First Fish OTF*

Saltwater Fly-Fishing
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So I finally know what it feels like to fight a fish with the fly rod. Went out with my my wife’s dad and brother and got on the spadefish pretty well. I had some flies tied up (thanks to Josh at CA), but unfortunately the fish would not take them. :roll_eyes: Actually had two or three swim right up to it, stop, and turn away. I had as much as I could stand (the others had already put three or four in the boat), so I tied on a normal hook, threw on a hunk of jelly, and dropped it down.

Didn’t take long for a hook-up, a good fight, and a 4 lb. spadefish in the boat. I switched back to the fly to try it some more, but no luck. I made some mods to the original design and hope I’m able to get out there and try them tomorrow. Maybe then I can hopefully take the (*) away from this statistic.:wink:

Had a great day nonetheless, and will be enjoying some wonderful fried spadefish, grits, and sliced tomatoes for dinner.

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Congrats. No worries, IMO that is what makes this sport so much more fun than spin casting. Tying a pattern and tweaking it till you get it right. Earlier this week I was fishing some dock lights and saw fish crashing the surface everywhere, but I only managed to hook up with one nice trout, even after I put every pattern I could think of in the strike zone. I examined his stomach and he was gorging himself on silversides. The next day I tied up some super small surf candies with all the attributes of a silverside and it was all pull last night!:smiley: Keep at it and you will be super happy with the reward. If you need some help tweaking the pattern, give me shout and I will see if I can help you out.

“Fishing is alot like sex…when its good,it’s really good, and when its bad, its still pretty good.”

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SG- love the quote!! Frenzy- Nice work! Those things got a motor dont they!

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Contrats on the spade!!