Austin gave me a shout Thursday evening to see if I had any plans for the weekend. His birthday was in a few days, so he wanted to celebrate like any avid angler wants spend their day of birth, on the water. My plans were to fish for the next three days. Perfect. Austin was on the road headed in […]
Reds and Convicts
Average Day Fishing
I realize I dont normally do trip reports on the blog, mainly because I don’t want to outshine my fellow SWC bloggers. However, due to popular demand, I decided to post a TR from two days ago. It started early with an average perm on fly, an average fish for me. I normally get 2 or 3 of these first […]
Part Two…Reality Check
We woke up hungover…drove 15 minutes to the ramp half a sleep. We got some good shots at bones and permit, some of which Chase effed up but some were just bad luck. Then Chase broke the only rod he brought. At one point we saw a 1/4 of rainbow but you had to have your glasses on to see […]
EPICNESS!!!!!!!!!!! AGGHHGGHHHHH
aggggggg SO, ME AND CHRIS GOT UP AT 5:30 THIS MORNING!!!!! WE DROVE TO THE RAMP, DODGEING IGUANAS AND KEY DEER LEFT AND RIGHT! IT WAS CRAZY! WE GET OUT TO THE FLAT BY 6:15, THE SUN HASNT EVEN CAME UP YET BECAUSE IT WAS SCARRED OF US! WE SAID, “F THIS, WE DONT NEED THE SUN!” AS SOON AS […]
Double the Fun
Got bored catching redfish one at a time so I decided to double the fun. Fishing’s been good…real good lately…
Game of Bones
It is the latter half of the trip and I am all alone on the island sleeping in a hammock on the beach. The night before storms kept rolling through, leaving my gear and sleeping quarters soaked for most of the night. With only an hour or two of sleep, I embarked on a grueling hike filled with a […]
First Permit on Fly!
On Saturday morning I decided to wake up super early to drive down to the Keys. I was not expecting much after all the boat traffic from mini-season but the weather was going to be stellar! I hauled ass and got to the area I wanted to fish….when I’m about 500yds away coming off plane all I see is spikes….it […]
El Hueso Grande
Just a re-cap for those who didnt see it the first time. Hueso Grande from chase hancock on Vimeo.
Everything is Copper
I made it down to Flamingo to complete my birthday week on the water. I was fishing with my buddy Mario. The objective was to pound the redfish with the long rod. Mario had only caught 2 maybe 3 reds on fly in the past, none over 14″. I told him about the madness that had been going on throughout […]
Audible Fishing
At first glance the muddy flats of the Upper Texas Coast aren’t exactly enticing to a sight fisherman. Let’s not kid ourselves these aren’t the pristine flats of Andros, Belize, The Keys, or even the Lower Coast. Our marshes are unwadeable. That is, unless you enjoy trekking through waist-deep mud. Water clarity is often limited to a few inches of […]