Here are the 2019 Riptide Rendezvous Results!
Photo by Michael Schweit
Photo from iAnglerRiptide Rendezvous 2019 is in the books! And what a difference 18 months makes. We had 27 anglers (21 fly, 6 conventional), catching 92 Surf Perch and 1 corbina in the two-hour fishing window. There was a second Corbina caught on fly, but it was foul-hooked, so it didn't count. Quite a step up from the results from 2017...
Photo by Michael SchweitWe relaxed the rules a bit for conventional tackle fishermen. Still artificial lures and C&R only, but the one-lure requirement was dropped. It didn't seem to make a difference, 69% of the fly fishermen caught at least one fish versus 50% of the conventional fishermen, and the Most Points fly guy caught more fish than the Most Points conventional guy.
And in a sign of how many fish there were (if you were in the right place), award-winning fly tyer Steve Fernandez actually lost his fly about 1 hour into it, yet still ended up with 3rd most points in the Fly Division ("Hi Steve, what are you doing back so soon? Oh, sorry...")
We also had two junior anglers in the Conventional Tackle division (John and Shaun Vague, Jr.), and the youngest angler (Shaun Vague Jr., age 12) caught the corbina!
Congratulations to the winners, and we hope we see you guys next year!
Here are the summary results:
Largest Fish Fly Angler/Tyer: Vince Narez / Mike Ogden - 12.25” Barred Surf Perch
Most Points Fly Angler/Tyer: Aaron Field / Steve Fernandez - 128.25 points.
Largest Fish Conventional: Shaun Vague Jr. - 16.75” Corbina
Most Points Conventional: Wayne Tanouye - 112.50 points.
Here are the full results:
| Division | Name | Fly Tyer | # Fish | Points | First Fish | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional | Wayne Tanouye | 17 | 112.50 | |||
| Conventional | Shaun Vague Jr | 5 | 42.50 | 16.75" Corbina | ||
| Conventional | Tiffany Vague | 1 | 6.50 | 8:22am | ||
| Conventional | John Vague | - | - | |||
| Conventional | Mas Kosaka | - | - | |||
| Conventional | Shaun Vague Sr | - | - | |||
| Fly | Aaron Field | Steven Fernandez | 19 | 128.25 | ||
| Fly | Peter Van Hest | Jonathan Simle | 16 | 111.25 | 8:09am | |
| Fly | Steven Fernandez | Mike Martin | 7 | 47.50 | ||
| Fly | John Hansen | Scott Brichan | 7 | 45.50 | ||
| Fly | Ben Franken | Andrew Slade | 4 | 27.00 | ||
| Fly | Vince Narez | Mike Ogden | 3 | 25.50 | 12.25" Barred Surf Perch | |
| Fly | Jonathan Simle | Andy Malovos | 3 | 23.00 | ||
| Fly | Rami Delos Reyes | Aaron Field | 3 | 20.50 | ||
| Fly | Mike Ogden | Ben Franken | 2 | 15.00 | ||
| Fly | Andrew Slade | John Hansen | 2 | 12.75 | ||
| Fly | Mike Miller | David McIntosh | 1 | 9.00 | ||
| Fly | Rob Talmadge | Ruben Salcedo | 1 | 7.00 | ||
| Fly | Mark Johnson | Mike Miller | 1 | 6.50 | ||
| Fly | Andy Malovos | Jon Avery | - | - | ||
| Fly | David McIntosh | Vince Narez | - | - | ||
| Fly | Jack Chang | Michael Bowden | - | - | ||
| Fly | Jon Avery | Rob Talmadge | - | - | ||
| Fly | Michael Bowden | Mark Johnson | - | - | ||
| Fly | Mike Martin | Jack Chang | - | - | ||
| Fly | Ruben Salcedo | Peter Van Hest | - | - | ||
| Fly | Scott Brichan | Rami Delos Reyes | - | - |