Spring Redfishing Rodeo is Here!
Dear Salty Feather Casters, April 5th, 2007
Greetings and welcome to the first edition of the Intracoastal Angler Saltwater Fly Fishing Blog. First things first we would like to thank you for your interest in this website and we would like to thank Nathan Tayloe at NTX design and all of you great fishing folks out there for making this a reality.
In the last three weeks Intracoastal Angler has seen a lot of great changes. First of all the new Beavertail skiff, the B2, arrived on March 13th and we promptly took it to the Everglades for some exciting action on fly. One afternoon we caught over 30 snook on topwater flies in Coot Bay just a short distance from the boat ramp. A HUGE thanks to all of the gang at Beavertail Skiffs for an amazing flats boat. Check them out at http://www.beavertailskiffs.com .
I am now back and offering "sight fishing" charters for redfish on the fly and in the last three weeks we have boated around 95 fish in the new skiff. Most of our fish have been caught in and around Wrightsville Beach although we are also getting good reports from Ocean Isle and the Cape Fear River. Hot flies right now have been Borski's Bonefish Slider, Murdich's Wiggler in green or brown, the Mighty Minnow in white as well as Dorsy's Kwan in rust and tan. We are fishing all of these patterns on 9 foot leaders from Rio in the 13.2 lb. tippet and adding a 2 foot section of 15 lb. Rio Flourocarbon tippet material for extra stealth in the clear water. We are also using all floating fly lines on either 7 or 8 weight fly outfits.
The fish seem to have come in bright from the ocean and eager to feed. Currently I am seeing evidence of them eating small minnows and shrimp. On Tuesday we actually had tailing and backing fish! Very exciting stuff. Check the weather and get out on the water as soon as you can the fishing is really turning on.
Good Luck,
Capt. Seth Vernon
Greetings and welcome to the first edition of the Intracoastal Angler Saltwater Fly Fishing Blog. First things first we would like to thank you for your interest in this website and we would like to thank Nathan Tayloe at NTX design and all of you great fishing folks out there for making this a reality.
In the last three weeks Intracoastal Angler has seen a lot of great changes. First of all the new Beavertail skiff, the B2, arrived on March 13th and we promptly took it to the Everglades for some exciting action on fly. One afternoon we caught over 30 snook on topwater flies in Coot Bay just a short distance from the boat ramp. A HUGE thanks to all of the gang at Beavertail Skiffs for an amazing flats boat. Check them out at http://www.beavertailskiffs.com .
I am now back and offering "sight fishing" charters for redfish on the fly and in the last three weeks we have boated around 95 fish in the new skiff. Most of our fish have been caught in and around Wrightsville Beach although we are also getting good reports from Ocean Isle and the Cape Fear River. Hot flies right now have been Borski's Bonefish Slider, Murdich's Wiggler in green or brown, the Mighty Minnow in white as well as Dorsy's Kwan in rust and tan. We are fishing all of these patterns on 9 foot leaders from Rio in the 13.2 lb. tippet and adding a 2 foot section of 15 lb. Rio Flourocarbon tippet material for extra stealth in the clear water. We are also using all floating fly lines on either 7 or 8 weight fly outfits.
The fish seem to have come in bright from the ocean and eager to feed. Currently I am seeing evidence of them eating small minnows and shrimp. On Tuesday we actually had tailing and backing fish! Very exciting stuff. Check the weather and get out on the water as soon as you can the fishing is really turning on.
Good Luck,
Capt. Seth Vernon
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