{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Louisiana Redfish

Nice Fish! I'd love to get into some reds like that! For some reds closer to home the lower bay and and inlets around VA beach are fishing well right now. Most of them are caught with spin gear around here, but can have success with flies once you find them.

On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 11:22:21 AM UTC-4, Jeff Silvan 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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