Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Redfish -- puppy picture

Gene,

Nice report. 

John

On Jul 28, 2013, at 8:03 PM, TurbineBlade wrote:

Hello -- here's a few pics from our weekend trip. This is the hardest-fought fish I've ever caught in my life.  I'll never forget him.   We had a great time -- I wish we could have landed more fish, but to be perfect honest my skill level was pretty inadequate.  Sight casting to tailing fish is a blast -- we had a lot of shots and we both spooked many of them.  Most of our problems were 1.  Not being able to get a fly to a fish quickly enough.  2.  Not placing the fly in the right spot -- either too far to be seen by the fish, or lining a few, etc.  3.  Shocking the rod by failing to get the fly to leave the water surface prior to hauling on the backcast.  Likely I've been able to get away with it up to this point using lighter flies, but a 10' leader and large, lead-eye flies revealed our "suck".  Lesson:  Learn the quick cast a la Bruce Chard, and practice on the water with a 10' leader and heavy flies.  I'm going to drop every other rod and just work with my 8-weight. 

 

Our guide was excellent -- and had a great interest in birding, so we got to do some of this waiting for the tide to change mid-day.  This is very unique and we marked several new birds during the day. 

 

Oh, and Beth had one -- fly in the mouth -- but she set the hook "rod up" style (bass fishing) and *poof* -- lots of bad language, and fish was off like a torpedo. 

 

Bonefish might be my next ambition -- need to get down to the Keys and find a good spot ;). 

 

Gene

 

 

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