Golden Bones of Winter

Last year we set a goal to catch at least one carp per month, January through December. This came about spur of the moment after Mark landed his first of the year in January. Neither of us got it done. I failed in January and had to wait eleven long months to try again… JANUARY: Eagle Claw Featherlight 5/6…FTW! Since […]

Cajun Country

When I think of Louisiana a few things quickly come to mind: casinos, Mardi Gras, Cajun food, and thousands of acres of ripe estuaries. No place in the US boasts more marshland than the Louisiana Delta. The Delta is a creation of the many creeks and rivers that dump their nutrient-rich contents into in the area. The most notable waterway […]

Permit Heartbreaker

We headed South to try our luck with permit. We found a few and got some good shots. Capt. Derek Rust had one eat his fly and got it all the way to the boat before the hook pulled. Also seen a pair of cobia. Mike Odell with a nice jack These are from our trip to the Everglades National […]

1/8/12 Crocodile Dragover

Launched solo this morning despite my wife saying she would join me. She is not much of a morning person. I proceeded to see ungodly amounts of redfish but I could not get close to them for the life of me. There were schools and schools of them and I would have swore every redfish in the everglades was within […]

2012 Models

I headed out to Flamingo to stalk some supper skinny reds with the fly rod. It was slicked out for about 4 hours and I had all the reds I could handle. They were really spooky but when I got close enough I usually got ate. Seen some big girls but they refused my offerings. Ended up 5 for 8 […]