Reloading

During the last trip to the coast I pulled an absolute rookie move. While landing a redfish, I allowed the fish to swim between me and my kayak, which was attached to me by a 3ft rope. In my attempt to not break my rod I made a heroic effort which I will never be able to describe. It is best summed up by the statement, "I was very grateful that no one was watching and that the Gopro was not running." Needless to say I saved the rod but broke the red off when it dragged the leader across the rope. I retied and cast to another red, which I hooked and when the line became tight and the fish started its first run the line broke. Another few fish were meandering by so I quickly retied, cast and hooked up and when the line came tight it quickly snapped. What I failed to do was to check my leader after my fiasco. The rope had frayed the leader in several spots and weakened the leader.

Lesson relearned - always check the leader after a few fish or after heroic measures. 

Aransas Pass / Port Aransas /Rockport, TX

Home away from home.

Cajun Combo w/ 2 lbs of crawdads

Key Lime Tart to top it off 

Of course there was Mexican Food along the way.

(Phil's Anchor)

There always seems be something that gets left at home when kayak fishing and we always say, "Lets make a check off list for the next trip so this doesn't happen again." This trip an anchor was left at home but have no fear. We are firefighters and fly-fishermen. We are experts at adapting and overcoming and rigging things to make them work in our favor. After all, an anchor is just a heavy object attached to a rope.

(a few casts with an awesome eat and a very bad trout set)

(Possum)

Redfish Fly

Update on the Texas Coast Box

My Texas Coast fly box has dwindled down to a few beat up flies that have each seen their share of fish. It is time to update and refill that box. First up, baitfish pattern. Thanks for the help Moon. This week I will test it on bass and see what they think of it before I tie up a bunch on Gamakatsu hooks. 

Redfish Flies