expressly for this purpose. In the meantime if you see someone paddling around and fly fishing from a ten foot surfboard stop by and say hi, just don’t spook the fish.

P.S.  If anybody wants to send a Yolo Yak Fisher for me to review, just let me know.