The spring and summer of 2011 have been my friend Kyle's learning curve onto the fly fishing super-highway. Last month we headed out to Percy Priest for a little Tennessee-meets-Florida flats fishing. My main quarry on these trips is big carp that cruise around our hillbilly flats, and this trip offered...
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Mother's Day found us entertaining the moms at our place for brunch... My sister-in-law had the kiddos with her, so after they ate and got through watching a movie, it was time to head down to the pond with a fly rod and see if we couldn't get our first fish...
Read MoreSaturday morning found me up early and headed for one of my favorite warmwater spots, especially for teaching. This was the day that I was going to see where Kyle stood with his casting ability, as he had not fly fished in close to 15 years. Once that was determined, we...
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Now that summer is upon us, it's time to break out the poppers and start hitting the lakes and ponds. Adam and I spent most of the evening keeping some bass and bream occupied at one of our local haunts. The action was steady from the start, with plenty of good-sized...
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On January 2nd, I was able to take Robbie and Adam down to Bobwhite springs for a little refresher training and a hands on clinic on fighting and landing big fish. Many people think this place is not worth it, but fail to see the benefit of a few hours...
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There's a fast learner I was able to teach a casting lesson to Gav faster than anyone I have taught thus far. Man does that make things nice and easy. Once I explained the basics to him and showed him the mechanics, it was only a handful of corrected casts...
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