June is made for stalking red fish!
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:16 pm
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
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