First Redfish and Trout on fly

Docked Wages

With my ride still in the fiberglass shop (http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?29066-Pictorial-of-Maverick-Hull-Repair) I took the kayak over the weekend to target new species on Fly. First task was to reconfigure the family recreational kayak into a modified fishing kayak. Here I added pole holders to a milk crate and tethered all the necessities to the sliding seat rail system. This included a boga grip, a pair of van stals and a towel so that everything was within reach and accessible.



There was a stout East wind so I paddled across the ICW to the east shoreline targeting an area that offered a tidal flow between two bodies of water. The outgoing tide worked perfectly as I started at the mouth and drifted with the current. After a few drifts I finally figured out how to cast while sitting in a kayak. I began to cast broadside from the sitting position and into the the current. Eventually I was rewarded with my first redfish and first trout on fly. Nothing huge but two more species off my fly bucket list.

California Redneck

Nice fish, congrats...

Ol'DirtyCaster

Very nice! Congrats!!

sparse grey

Well done. Congrats.

deerfly

so... are you going to do this again or are you moving on to the next thing on your list?

reeladventures

Great job! What'd you catch them on?

Docked Wages

deerfly wrote: »

so... are you going to do this again or are you moving on to the next thing on your list?

Cobia has been high on my list for a while but until they show up in numbers I may try and target these guys bigger brother. It took me four hours to catch these so I still have a big learning curve to over come. I only have six species on fly and caught them in Bahamas, Florida and Canada so each new species is pretty exciting.

As far as what I caught them on I don't know what the flies classifications are called yet but this one was hand tied by a local of the FSFA club Dan Thompson, a small white feather with big eyes???