this morning the mrs. woke me up telling me that there’s a lot of water in our backyard. i knew when the tide was and didn’t really care (have to work tonight - wanted to sleep). then she said, “i think i see fishes splashing around.” so, i got up and put my glasses on to see a huge tail sticking about 6" out of knee deep water. when she saw that she said (never having seen a tailing red), “oh my God, what is that?” i had already put my contacts in, thrown some clothes and boots on and was running out of the door. it’s funny how long it takes to put the rod together when you’re in a hurry.
anyways, i got out and had one chance to give him a fly before he moseyed away, but he didn’t want anything to do with it. a few minutes later, i was high-thigh deep (and i’m 6’7) in water. i’ve lived on shem creek for a little over 6 months now and today was the first time i’ve seen tailers in my backyard. i stayed out a little while and saw plenty of fish cruising (one less than a foot from my left leg) and i cast a few times at them (still with no luck). i practice cast a lot in the marsh behind my house (wadeable grass flat), but suppose i’ve never really tried to fish it. i don’t know if i’ve overlooked the reds or if they’re only here with the flood tide (i’m almost at the end of shem creek and there’s always a couple feet of water in the marsh at high tide). nonetheless, i have a new fishing spot without having to drive or paddle anywhere.
That’s awesome!
Would love to be sitting on my porch, looking at the water…and “oh, hey, there goes a tail!”…lucky you!
And you can be doing all this while enjoying a nice cold beverage of choice!
nikon, i’d like to apologize for my lack of manners. while i still am not interested in trading, there’s no reason for me to be greedy. i’ve never caught as many reds as i did today, so i figure there’s plenty of fish to go around. you’re invited any time you’d like.
Thank you Sir! And of course if ya want to catch bream and bass you are always welcome at my pond. We’ll have to plan sumptin for the flood tides coming up
brought in my biggest red OTF yet. i’m going to round 33.5" up to 34". ran this fly really slowly down the edge of the creek. first cast of the day caught the one in the picture below. fought strong the entire time - i want to say lasted about 10 minutes, but i have no perception of time when this sort of thing is happening. sorry about the pictures being pretty crappy - i took them with my ipod and haven’t gotten it mounted well on the yak or anything. and i’d rather put the fish back in the water than try to get a good picture. after this, a family of kayakers came through and quieted the fish down for almost an hour (they came through twice, that is, to the end of the creek and back twice). later i had two spit live mud minnows, and i didn’t catch them - and i didnt care.
We’ll have to plan sumptin for the flood tides coming up 
