 Florida Fly Fishing: Play The Cards Your Dealt
Posted by MarshallD on November 12, 2004
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Here's the first of my articles from Naples where I''ve been busy with everything OTHER than really fly fishing, which is my greatest love, second to the Gal in my life. So, I've had one opportunity to fish at Clam Pass, an estuary loaded with baitfish, Snook and all sorts of creatures we stalk. I did catch a Snook, but only after reading what I was dealt for a situation; bright sun, incoming tide, murky, off-color water. But, I had boiling Snook who were lying in wait, then suddenly
crashing on the schools of bait fish who settled near them. I waited for the Snook to feed-frenzy, then threw my fly. I had to use a bright EP Minnow #4 or in this case, a Gummy Minnow. Anything bright they could see.
A few days later, I had a chance to go to Gordon Pass, a mile and a half walk from 33rd Avenue, where I happened to hit it at full high tide, in a 20 knot wind, the worst conditions. I like fishing during the bad times too, any fishing is better than no fishing, so I roll cast a Clouser and caught 2 Spanish Macs and had 2 terrific hits from
something big. Long walk back gave me a blister on my heel.
The mobile home park where we live has a small pond across the street, just the laboratory to reaearch! I''ve been casting real small pinfish imitations to real large fish. I can''t be sure what the fish are yet, because I haven''t caught one yet, but they''re big, like the trout on the Missouri we spooked, maybe 10lbs. I think they are Snook because the lie in wait right along the shore and if I cast to them while standing on the same bank, they spook. The schools of pinfish are small too. Maybe a size 10. And the leader must be light. I can avoid spooking the fish by casting to the boiling rise forms across the pond at its narrowest part, maybe 80 feet. Now, that''s a challenge! And, good practice, because, I''ve never spooked a fish from this angle and I''ve had 2 solid hits. Heavy hits.
So friends, stay tuned. I''m working 4 days a week at the Everglades Angler to make ends meet. The ends I wish to meet are Snook and My Fly! I''ll figure out the pond acoss the street, so if you visit, you''ll be into fish.
Trout bum, Snook Bum. Happy to be fishing!
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Re: Florida Fly Fishing: Play The Cards Your Dealt
by greg on November 13, 2004 http://www.fliesandfins.com | | Nice snook Marsh, they come 50 to 90 lb., great fun at any size. I'll see you in a few weeks. Hopefully Bones and Tarpon will be our prey. |
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