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/mrd/msfhabs1.html
  
  
  
• Ernie's Casting Pond in Soquel, CA USA
  A great place to meet other fly fishermen who are interested in local area fly fishing. Ernie carries a wide variety of fly tying materials and is a great resource if you are looking for different materials. Ernie is a veteran trout and steelhead angler and a great source of local area fishing information because it is so easy for fishermen to stop there after a day's fishing. 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. His clinics available through S. J. Fly Shop provide excellent introductions. I took his class in June 2001 to get started in the surf zone.
  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. Tom Malech (the owner) is a talented multi-venue fly fisherman and has created one of the best fly shops around. The staff has great knowledge of local fly fishing and fly fishing products. http://www.sjflyshop.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/
  
  
  

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Glenn Yoshimoto
glenn@zenflyfishing.com
Los Gatos, California

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