Back in 2008, I got the wild idea that I wanted to get into fly fishing. I mentioned this to a friend, and he laughed in my face. He mentioned that he had an old fly rod in the shed that he had bought years before, but could never figure it out, and that it was not worth the hassel…..
Let’s go Full Circle
Poor Man’s Tarpon
I was able to get out two weekends ago with my buddy Tyler Nonn, from Tidewater Charters for some morning shad fishing. Needless to say, but my first shad fishing experience out on the river was pretty lights out. We fished fly and spin gear and caught perch, hickory shad, and even some American shad for two straight hours. For the […]
Floodtide Short
Flood Red from chase hancock on Vimeo.
Let’s Search for Silver
Well, Spring has been in full swing for the past month. Normally, that would mean I would be balls deep in schools of over slot redfish all over Florida Bay. But not this year, this Spring I’m chasing silver.
Poonapalooza
The line went slack and that big bitch just swam off…
Simple Is, As Simple Does
Over the past two months, my top carp fly has experienced a slight change from subsequent seasons. Normally, my “go to” fly in the early spring is a sucker spawn pattern tied from sizes 10-14. Although highly successful over numerous years, I wanted something a little less intrusive and simply more versatile in fishing the entire water column. My big complaint […]