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Louisiana Black Drum on Fly

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:45:45 +0000

Back at it again today on the Biloxi Marsh. Another day of nice conditions, a little breezier today then the past 3 but we still found a ton of fish. We went to the outside today to go search for some big redfish and started off by catching a few nice 6-12 pound fish on fly. We were throwing a purple and tan cran fly that I have been tying for the past few years and the fish were jumping all over it. After we messed around with the little fish we fished some deeper shore lines to look for the big boys. We got 2 shots at big redfish today and one was a freaking stud. The fish was tailing in about 2 1/2 ft of water and we could see him from a ways off. When we got closer I could tell he was a huge fish, I estimated him to be between 35-40 lbs. Craig made the shot and the fly landed 2 ft in front of the fish. The fish started to track the fly and then it all went wrong. My pushpole hit and oyster and made a loud screetch and the fish bolted, oh well. We still had a great day on the water landing 14 redfish on fly and one monster 25 lb black drum. I’m back out on the water again tomorrow to do some fun fishing. Tight Lines!

Louisiana Black drum caught on fly

Releasing a fly caught black drum.

Redfish and Fly Fishing, Hopedale

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:04:27 +0000

Fly fishing for redfish, Today started at Penny’s Cafe in Violette, Louisiana. We had a great breakfast and picked up sandwiches for the day and it was off to fish for redfish. The weather man called for 5-15 knot winds with tons of sun. If you added the 5+15= 20 he would have got the wind right and we had scum sky (clouds) for most of the day. We launched out of Hopedale, LA in hopes to go look for some bigger redfish on the outside. The clouds weren’t going to help but we went anyways. The water was high and pretty clean, we started seeing fish right away. I had Jeff and Bob today and they were ready to sight cast to some nice redfish on fly. We got into the small fish early with the fish ranging from 8-10 pounds and they were feeding heavily on the outgoing tide. We put 6-7 fish in the boat in the first two hours of the day. As we got a little sun we went further out and got some nice fly fishing shots at fish in the 25 pound range and landed 5 fish that were 13-17 pounds with one double header which included the big fish of the day. We ended up with 12 redfish on fly today and the big fish are going to continue to move in.

Another good Louisiana Red Drum

We fished the 10 weight G. Loomis one piece Crosscurrent Pro 1 with a Tibor Riptide reel. A great setup for the bigger redfish, this makes it easier to thrown the big crab flies we throw at these beasts. Back at it again tomorrow and monday. Tight lines!

Another fatty redfish on fly.

Double reds caught while fly fishing.

Double header redfish

Fly fishing for redfish just doesn’t get any better then fishing the rich, productive, clear waters of Louisiana.

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Greg Dini
3021 Joseph St.
New Orleans, LA 70125

I look forward to having you on the boat!

Flyfishing for Louisiana reds

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:54:21 +0000

I had Tim and Jeff in the boat today who came with a group of guys that Captain Al Keller had put together. We had an East Cape Caimen day with Al just getting his new Caimen two weeks ago, the fish didn’t have a chance. The water was high and dirty in most places today on the Louisiana marsh from all the rain and south winds we got from the front that just came through. The redfish weren’t in their normal haunts and had pushed way back into the duck ponds that normally dont have much water in them. We still managed to find gin clear water and plenty of redfish were caught on fly. Al and I are both back at it again tomorrow on the search for some 40″ redfish. Tight Lines!

Louisiana Marsh redfishing

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:13:21 +0000

I fished today with Clayton and Mack. We were out on the water by 7:30am and looked forward to having great weather with tons of sun. The water was super clean in the Louisiana marsh today and the redfish were crawling all around the boat. Both Clayton and Mack came to fly fish and they played paper rock scissors to see who got up on the bow first. The fish were tailing, backing and pushing down the shoreline on a true feed. Both the guys were throwing crab flies and the fish we’re pounding them as soon as they hit the water. We landed 17 redfish by lunchtime and ended with 27 fish over all including one Gar. The Louisiana redfish were averaging 6-8 pounds and the big fish of the day was a nice 10 pounder. This was a great day on the water with two awesome anglers. The fall redfishing is on fire right now and is only going to get better. I have both of these guys again tomorrow and we are going to look for some 40″ redfish. Tight lines!

Fly Water Expedition Journal

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:36:56 +0000

Welcome to Fly Water Expedition’s Journal. On these pages we will share our fishing Expeditions.

Previous to getting our online reports going we had some great redfish charters!

Sept. 30th we landed 10 on fly with Dave Smith from Ohio. Had a blast on the water. Redfish were following stingrays in gin clear water. Easy prey everytime we got shots at them in that situation.

Nice redfish on fly

Guided redfish

Sept 27th we put a dozen fat reds in the boat on fly even with overcast conditions and dodging rain storms all day. I Had a great day on the water with Todd and Mike from Alabama.

Check out this big jack!

And another big one

Big red being released.

another redfish release.

Had a blast today with William from Destin, Florida. Great weather, lots of fish in gin clear water. We landed 13 redfish on fly with the biggest fish weighing 9 lbs. We saw some 15 lb pond pumpkins but couldn’t get them to eat. Big suprise of the day was a school of big jacks from 25-35 lbs crashing schools of small redfish. We landed one that weighed 24 1/2 pounds on the boga. He was spitting up 12-14″ redfish when he got close to the boat.