High tide today was a little after 1pm which meant that the incoming tide would be just right for fishing over my lunch break. I headed out to a flat nearby, and didn’t see a tail. I spooked two fish that were in the grass in about 2.5 feet of water, but that was it. A little disappointing to say the least. I left that spot and headed over to another to take a look. I walked along the flat on a causway looking at both sides, and didn’t see any action at all. I got down to the end of the causway and just caught about 2 inches of tail coming out of the water about 70 yards away.
I made my way down the embankment out toward where I had seen the fish and waited. The fish was in about 8 inches of water, there were no clouds, and the sun was shining. The water was glass at this point. About the time that I was beginning to think I missed the fish, I saw him move some grass. I cast out in front of him with one of my spoon flies, and he nailed it. Got him in and measured and he was 21". I turned him loose and started to turn around and head toward my vehicle.
That is when I saw a push coming around the back side of this little island. I paused and sure enough here was another red coming around the shallow end. He was over a blueish sand, and I could see him from a long way off. I knew I was going to have to make a longer cast so that I wouldn’t spook him. I crouched down and made about a 60 foot cast in front of him. At this point he was coming right at me. I moved the fly when he was about 6 ft off, and he changed direction a little…I waited and then did the same thing when he was about 3 foot off…then slam he nailed it. He was 22 inches. I measured him got a quick picture and let him go.
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