Guest Report by Hootie Hoo of our Bahamas trip last week. All photos by Jason Hawkins and Chris Lewis
Bahamas With a Side of Cold Frontage
Quickie IV
Can’t catch them all….
Marea Roja (Red Tide) & Seasons Greetings from Alabama!
Hello Skinny Water Culture, Paul Sonnen, here reporting from the northern Gulf Coast, and proud to be posting my first of many blogs here on the cyber net! I’m not the best at writing, but hopefully I’ll keep people entertained with large bribes and free booze…..not really, but promise an outlook of my passion for the sport and what drives […]
River Poons
Last month, on our way back from fishing the Herman Lucerne Memorial Tournament in Islamorada, my buddy Mike and I took a trip deep into Everglades National Park to fish for some river poons with Capt. Bob LeMay.
Flamingo to Islamorada (Part 2)
Earlier this week I got a text from Chris if I wanted to join a 3 day trip from Flamingo to Islamorada on the Kayaks, without thinking im like of course ive been wanting to do a trip like this in months and so did Alex. We got our Float plan from Chris the next day, got our gear ready, met […]
Flamingo to Islamorada
I have been wanting to do a big kayak trip for a long time. This was going to be the last summer weather window of the year and I didn’t want to waste it. I called up Dan and Alex and without hesitation both said hell yes! I am really glad they joined me because they provided most of the […]
Fly Fishing Skinny Water Mingo on the Kayak
Went to Mingo on the Kayak yesterday Managed 7 reds on Fly. Weather was great, the Entire Day with light winds. Alot of tailers throughout most of the day some spooky fish and some were just willing to take any fly you threw at the them. It was a nice welcome home trip since i was at titusville this past […]
I used to hate tying flies
My buddy Pat helped me tighten my fly tying game up a bit recently and I started to actually use some of the materials I have to tie some shit. I tied this little baitfish with Marabou, Ostrich, flash, and EP Streamer Brush and Sparkle Brush. And then was surprised when it actually caught fish: Other photos from the last few […]
$Money$
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 […]
Choko Loco
Decided to hit my favorite waters of the western Everglades, a little place they Call Chokoloskee. I started the morning with a couple of small snooks biggest one was about 21 inches had a lot of fun catching the snooks on topwater fly. I moved on to some stronger current edges and hidden creeks that had hard bottom so i […]