The last few times Derek Rust and I had the opportunity to chill together we were either ducking hurricanes or repairing hurricane damage. Paul Nocifora and I have been friends on social media and have several mutual friends but hadn’t fished together so this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I met Paul at his house in Naples. He and Derek […]
Cuda Bowl 9, 2019
Going Way Back (Part 1)
I was able to get a weekday off with Hard Core Fly Tying (HCFT) ambassador, Dustin Pack, to go explore a local creek that we have been eyeballing on Google Earth for a while. Global Imaging Systems and Google Earth have drastically changed the face of exploratory hunting and fishing. As a kid we would spend long days exploring where […]
Getting Hostel
The Plan: Convert my F250 to run on alternative fuels. Eat fried everything and dump the oil into the truck. Brian Jill inspired me with his Geofish project. My story is basically the same only lame. I didn’t quit my day job and still can’t afford to travel and fish like I want to. I have a desire to jump […]
Thanks SWC! My 1995 Hewes Redfisher 18 is now belongs to somebody else. I just took possession of my next skiff last week. For the past month, I have been hitch hiking on anyone’s skiff that would let me on. The new ride is a 1994 Hewes Tournament 16 powered by a 90 Yamaha. She was put together by my […]
1995 Hewes Redfisher
Hello SWC. Wow this winter has been a blur. Seems like just yesterday we were sweating our marbles off on the sand bars looking into the water till our eyes felt like they were going to bleed hoping to get a hook set on one of those ancient silver fish. The redfish have been a hoot the last couple months, […]