It's hot and that is a good thing. That means the sun is shinning and that means red fish can be sighted.
I found some cruising this morning in 1' or less water. First sighting was 4 fish tailing. Rookie mistake...got to anxious and laid the fly line over them. See ya later.
It wasn't too long after that I started finding singles coming in with the rising water. They were picky for reds. I cast to a dozen and only 2 took the crab fly. I stayed after them in skinny water and by 2:30 I had 5 reds and 3 blacks. I left them biting.
I was actually poling off the flats to quit, fly rods all wound up and ready to motor back to the truck. At the exit from the flats there was a school of tailing reds! I couldn't pass that up, no matter how hot and tired I was.
I kept my eye on them as I cut and tied on a new fly to throw at them. One more red for the road. That's always nice.
John
June is made for stalking red fish!
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Re: June is made for stalking red fish!
Nice job! I've learned to keep one rod at the ready all the way back, because you never know when that last great opportunity will pop up.