Do not overlook the ocean! There is a vast experience awiting those that venture into the surf to flycast for over a dozen species.

Do these three things to explore the surf flyfishing scene in SoCal.
1) fliflicker.com
2) garybulla.com
3) Bob Marriott's Flyshop in Anaheim

Then come back here to FAOL and ask a hundred more questions, see the fly archives, check out the Saltwater Board here and go fishing very soon.

The salt is a place you can fish everyother day all year long. To get to the fresh stuff-it is hours and hours of bumper to bumper for mostly stocked fish along trash ridden banks in the mountains. BTW-Watch your back when treking the woodland trails in California.

Rich