Fly Fishing

Great quick trip catching black drum on fly! Special thanks to Jack Bolster for turning me on to the Geaux Meaux fly!

What do you do when the water is off color and the wind is blowing with all get out? Grab a 10wt and cast a large fly that pushes lots of water like the worm fly, that's what! Enjoy, don't forget to hit like and subscribe on my Youtube channel.

Hatch along with some other sponsors is having a One Fly Fits All challenge. The object is to post a freshwater pic, a saltwater pic, and a Smoking Release video of fish using only a chartreuse & white Clouser Minnow. So my goal is to enter all phases of the Hatch #oneflyfitsall challenge. I hope you enjoy my entry into the Smoking Release video category. Go to https://hatchoutdoors.com  for details.

Wish me luck for the Saltwater pic and freshwater pic.

Inshore fishing for Tarpon in the Texas Coastal Bend is a possibility. Problem is we don't have the population of resident fish and migratory fish that say, Florida has. The difficulty in Texas inshore waters is compounded by the fact there are many places in a Bay system where they could be and further compounded by the fact the window of activity for Tarpon seems to be very small. I don't think they move to far, but they do not seem to be in the same places all the time. With short windows of activity, it is a challenging game to say the least. Since summer of 2018 my Tarpon efforts have seen two tarpon hooked on fly by a fishing buddy, another fishing buddy got a cool eat on a soft plastic from a rafted up Tarpon. In that same time frame I personally have hooked eight tarpon, seven of fly, one on a spook jr. Out of those eight, I have got a leader touch on one, landed two, broke one off, the others saw the hook come out after one jump. Catching Tarpon is an act of patience and perseverance. On the days tarpon have been hooked, more often than not, that was the only bite(s) we had. Am I mad to chase these fish with such low production? Not really. I base my Tarpon fishing around certain tides and currents and chase redfish, specks, and drum

Here are some Fly Fishing and Light Tackle Fishing photographs to kick off the website. Stay tuned for more photos and videos during the remainder of 2020.

I caught two Texas Snook in 2019! This is the smaller of the two. Bill Dance has nothing on me when it comes to flipping a Jig, except he gets to do it on private ponds stocked with huge bass. LOL

Hard to beat wading shallow water and sight fishing black drum and redfish. Watch this one on the largest screen possible. There are some cool really close eats on this one. Think I had my Orvis 6wt on this day. Total blast!

Whacking a bunch of speckled trout drifting rocks in Baffin Bay. I think Ted caught more than I did!

Another fun day catching multiple speckled trout on fly in Baffin Bay. Specifically, I was using a worm fly with two hooks fashioned after the old Blakemore Double Trouble. Never gets old even though I am technically targeting bigger trout in December.