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TurbineBlade

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Jul 28, 2013, 8:03:02 PM7/28/13
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Hello -- here's a few pics from our weekend trip. This is the hardest-fought fish I've ever caught in my life.  I'll never forget him.   We had a great time -- I wish we could have landed more fish, but to be perfect honest my skill level was pretty inadequate.  Sight casting to tailing fish is a blast -- we had a lot of shots and we both spooked many of them.  Most of our problems were 1.  Not being able to get a fly to a fish quickly enough.  2.  Not placing the fly in the right spot -- either too far to be seen by the fish, or lining a few, etc.  3.  Shocking the rod by failing to get the fly to leave the water surface prior to hauling on the backcast.  Likely I've been able to get away with it up to this point using lighter flies, but a 10' leader and large, lead-eye flies revealed our "suck".  Lesson:  Learn the quick cast a la Bruce Chard, and practice on the water with a 10' leader and heavy flies.  I'm going to drop every other rod and just work with my 8-weight. 
 
Our guide was excellent -- and had a great interest in birding, so we got to do some of this waiting for the tide to change mid-day.  This is very unique and we marked several new birds during the day. 
 
Oh, and Beth had one -- fly in the mouth -- but she set the hook "rod up" style (bass fishing) and *poof* -- lots of bad language, and fish was off like a torpedo. 
 
Bonefish might be my next ambition -- need to get down to the Keys and find a good spot ;). 
 
Gene
 
 
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Scott Stankus

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Jul 28, 2013, 8:14:18 PM7/28/13
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That looks awesome - I definitely want to do that sometime!

Well done, that's a beautiful looking Red. 

--Scott


 
 

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John Bilotta

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Jul 28, 2013, 8:19:16 PM7/28/13
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Gene,
Nice report. 
John

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Jeffrey Silvan

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Jul 28, 2013, 8:43:58 PM7/28/13
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Great work! Where were you? I'm doing a trip in Louisiana bayou in September and this just got me extra excited.

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TurbineBlade

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Jul 28, 2013, 9:21:09 PM7/28/13
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Wilmington, NC -- definitely will be going back!  Hopefully after my casting gets a little better....it kind of held me back a bit.  

Gene


On Sunday, July 28, 2013 8:43:58 PM UTC-4, Jeff Silvan wrote:

Great work! Where were you? I'm doing a trip in Louisiana bayou in September and this just got me extra excited.

On Jul 28, 2013 8:03 PM, "TurbineBlade" <doubl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello -- here's a few pics from our weekend trip. This is the hardest-fought fish I've ever caught in my life.  I'll never forget him.   We had a great time -- I wish we could have landed more fish, but to be perfect honest my skill level was pretty inadequate.  Sight casting to tailing fish is a blast -- we had a lot of shots and we both spooked many of them.  Most of our problems were 1.  Not being able to get a fly to a fish quickly enough.  2.  Not placing the fly in the right spot -- either too far to be seen by the fish, or lining a few, etc.  3.  Shocking the rod by failing to get the fly to leave the water surface prior to hauling on the backcast.  Likely I've been able to get away with it up to this point using lighter flies, but a 10' leader and large, lead-eye flies revealed our "suck".  Lesson:  Learn the quick cast a la Bruce Chard, and practice on the water with a 10' leader and heavy flies.  I'm going to drop every other rod and just work with my 8-weight. 
 
Our guide was excellent -- and had a great interest in birding, so we got to do some of this waiting for the tide to change mid-day.  This is very unique and we marked several new birds during the day. 
 
Oh, and Beth had one -- fly in the mouth -- but she set the hook "rod up" style (bass fishing) and *poof* -- lots of bad language, and fish was off like a torpedo. 
 
Bonefish might be my next ambition -- need to get down to the Keys and find a good spot ;). 
 
Gene
 
 

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peter odell

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Jul 29, 2013, 9:02:52 AM7/29/13
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They are exciting fish.  Charleston SC can have some great Red fishing, especially in the fall when they school up. We had a day where the wind was reasonable, the water clear, and the fish cooperative, and it was a blast - all in site of downtown Charleston.  Fish usually run bigger in the fall - 7-11 pounds. 
 
In a lot of cases you don't need weighted flies - and it can help minimize the spook factor - similar with bonefish - if you only have to sink it a foot or 2, it still drops reasonably quickly (guide in the Bahamas used this method) 
 
 

Eric Y.

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Jul 29, 2013, 11:34:58 AM7/29/13
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Great report, Gene. I've got a redfish trip lined up for a few days in Beaufort and a week in Wilmington at the end of September. You're just gettin' me all excited now. Were you mostly throwing crab patterns? 

Richard Farino

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Jul 29, 2013, 3:25:50 PM7/29/13
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Gene – who’d you fish with?

 

 

R

 

 

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Wilmington, NC -- definitely will be going back!  Hopefully after my casting gets a little better....it kind of held me back a bit.  

 

Gene

On Sunday, July 28, 2013 8:43:58 PM UTC-4, Jeff Silvan wrote:

Great work! Where were you? I'm doing a trip in Louisiana bayou in September and this just got me extra excited.

On Jul 28, 2013 8:03 PM, "TurbineBlade" <doubl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello -- here's a few pics from our weekend trip. This is the hardest-fought fish I've ever caught in my life.  I'll never forget him.   We had a great time -- I wish we could have landed more fish, but to be perfect honest my skill level was pretty inadequate.  Sight casting to tailing fish is a blast -- we had a lot of shots and we both spooked many of them.  Most of our problems were 1.  Not being able to get a fly to a fish quickly enough.  2.  Not placing the fly in the right spot -- either too far to be seen by the fish, or lining a few, etc.  3.  Shocking the rod by failing to get the fly to leave the water surface prior to hauling on the backcast.  Likely I've been able to get away with it up to this point using lighter flies, but a 10' leader and large, lead-eye flies revealed our "suck".  Lesson:  Learn the quick cast a la Bruce Chard, and practice on the water with a 10' leader and heavy flies.  I'm going to drop every other rod and just work with my 8-weight. 

 

Our guide was excellent -- and had a great interest in birding, so we got to do some of this waiting for the tide to change mid-day.  This is very unique and we marked several new birds during the day. 

 

Oh, and Beth had one -- fly in the mouth -- but she set the hook "rod up" style (bass fishing) and *poof* -- lots of bad language, and fish was off like a torpedo. 

 

Bonefish might be my next ambition -- need to get down to the Keys and find a good spot ;). 

 

Gene

 

 

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TurbineBlade

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Jul 29, 2013, 4:10:19 PM7/29/13
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Yeah -- mostly shrimp and crab patterns -- but apparently most anything similar works just fine too.  

Gene


On Monday, July 29, 2013 3:25:50 PM UTC-4, Richard Farino wrote:

Gene – who’d you fish with?

 

 

R

 

 

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Subject: Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Redfish -- puppy picture

 

Wilmington, NC -- definitely will be going back!  Hopefully after my casting gets a little better....it kind of held me back a bit.  

 

Gene

On Sunday, July 28, 2013 8:43:58 PM UTC-4, Jeff Silvan wrote:

Great work! Where were you? I'm doing a trip in Louisiana bayou in September and this just got me extra excited.

On Jul 28, 2013 8:03 PM, "TurbineBlade" <doubl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello -- here's a few pics from our weekend trip. This is the hardest-fought fish I've ever caught in my life.  I'll never forget him.   We had a great time -- I wish we could have landed more fish, but to be perfect honest my skill level was pretty inadequate.  Sight casting to tailing fish is a blast -- we had a lot of shots and we both spooked many of them.  Most of our problems were 1.  Not being able to get a fly to a fish quickly enough.  2.  Not placing the fly in the right spot -- either too far to be seen by the fish, or lining a few, etc.  3.  Shocking the rod by failing to get the fly to leave the water surface prior to hauling on the backcast.  Likely I've been able to get away with it up to this point using lighter flies, but a 10' leader and large, lead-eye flies revealed our "suck".  Lesson:  Learn the quick cast a la Bruce Chard, and practice on the water with a 10' leader and heavy flies.  I'm going to drop every other rod and just work with my 8-weight. 

 

Our guide was excellent -- and had a great interest in birding, so we got to do some of this waiting for the tide to change mid-day.  This is very unique and we marked several new birds during the day. 

 

Oh, and Beth had one -- fly in the mouth -- but she set the hook "rod up" style (bass fishing) and *poof* -- lots of bad language, and fish was off like a torpedo. 

 

Bonefish might be my next ambition -- need to get down to the Keys and find a good spot ;). 

 

Gene

 

 

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