The Zen of Fly Fishing the Surf with “Q” Quattrocchi

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Al Q’s fly presentation will entertain beginners and seasoned anglers alike, filled with tips, observations, and common sense from over forty years of surf fishing. Southern California has over 840 miles of fishable coastline to discover and explore. It's a great place to escape, find solace, and enjoy nature right in our own backyard, especially when you include a favorite beach and a fly rod in hand.

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Al's Bio

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Al Quattrocchi, also known as Al Q, has been a saltwater fly angler, fly tier, and fly fishing advocate for more than thirty-five years. He is deeply committed to education and environmental stewardship and has created fly fishing events along the California coast to introduce new anglers to the sport. His mentors include Lefty Kreh, Neal Taylor, Nick Curcione, and Bob Popovics.

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Al holds two IGFA world records, both achieved in a single morning off Palos Verdes, California. These include a twelve-pound tippet record for calico bass and a twenty-pound tippet record for white seabass. He is a recipient of the Ross Allen Merigold Complete Angler Award from the historic Pasadena Fly Casting Club. His writing, photography, illustrations, and fly patterns have appeared in leading fly fishing magazines nationwide. A licensed and bonded fly fishing guide, Al is best known for teaching casting and fishing techniques to fly fishing anglers around the world.

 

He founded the popular One Surf Fly event in Southern California, which ran for nine seasons and raised thousands of dollars for nonprofit organizations while supporting local fly shops along the West Coast. Al also co-hosted the Carp Throw Down at Lake Henshaw with Conway Bowman, the first fly-only catch-and-release carp event in Southern California. Alongside master FFF MCI instructor Jim Solomon, he teaches fly casting through a program called The FlyZone. Over the years, he has taught countless anglers to cast a fly, including his longtime friend Jimmy Kimmel. He has participated as a teacher at “Legends of the Fly” in Panama for the last two seasons at the infamous Tropic Star Lodge, helping anglers catch sailfish and large pelagics on fly. 

 

Al is currently the West Coast regional editor of Tail magazine, a bi-monthly publication and the premier saltwater fly fishing magazine in the country. In 2022, he became the West Coast ambassador for the American Fly Fishing Museum in Manchester, Vermont. While he has fished around the world, his greatest passion remains sight fishing Southern California beaches for tailing corbina. He recently self-published his first book, The Corbina Diaries, through Love2FlyFish Media.

 

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