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October 2010
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September 2010Mike and Michelle Peterson of San Antonio decided to try a little sight fishing. Unfortunately |
June 2010Felipe Castaneda came down to Rockport with his friend Bill Zuluk for a little fly fishing on the flats. As luck would have it when Felipe was on the front of the boat reds would show their tails in small groups but when |
June 2010Steve Wilson and his buddy, Stan Lee, decided to try their luck at redfish on the fly. Both were novice to saltwater fly fishing but pretty much got the hang of it. We were fortunate to find several pods of |
May 2010This is Richard, Bad Weather, Trombley holding a nice trout. When Richard comes to town we usually get some pretty bad weather and this day was no exception. We had less t |
May 2010Keith Moreland and his friend Eddie spent the day fly fishing for red fish. We had beautiful conditions and even the fish cooperated. We found several pods of tailing reds and took advantage of as many of them as we could. Moved t
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March 2010Richard Ressler and his wife, Laura, came down for a little flats fishing during their spring break. Richard did very well. He caught several reds and his personal best 28” trout. Laura and I mostly
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Last Trip of 2009Jake Thomas of Pflugerville and his dad, Jeff, from Hunt, Texas came down to Rockport to try their luck at a little sight fishing. Unfortunately the wind made sight fishing a little tough and most of the fish we saw were very close to the boat. We did see a lot of fish including some really big trout. Here’s Jake with one of the reds he caught. We also released a 26” |
December '09Montana fly guide and outfitter, Bruce Pershing, spends his winters on the Texas Coast. Bruce and his wife own the Scenic Valley Lodge in Montana which is one place I’d really like |
December '09
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December '09Terry Deeds brought his friend, John Norton, of Texarkana down for a couple days of flats fishing. The weather was miserable but the fish was pretty good. With clouds, |
November '09Bob and Mark Oliphint made the long drive from North Texas to spend a couple days on the flats. I’ve known Mark and Bob |
November '09This is Steve Slater from Houston. He came to Rockport for a little flats fishing R&R. The topwater bite turned out to be pretty good. Here’s Steve with a nice red that was |
November '09Jill Port has fished with me for quite a few years. She is learning to fly fish although we have yet to get her |
October '09Ed Stork and his step dad, Jim Fryer, of Austin booked a trip after a presentation I did in Austin for the CCA group. They had not done any sight fishing before but caught on pretty quick. We saw well over a hundred reds but most of them were either spooky or not interested in eating. We did manage 4 for the box and released a few more. I think Jim would like to come back a try for some reds on his fly rod and I’m down for that. Here are Ed and Jim with a couple of the reds they picked off.
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October 09
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October 09I went down south to the Lower Laguna Madre to fish with a group of guys from Houston at Duncan’s Lodge. Conditions were less than perfect with winds around 30 mph everyday. We did get some fish though. Here are Mike |
October 09Phil Belt and Mike Tucker came to Rockport for a golf tournament and a little fishing. Phil has fished with |
September 09Want to Book a Cockatiel Trip? I was fishing with Terry Deeds in South Bay on a windless day in September and fishing was tough. Then, out of no where, we see this little bird flying towards the boat. He was struggling to stay just inches above the water with his tail dragging and wing tips hitting the water. He flew in front of the boat |
August 09Cystic Fibrosis Cast for the I have been involved with the CF tournament for several years. It’s a fun tournament and we raise a lot of money to fight CF. This year I was again teamed up with Dick Jones and Philip Bahr who were sponsored by Tiffany’s in the fly division. We ended up with the second place trophies but Dick won the big redfish trophy with this 29” brute. Way to go guys. I’m looking forward to next year. |
August 09Scott Belt and his wife came down from Houston for some more flats fishing. His wife, Jennifer, didn’t fish but really enjoyed the boat ride, the birds and the scenery. Scott, on the other hand, got busy with the fly rod. Here he is with a nice red he caught. Scott and Jennifer are expecting |
August 09Longtime friend, Bob Oliphint, and wife, Connie, came down from the Dallas area for a l |
July 09
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July 09
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July 09Dennis Hilton of Fort Worth came down with his son Kenneth for some summertime fly fishin |
July 09Joseph Ochoa and his stepson, Robert Dudley, came down from Houston to fish with me for the first time. With the |
July 09Rodney Rowe of Temple came down to Rockport to shake off a little fly fishing rust before heading to Florida later this month. We were faced with totally calm conditions, which really make fly fishing difficult. |
June 09Although he has caught bonefish and tarpon in Belize, Dale Polk, had never caught a redfish on a fly. We took care of that |
June 09Scott Belt cashed in his recent Spot Tournament win with a free half day. Here he is with a nice red that ate a crab pattern fly. Unfortunately that was the only one we could get to eat our offerings. Scott’s coming back in August with his |
June 09Longtime client and friend, Dan Williams, has been fishing with me for 7 or 8 years and for some reason I never got a |
June 09This is Adam Fey of Hurst, Texas. Adam comes down and fishes with me once or twice a year. Even though we had tough conditions with clouds and gusty winds we were able to find some tailin |
May 09Like Father, Like Son Erik Julifs came down with his dad, John, for his first try at redfish on the fly. John has fished with me several times is the past but this was Erik’s first time on a flats skiff. Erik |
Spring 09I had the opport |
Spring 09That is James Davis of Fort Worth behind the mask with his first red fish on a fly. The 22” red ate a crab pattern in the Naked Man Cove. He was fishing with his good friend, |
February 09
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had a great time and I hope they come back this winter for a shot at some big trout. Next time leave the loud hat at home Cary.
the sight fishing was a little difficult due to the cloud coverage but we were able to do some catching. Michelle had never “lure fished” but took to it quite well. As a matter of fact she did very well. Even after Mike made a late comeback she out caught her hubby 7-4. Here they are with a couple of reds they caught.
Bill was up, fish were hard to find. Here’s Felipe with a nice red that ate his fly. Bill we need to get you one of those.
tailing reds in Redfish Bay but not all of them wanted to eat what we were offering. Steve stayed with the fly rod all day while Stan opted for the trusty bait caster after awhile. Here is Stan with on of the reds he caught.
han favorable conditions with 25 mph winds and lots of clouds but still managed to catch several reds and a few keeper trout. It’s always fun when I fish with Richard.
o the outside of Traylor Island and found several big trout that unfortunately would have nothing to do with anything we threw at them All in all we had a great day and caught some fish.
watch as Richard put on a fishing clinic. Laura did manage a couple reds and we all had a great time.
trout. Jake was really getting the hang of sight fishing and I hope he gets back down here when the conditions are a little better.
to visit next year. Sight fishing was tough and fly fishing was pretty much not going to happen but Bruce did manage a few nice reds and a couple trout while fishing with Terry Deeds of Houston. Better days are coming Bruce and we’ll get some fish on the fly.
rain and really cold temperatures sight fishing was pretty much out of the question but John caught some nice fish.
since Mark and I were in the 2nd grade and that was a long, long time ago. We had great weather, good fishing and a great time. Here they are with a couple of the reds we caught. Next time Mark we’ll get the fly rod out and I might even let you pole.
in the Carbon Black Lake.
hooked up with a red on the fly. We’ll get it done someday. Here’s Jill with a nice red she caught in South Bay.
and Doug with a couple of fish they caught. It was their first time to fish the LLM but I think they will be back.
me several times but this was Mike’s first attempt at sight fishing on the flats. Fishing was a little tough but we did manage a few reds. Here are Mike and Phil with a couple of the reds they caught. Hey, how did you guys do in the golf tournament?
and crashed into the water about 30 feet out. I poled over and Terry reached down for the bird. The little guy jumped onto Terry’s arm and crawled up to his shoulder. To our surprise it was a cockatiel. Terry took it home and gave it to his neighbor that has had cockatiels in the past. She named him Salty and he is happy to be back in a cage.
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their first child, a girl, soon so it may be awhile before they get back down for some fishing.
ittle get away and some fishing. We found some tailing reds early and Bob picked a couple off but Connie broke hers off. Later in the day Bob tied on a Chug Bug, top water, and I thought he had lost his mind. Everyone knows you can’t catch reds on top waters in August in the middle of the day, right? Well you just never know. He caught two nice reds in about 10 minutes including this big 28 1/4" monster.
them. Both Richard and Carl caught some nice reds and we had a great time. Hope Richard comes back soon and brings some rain with him.
g. We were able to find a few tailing reds in Allyn’s Bight and along San Jose Island. We never got a chance at any jacks though and Dennis really wanted to get one. Here is Kenneth with on of the reds he caught.
summertime pattern in full swing we had a little trouble getting a whole lot of reds but we did manage a few. Here is Joseph and Robert each with one of the reds we caught. Then we found a school of jacks along the Aransas Channel. I gave Joseph my 10 wt fly rod and set him up for a shot at them. He laid the fly exactly where it needed to be and a big jack immediately grabbed it. Unfort
unately it broke off in a matter of a few seconds. I tried to get Joseph to cast my new 12 wt at them but he insisted that I cast. So I tossed a big fly at them and, brother the fight was on. It took about 45 minutes to get the fish to the boat. I could not have done it without Joseph operating the boat and Robert landing the fish for me. Thanks guys!
The fish were very spooky and very well aware of our presence. Rodney had to make some pretty long, accurate casts to get the job done and as you can see he was up to the challenge. Good luck in Florida my friend.
when Dale caught this nice little red in the Naked Man Cove. It was a tough day as most of the fish we saw were not at all interested in eating but Dale coaxed this red out of a pothole. Good work Dale!
wife to try again. Looking forward to it Scott and tell your dad I said hello.
picture of him on the website. Well, here he is with a big, battle scarred, 28 1/2" red that fell for a TTF Flats Killer Minnow. The fish was one of about 12 Dan caught that day. All the fish caught were sight casted to in water less than a foot deep. Dan and wife, Marsha, are moving to Victoria soon, and he’ll be able to fish the coast a lot more.
g reds. He fooled 5 reds and a trout into eating Flats Killer Minnows in some really skinny water. Adam is holding a 7 spot red he caught out of a pod of tails. Those 7 spots put him in an early and commanding lead in my second half of 2009 spot tournament. Way to go Adam.
picked it up pretty quickly. After missing one when he lifted his rod to set the hook he got the hang of the “strip set”. He ended up with 2 nice reds including this one with 7 spots. Those spots put him in a commanding lead in my spot tournament. John won one of the spot tournaments awhile back and just like attending the University of Nebraska, Erik is following in his dad’s foot steps.
unity to fish with Terry Deeds of Katy and Denver Lake of Houston down in the Lower Laguna Madre.
We fished out of the Arroyo Colorado River behind the Duncan House. We caught several nice trout and a few big reds. Here’s Terry with a wacky jawed, 31” red and Denver with his 27 1/2" red. They both ate Killer Flats Minnows. We had a great day with lots of laughs and some really nice fish.
Dennis Hilton. Dennis gets honorable mention with the smallest red fish I think I’ve ever seen caught on a fly. The beautiful little 2 1/2” red ate a shrimp pattern fly. We all had a good laugh about it. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of it.
caught and tagged this nice 28 1/2" red. Soon after that the wind kicked up to about 40 mph and we were pretty much done for the day. Sure enjoyed fishing with Steve and Keaton and hope they come back after Steve's next tour in Iraq. Be safe over there my friend.