Redfish
Gear List:
- 8 weight fly rod
- Saltwater grade reel (with 100 yards of backing)
- 7’6” – 9’ leaders with 14-20 pound fluorocarbon tippet
- Flats boots
- Quick drying shorts
Warm breezes, high sun, slight cloud coverage and the gentle slapping sound a skiff
boat makes anchored on a flat. Sliding one leg over the side of the boat and the flats
boots make a crunching sound on the turtle grass below. Stepping through the flats
trying to make the slightest of sounds with every step, the water looks flat and dull
compared to the sparkling tails that poke through the water surface from time to
time. Boils, wakes, and these glimmers become targets. Everything disappears
around you, your heart pounds with the excitement and somehow a cast comes
together. Some will eat, some will follow, and some are too smart to play the game.
Tails break through the water surface and a target is born. Casting where the fish’s
head should be and not letting the fly line go past happens without thinking, and you
begin your retrieve. If there is no reaction, cast again. If there is, chances are you are
going to see a wake chasing down its meal. Stripping the fly smoothly is a difficult
task as your heart is pounding. This fish is now hell bent to eat your fly and charging
at it like a bull at a bullfighter's red cape. Then, all at once you feel its weight and
you strip strike through the fish. All you can now do is hang on, as your reel feels the
heat of the run. You get your turn and gain some line. Bull-dogging it out in a back and
forth battle of take a little give a little. After time you can finally gain enough line to
have the fish at your feet. You reach down into the water and grab around the tail and
lift the fish up cradling it.
To catch one and take it out of the water glistening in the sun is incredible with their
coppery red colors. Perfectly built to eat off the bottom and make short powerful runs,
the fish is designed for a fly rod. Releasing it back in the water for the next day
satisfaction overwhelms you as you clean up the chewed up fly or tie on another …
time to do it again.
- 8 weight fly rod
- Saltwater grade reel (with 100 yards of backing)
- 7’6” – 9’ leaders with 14-20 pound fluorocarbon tippet
- Flats boots
- Quick drying shorts
Warm breezes, high sun, slight cloud coverage and the gentle slapping sound a skiff
boat makes anchored on a flat. Sliding one leg over the side of the boat and the flats
boots make a crunching sound on the turtle grass below. Stepping through the flats
trying to make the slightest of sounds with every step, the water looks flat and dull
compared to the sparkling tails that poke through the water surface from time to
time. Boils, wakes, and these glimmers become targets. Everything disappears
around you, your heart pounds with the excitement and somehow a cast comes
together. Some will eat, some will follow, and some are too smart to play the game.
Tails break through the water surface and a target is born. Casting where the fish’s
head should be and not letting the fly line go past happens without thinking, and you
begin your retrieve. If there is no reaction, cast again. If there is, chances are you are
going to see a wake chasing down its meal. Stripping the fly smoothly is a difficult
task as your heart is pounding. This fish is now hell bent to eat your fly and charging
at it like a bull at a bullfighter's red cape. Then, all at once you feel its weight and
you strip strike through the fish. All you can now do is hang on, as your reel feels the
heat of the run. You get your turn and gain some line. Bull-dogging it out in a back and
forth battle of take a little give a little. After time you can finally gain enough line to
have the fish at your feet. You reach down into the water and grab around the tail and
lift the fish up cradling it.
To catch one and take it out of the water glistening in the sun is incredible with their
coppery red colors. Perfectly built to eat off the bottom and make short powerful runs,
the fish is designed for a fly rod. Releasing it back in the water for the next day
satisfaction overwhelms you as you clean up the chewed up fly or tie on another …
time to do it again.
