The guide was Rocky Thickstun (Salty Fly Louisiana). I typically use Greg Moon (Louisiana Fly Fishing Charters), but he wasn't available so he set me up with Rocky. They're friends and toss trips to each other if they are booked and the other is free. I highly recommend both. They also both have great reputations among guides down there as well. If you're thinking of going, plan way ahead. You might get lucky on short notice due to a cancellation, but these guys typically book up a year in advance - particularly for good tide days - during fall season, and several months ahead for a lot of the winter and spring.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Scott Stankus <sstankus@gmail.com> wrote:
Awesome fish - sounds like a great trip! If you don't mind sharing, who was the guide? And would you recommend him/her?--Scott--On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Jeffrey Silvan <jeffreysilvan@gmail.com> wrote:I went down to New Orleans last weekend, and as I've been making a habit, I went down a day early to get some fishing in. I ended up catching five redfish, two of which were pretty hefty ~30 inch fish, but none were small. I saw a few gar, and I got a nice black drum to eat but I didn't realize he actually ate (I thought it was the bottom) so I didn't set the hook. I had a shot at an ENORMOUS redfish, but blew it. The guide thought it was a shark at first. My cast was off about 2 feet to the left of where it needed to be, and by the time I stripped it into position, it was ten feet from the boat. It went to eat it, but saw us at the last second and spooked. Still a great trip. I'm going back for three days of fishing in September, so I'll have to work on my accuracy with a weighted fly between now and then.--A few of the pictures the guide took are attached. I was wearing my GoPro so I have the two bigger fish on video, but took it off mid-day because I started getting the line a little tangled up in it. I haven't processed the video yet, but will share once I do.
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