Gary Graham

Gary Graham’s background in fishing spans more than 50 years in Southern California and the Baja Peninsula, beginning with the half-day boats fishing the local kelp beds off of San Diego.     Born in San Diego he has been a fixture on the West Coast Fishing scene since the mid-seventies when he had Don Blackman build the first in a series of “Water Closets’” Gary and his crews were a force to be dealt with, racking up many light tackle trophies from many west coast clubs including the Tuna Club and San Diego Marlin Club. Gary being named one of Top 10 anglers in 1987 by a National magazine and was also named Angler of the year in 1987 by the National Coalition of Marine Conservation, Pacific Region. A few IGFA world records, named Tuna Club Angler of the year in 1990 appointed IGFA Baja Representative in the mid 90’s. He was recently inducted into the California Outdoors Hall of Fame. Gary credits include two books about Fly Fishing in Baja including the No Nonsense Guide to Southern Baja which is in its second printing. More than 1,000 editions of his highly respected Baja California fly fishing report and hundreds of feature articles