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largemouth bass fly fishing weights

diehardfisherman0812 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:33:46 GMT

what r the best weights(rod,reel,line) for largemouth bass?

RedFly #3

Shadowcast — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:52:12 GMT

Well....people have been asking about a spring RedFly....so here we go! April 10, 2010 is the date. Cockroach Bay is the place. Check in time will be between 6:15-6:45 am on the 10th. We will launch shortly before 7:00 am. Check in time is at 3:00 pm. If you do not weigh in by 3:00 pm on the 10th, you will be disqualified.

Two man teams, fly gear ONLY, and catch-photo-release. Your team's two largest redfish will be measured for weigh in. The team with the most total inches with two redfish will win. There is NO minimum or maximum size for weigh in. A tournament marker will be provided on tournament day and must be visible in the photo along with the whole fish and pre-approved measuring device. Each two angler team must have at least one digital camera, with a clean memory card, on their boat. You may fish from a skiff, canoe, paddleboard, or kayak, but you MUST launch from Cockroach Bay (if weather turns out to be a safety issue, alternative launch rules MAY be implemented). You may leave your watercraft to wade, but you must stay within sight of you vessel.

ALL boats will be inspected prior to launch. ALL anglers will adhere to boating/fishing laws and respect fellow anglers whether they are fishing the RedFly or not.

Entry fee is $25 (cash) and must be paid at the ramp on tournament day. 100% payback for 1st place (60%), 2nd place(30%), and biggest fish (10%). ALSO.....there will be some prizes added to the mix this time.

beach flies

sw florida fishing — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:55:49 GMT

What is the best flies for the beach?

RedFly Results

Shadowcast — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:02:21 GMT

Well, the 2nd RedFly was a complete success despite the lousy weather conditions. Winds were wasily 15-30 all day long. Protected water was key. Only 3 total redfish were measured in. Joe Welbourn and Tom Tylisz measured a 25.75" redfish to take second place and $195 prize. First place went to Capt. Bryon Chamberlain and Nick Angelo who found two great specimens measuring out at 29.00" and 28.75" for a total of 59.75" and a $300 first place prize. Everyone had a great time and we all got to hang and swap stories at the ramp afterward.....what a tournament should be all about! Everyone is anxious for the next on which may come sooner than next fall........stay tuned. Enjoy the pics!

Traditional Group Photo

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Some sweet skiffs after a hard day's work...

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BobbyC's Challenger....the NICEST one in the state!

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At the ramp....

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Joe Welbourn and Tom Tylisz taking 2nd

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Nick Angelo and Capt. Bryon Chamberlain taking 1st

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2-piece vs 4-piece

biteme25 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:53:32 GMT

I'm looking to buy a 2-piece TFO Signature 7wt and was wondering what the difference between the 2 pieces and 4 pieces are.

Tampa Bay Fly Report 8/30/09

Shadowcast — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:37:37 GMT

Capt. Rob Salimbene and I took an afternoon, on Sunday, to try and align our mojo for the RedFly Tournament coming up on 10/17. The water clarity was low and very few shots were had in 3 hours. The one fish we did get a cast to was this 24" snook. The snook took a shrimp pattern in about 7 inches of water. He was facing me directly. If it were not for the clear floating fly line from Monic, the fish would have never eaten the fly. Any colored line would have caused that snook to blow out. We saw a few more reds and snook but could not get an opportunity to put a cast on them.

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Article on Fly Casting Lessons Made Simple!

Rich.FlyFishJax — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:22:54 GMT

I wanted to share a post I did on the Tips & Techniques section of this forum. Go to....

http://www.addictivefishing.com/forum/Topic31699-10-1.aspx

River islands

FemaleDuck — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:51:28 GMT

If the course of a river splits in two creating a large, flat island (of gravel, say) where can you fish from? Let's say that the river splits in two equally.

fly combo in everglades fly?

diehardfisherman0812 — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:26:05 GMT

is blair selling that same rod and reel combo at dicks? cuz my mom saw it there while we were at the syminare, but i didnt see it. any1 know?

Everglades Back Country Flies?

Kai — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:55:10 GMT

I am going on my first Everglades trip in the middle of March and I don't know what types of flies to use for snook, trout, reds, and baby tarpon. Anyone out there have any advise?

Judging depths how does it work?

FemaleDuck — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:23:29 GMT

Im talking about when it comes to leader length selection.

From what I can gather if you have a pond thats 10ft deep a 10ft leader would be too short, if you wanted your point fly to be touching the bottom.

I know I could just judge it for myself but if I wanted to test it this could be expensive in leader and Im just looking for a rough estimate.

Thanks in advance guys

weights for seatrout.

diehardfisherman0812 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:02:24 GMT

what is the best weight line for seatrout?

4wt for reds????

Chasin Tails — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:02:01 GMT

Hey, i was just thinking about using my 4wt trout rod for redfish, just wondering if anyones knows if it will with a great fight or a broken rod?

CooKnShrimp

CooKnFish — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:35:47 GMT

My New Year's resolution this year was to do more fly fishing. Looking at my schedule for the year, I may get to do more fly only trips than my usual spinning gear trips. Well, at least that will hold true until the Kingfish spring run and the summer Tarpon chase. So, at the moment I am pretty excited about getting the long rod out and I have been spending some time at the vise tying baits. Here is a shrimp pattern I have been playing with.

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Can anyone reccommend a fly fishing reel?

FemaleDuck — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:09:29 GMT

This year i plan to go fly fishing alot more often the reel i have is a Airflo rimfly not one im familiar with mostly hear of greys scierra snowbee and Wychwood

But I am intending to buy a new one preferably for salmon brown trout and sea trout or Game I could say but i think im a little spoiled for choice

so i was wondering if anyone could kindly reccommend me a good fly reel

Cheers

Has anyone fished the Doubtful

FemaleDuck — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:38:47 GMT

Has anyone fished the doubtful, very curious in what it is like for tramping, and of course, fishing!

equipment question

FemaleDuck — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:42:12 GMT

What do you guys look for when you walk into a fly shop. I am not talking about Cabelas or Bass pro, but a "real" fly shop independant of corprate $ $ and control.
Over the years and many travels the one thing that I find make me buy or even return is customer service. Knowing the equipment they sell, not over selling, knowing the water and hatches or bait fish with out the BS. so other than price what draws you to a fly shop?

Flamingo reds... on the buggy whip!!

MoganB3nzo — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:49:11 GMT

Fished hard this weekend under 15-20kts. Spent the weekend fishing a Tournament in Islamorada. After 2 days of prefishing on spin, I decided that Flamingo would be the best plan seeing that bonefish were under heavy pressure from another tournament. I decided top increase my points by catching the redfish on fly. Flyfishing with an 8wt under 15-20kts on open flats that were heavily fished by other Flamingo guides and weekend warriors wasnt easy, especially when you factory in periods of limited sunlight due to spotty scattered patches of clouds. This made for real tough sight-fishing.

Prior to this tournament, I had been attempting my first bonefish on fly, throwing at some of the toughest fish to catch on fly under windy conditions as well. This made for great training and helped me improve 10fold when I targetted an easier species such as redfish. All the practice under pressure helped me greatly as I managed to hook every single redfish we saw given a backcast shot or an upwind shot.

In the 2 days I managed to hook just over 10 redfish on fly, landing 3 on fly. One of the fish was the largest redfish I had ever caught on fly. They dont get much bigger then that in Flamingo. I hooked all the fish on a fly I had tied myself, I named the "peekaboo slider". Fish went absolutely bonkers over this fly.

What a great experience. It goes to show that you can cast all day in your back yard but the real training that counts is when you are out on the water with the fly rod and force yourself to stick to it under some of the toughest conditions.

... My boat goes under modification this week to better accomodate fly fisherman. I will start by cleaning up the front deck and putting a removable bracket for the trolling motor (which will probably come off and rarely ever see my boat again).

Tight loops,

Capt. Hon

fly line on reel

diehardfisherman0812 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:23:24 GMT

how much backing and fly line shud be on an 8 weight fly reel?

seatrout flies

diehardfisherman0812 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:20:56 GMT

what kind of fly would be best for seatrout?

fly weight combos

diehardfisherman0812 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:54:20 GMT

what it the best weight for the rod and reel for inshore seatrout?

Fly Snook'n

biteme25 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:06:19 GMT

What type of leader should I use around dock lights at night and especially what lure would work best? Clause minnow?

Fly Swap?

Tommygunn — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:04:49 GMT

I know this portion of the forum doesn't see much traffic, but was wondering if anybody would be interested in a fly swap, especially the upcoming mogan mania participants? We could tie up a few flies and swap them over a couple of "pain killers"!

We'll make it simple and tie anything that you would use in the IRL, lagoon, or Banana River....

Fly line backing

FloridaBoy — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:31:19 GMT

Can you use Power Pro for backing on a fly reel?

RedFly Tournament Results (pic intense)

Shadowcast — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:15:16 GMT

Well, we had 12 boats enter the 1st RedFly Tounament.....the state's only fly-fishing for redfish tournament....that we know of. It was a great turnout and EVERYONE had a blast. Capt. Colby Hane and Yong Choe took first place honors, weighing in two fish that scaled over 13 pounds. 2nd place went to Team "In Search of Tailwater" Capt. Rob Salimbene and yours truly. We weighed in one fish that weighed about 3.5 pounds. I caught that fish and broke off on one bigger, out of the same school, three casts later. Had that fish been brought in we still would have finished 2nd......Colby and Yong had some nice fish. I also took the spot award, as my fish had 5 spots. Third place went to Steve Gibson and Justin Hamblet with a 3 pound fish. So only 4 total reds weighed in but everyone had a good day of fishing..........you couldn't have asked for better conditions. We WILL do this again........probably in the spring........and rumor has it maybe Mosquito Lagoon!!! Enjoy the pics!
Ealy morning start
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Sam's ECC Caimen.........what a sweet ride!
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My tournament contribution..........a 5 spotter
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We were casting to glass all day!!
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Shadowcast at the tiller
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THE driest running 15 foot skiff out there..........the Mitzi 15
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Team "In Search of Tailwater"
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The wind kicked up around weigh in time
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Team "Salty Shores" comes in for the weigh in
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ECC's, Hells Bay's, Mitzi's, flyrods.............does it get any better?
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BobbyC!!
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4th place decided by a raffle.........Joe Welbourn and John Wilson
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3rd place.........Steve Gibson and Justin Hamblet
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2nd place and the Spot award.........Capt. Jon Bull and Capt. Rob Salimbene
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1st place in the first RedFly.....Capt. Colby Hane and Yong Choe
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See you in the spring!

RedFly Tournament

Shadowcast — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:56:46 GMT

What: Fly fishing only, Redfish tournament.
Where: Cockroach Bay - Ruskin, FL area.
When: September 6th, 2008
Why: To get a group of fly fishermen together for a day on the water and good times.

Rules to follow: Hey, I'm winging it!

Who's going to MM this year?

2Dflatz — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:21:13 GMT

Just thought I'd ask to see how many fly fishermen and women are going to be attending MM this year. I'd like to meet up with as many of you as I can.

Joe

permit on fly in sugar loaf key

Ed_Sutton — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:52:47 GMT

we were fishing for permit for 3 DAYS!!! only had 4 shots and two follws and caught this bad boy on accedent 9 pounds [IMG]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i135/thefasttrack/scottpictures-december024.jpg[/IMG]

flyfishing rookie

onemorcast — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:07:00 GMT

I want to get involved with flyfishing and I was thinking about the Ross Cimarron reel and Redington Crosswater saltwater rod. Is this a decent starter outfit? Has anyone had any experience with these products? I want quality but don't want to break the bank either. Also what are the differences between 2 piece rods versus 3 and 4 piece rods?

newbie needs help

fishwood — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:03:02 GMT

I have been thinking of getting into fly fishing, I have the opportunity to buy a new St.Croix Legend Elite saltwater 9' 4pc 10 wt. for about $200.00. Is this a decent rod for general purpose saltwater fishing... snook, reds, small poons, ect I almost can't pass it up as these rods go for over $400. but I don't want to be stuck with something I can't use.

Any help would be appreciated.

fly combo for sale

(ody \m/>_<\m/ — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:48:01 GMT

i have a 8'6 redington crosswater and reel for sale (5wt)

backing, line, and tippit included

if interested i will post pics

make offer !!

Fish ID please.

Vlap — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:34:16 GMT

These fish are bedding up all along the shore outside of my apt. They seem to like the west shore and nowhere else. Can anyone make out the type of fish? Sorry for the poor picture. I only had my cell phone and the fish wasn't going to let me get closer.
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Also if you can tell what it is can you also tell me a good fly to drop on it? I tried a small popper and it showed no interest at all.

fly line

onemorcast — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:13:15 GMT

If I use a tapered saltwater leader do I need a tippet as well or is that enough?

an affordable fly fishing outfit

midnightrider17 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:27:59 GMT

im looking for a affordable fly fishing outfit for the river and ocean what will i need ??? i want to start flyfishing i had a liitle crappy 5 wieght for freshwater. any suggesstions??

thanx :)

i have a 3 weight i was wondering if i could use it for snook

chankpankey — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:23:20 GMT

yea i was just wondering if i could use a 3 weight for snook off of a beach because i catch them on my stradic mgfa with ease but i just thought id have some fun with it lol

Tarpon!

2Dflatz — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:34:53 GMT

Well I finally did it! I managed to catch a tarpon on a fly! Not only did I catch one but I continued to catch them for about 30 min. I caught 4 of them but they were all small ones. They still count in my book. I was wandering around the mangroves and I saw a pipe connecting the marsh to the river and I decided to fish it. The river side was dead but the marsh side was full of activity so I stood at the pipe and cast a shrimp pattern into the moving water. I saw fish rolling below the murky water so I let the fly sink and after a few small twitches, BAM tarpon on! The end result was 4 landed with the largest one being about 20 inches. Now that I've got a few under my belt, I'm going after the big guys in the spring.

fly fishing

chenzo11 — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:30:30 GMT

Want to start fly fishing and have never done it. Looking for any pointers on technique, line , gear, flys and where. I would like to sight fish the surf. If any body can help please do any pointers would help. Live in Melbourne fl.

:D:D:D

new rod, need tips on flies for mosquito lagoon

manateeriverassassin — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:36:04 GMT

alright, im pretty new to saltwater flyfishing, being a colorado trout angler myself, so im glad to get a chance to fish the salt. any tips on flies is great, i cant wait to get out

fly fish flamingo

Ed_Sutton — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:11:00 GMT

well post pics due something its empty in the section

does any body post here

Ed_Sutton — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:18:36 GMT

i guess not lol