Purchased an 8wt and some flys at the charleston angler couple days ago. Went down to a near by pond every day since working on my cast and trying to catch some fish… first couple days didnt get anything prolly cause my cast sucked… watched some videos on how to cast better and went out today and saw a big bass crusing through the water and threw a dragonfly fly at him and thank the lord he started following it… when he took it it took me a couple seconds to set the hook cause i didnt want to pull it out of his mouth lol… but anyways it was awesome… cant wait to get a red!
NICE fish!! Very nice fish… I tell ya brother, I just landed my first, and second, red on the fly… man I knew I was hooked on fly fishing but now I KNOW I am truly addicted…
Hello, my name is Ken and I am Fly Fishing Addict…
You bought a 8wt set-up. That is (in my opinion) the perfect first rod for this area. I can’t really remember what was my first saltwater fish caught but, what I do remember is many many hours of practice and hunting for every fishing opportunity I could find. Most of my first couple years saltwater fish were caught from shore.
If you send me a PM (Personal Message) with your address, I would be happy to stick a couple/few of my favorite saltwater flies in an envelope to you to help you along in your efforts.
Great first fish!
And, when I did a lot of fresh water pond fishing, we had a saying, “Use any color, as long as it is Yellow”! Pond fish love the color yellow.
