Redfish Rattle Toad Hook: 1/0 Gamakatsu SC15 Thread: Brown and Orange Flat Wax Nylon Tail: Tan Craft Fur Body: One Brown hackle, Tan EP fibers Belly: Medium Mylar Gold Tube, Small Glass Rattle Eyes: Large Bead Chain Weedguard: 50lb Mason Mono This pattern is totally up for interpretation for your area and different situations. It can be changed to dark […]
Redfish Rattle Toad
FALL is IN the AIR
The last week I have spent breaking in my new boat with some good buddies. We had some incredible weather and had the place all to ourselves. Fall is hands down my favorite time of year down here. There are lots of hungry fish around, and there are plenty of opportunities to try to feed them some chicken feathers. I […]
Redfish That Act Like Bonefish
Trying to sight fish reds in the Everglades can be pretty frustrating. Today was one of those days. The Reds were mudding in water that barely covered their backs and were spooky as hell. A couple turned on the fly then spooked. As soon as the tide changed I found the dumb one: Photo Via: Rich Jones
In Honor of Throwback Thursday
Well, here’s what I did before fishing. I was big into the local Lowrider scene. This was my 1986 Buick Regal. It had a 4 pump hydraulic setup, on 13’s for a while. But it had powdercoated 14’s before I took it apart.
9/11/12 Living the American Dream
Perfect weather. No boats in sight. Hungry fish. Good company. Great day to be a proud American!
$Money$
I pretty much hate tying flies. I will in a pinch, but I have friends who like to tie who are nice people. This little thing, tied by Pat Blake, went out fighting over the weekend. In two days it caught: Two tarpon, two snook, five reds, a nice Trout, and some Snapper and Ladyfish. Deerhair, flash, and a Tiemco […]
Gone to sea
Catalina rises from the ocean floor roughly 18 miles from the port of Los Angeles. In order to get there you must cross the San Pedro channel and the wakes of massive container ships entering one of the busiest shipping terminals in the world. Everything from oil to cars, televisions, sneakers and stuffed animals coming from Asia to begin their journey […]
Three to go…
I’ve been slacking hardcore on carp updates… My quest to catch at least one carp per month, January through December has been going quite well… Commence Carp Overload… June:
Messin’ With the 50mm
It’s a shark, it’s a big A$$ Shark
Headed out to ENP yesterday to get my redfish fix. Once at the boat ramp the weather looked great for like 10 minutes then it started to blow to about 15 to 20 knots from the west to south west i was like its gonna suck today. Even though the weather conditions sucked and spooky redfish did not want to […]