"We could find the albies" - false albacore - "anywhere today."
The false albacore is a relatively new target for saltwater anglers, especially flyfishers.
In other words he had experienced good luck in hooking false albacore, and then releasing them, using these flies.
The technical name for the false albacore is Euthynnus alletteratus.
Although I caught my first bonito on a fly rod more than 30 years ago, I had never gone after false albacore.
The results were appalling to all save Norton the cat who will be eating false albacore for the next three weeks.
Nature may be bountiful, as she has been with this year's run of stripers, blues and false albacore.
Their return to local urban waters is heralded by the advance guard of the autumn run, false albacore.
They discussed the disappearance of the stripers and the good sense of fishing for false albacore.
Next came late-summer doldrums followed by the false albacore.