This is going to be a "recap" style post, to look back over my fishing trips throughout the year, document the best catches, most effective flies, methods, and equipment used, etc. Hopefully you've enjoyed the blog in its first year, and I'm looking forward to making it even better in 2023! Freshwater 2022 was definitely …
The last week of November 2022 provided a great day of sight fishing in the marsh. Chris and I spent cyber Monday paddling shallow flats and chasing redfish. He has a great account of the trip up on his blog: https://fatfingeredflytyer.com/birthday-redfish/ The conditions were great and we both caught good numbers of redfish, and I …
The warm and dry spring of 2022 in Louisiana has put all of the sandy rivers in the Florida parishes in good shape. The USGS water gauge on the Bogue Chitto was showing the lowest level in the last year, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to do a kayak float fishing …
With low winds and full sun forecasted for a Saturday late March, I loaded up my kayak and headed to Leeville, Louisiana. I had a good trip down there in 2020 right after getting my kayak, but hadn’t been back to that same area since. Hurricane Ida ran right up Highway 1 in August of …
When the sun, the wind, and the water conditions all line up in fall or winter in the Louisiana marsh, fly fishing for redfish can be outstanding. These days don't come very often, probably only a handful of days feature the combination of sunny skies, low winds, and clear water that are required for an …
This year I am going to document every species of fish I can catch with a fly rod, as part of the Red Stick Fly Fisher's 2022 Jambalaya Challenge. I was inspired to do so by last year's competition, and by the top 2 anglers: Chris (fatfingeredflytyer.com) and Ben (mountainstomarsh.com), who each caught over 40 …
Down South Fly Fishing 