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Thursday, August 9, 2007

More Topsail Reds on fly...

On Tuesday I guided brothers Rod and Howard Dillman for a full day of redfishing in the Topsail area. We really did have a tough day and two of the spots I wanted to catch a topwater bite with Howard resulted in no action whatsoever. I could see the schools however and it got me thinking that it was just one of those days where you work harder to make things happen. By noon we had only had three fly shots and one topwater explosion on the plug.

Our final move of the day was the cash cow as we saw around thirty fish schooled up and Rod made an excellent cast and caugt a handsome 6 lb. female drum on the Cape Fur Shrimp pattern that I tie. Overall it was a great day and the Dillman guys were fun to hang out with and spend a day on the water.

If you are fishing in the Topsail/Wrightsville area and are looking for some exciting shallow water redfishing don't hesitate to contact me for more info.

Tight Loops & Lines

Captain Seth Vernon

910-233-4520

sethvernon@hotmail.com

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Capt. Tommy with Tripletail Action on the Fy!!!

Josh Eddings and I left Wilmington on Mon. at 3:30am to fish in Mclellanville, SC with Capt. Tommy Scarborough of Georgetown Coastal Adventures, our target...Tripletail on fly! We redfished with Tommy early that morning and had some incredible fishing action with redfish so shallow on the mud flats I could see thier eyes above water, I think Tommy's redfish have four wheel drive...

The reds were fun and we even had some trout and flounder action on fly to round out the day while we waited for the tide to become high enough to float some tripletail past the crab buoys. On our third drift Tommy had us on a nice 7 lb. tripletail and Josh's second cast at it was absolutely perfect, the fish was laying on the surface like a piece of debris and the fly landed literally inches from his nose, we were refused. We didn't feel too defeated as Tommy promised there was more action waiting on the next float, boy was he right. About seven casts later Josh was tight to a 12 lb. tripletail on the fly and he bested the fish with a Scott S3S 7 weight!! It was awesome!

I have to thank Capt. Tommy for being such a fine host and gentleman and sharing his backyard with us for the day, we loved fly fishing with him and are already planning a return trip for this October. Check Tommy's website at http://www.captaintommy.com/ and tell him I sent you, he will be glad to have you.

Just one more fish for the fly guys to chase, enjoy!

Tight Loops & Lines,