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July 30th 2010

As you can see on the left  under “popular post” The G.Loomis  NRX photos and write up has been very very popular. Saltyshores is getting traffic from all over the world  of people wanting to know more information and want to see more photos of the NRX rods.

They really want people to hold, cast, demo the rods to appreciate all these upgrades.

Besides being lighter and stronger

Bass Rods Ti-SIC/single Foot recoil, Custom G.Loomis Skeleton reel seats,HD Cork handles

Flyrods: Black ion coated recoil guides, HD cork, carbon rod tubes, micro fiber socks

New Reel seat is 40% lighter

In order to promote the feel of the rods they will actually have a demo day of sort soon. The rods will release next month and I will have the location, date and time posted on here very soon of a location you can go check them out and cast them at in Florida.

Along with the standard lifetime Gloomis warranty, new exclusively for the NRX series is a WildCard over the counter swap out program. This can be used one time.

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Official G Loomis NRX Flyrod Launch in South Florida.

 08.13.2010

Location: Flyshop of Miami

8243 South Dixie Highway
Miami, FL 33143
(305) 669-5851

Time:  8:00pm-9:00pm

Come join me at the official launch of the new G Loomis NRX line of flyrods at the Flyshop of Miami on August 13th.  There will be horderves and drinks served for this event.  It took many years for G Loomis to finally release a new fly rod.  From what I have heard, G Loomis has implimented the latest resins and highest modulus graphit into their new NRX series of fly rods.  The top shelf components blend together to make this the most sensitive and lightest weight fly rod G Loomis has ever produced.  Will the new NRX top the old GLX Classic series of rods in line feel, light weight, and sensitivity?  Will the NRX be more powerful of the G Loomis Crosscurrent series?  Come and find out for yourself.  Feel free to contact me or anybody at the Flyshop of Miami for further details.  We look forward to seeing you all there.

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Report by Mark Knowles

The 3rd of six HCKAC 2-man club tournaments for 2010 was held on June 19th.  15 HardCore teams braved early morning rain, a “not-so-great” tide, and late morning sauna-like conditions (90 deg F and 90% humidity) for this event.  Anglers were provided with an assortment of lures featuring Exude soft plastic baits including D.A.R.T., Rt Slugs, Shrimp, and cajun crabs.

BIG THANKS to the Mister Twister Co. and all of our sponsors for their support and donations.

All teams checked in between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. just before the 35 cent toll booth at Fort DeSoto.   After checking in, the teams departed in search of a slam.

Not long after launching, Mother Nature added her influence to the slam challenge. For those out in the open, winds picked up quickly to approx 20 mph and the skies darkened giving way to a 30 minute shower. Luckily, there was no lightning associated with the storm and most groups just fished right through it.

The morning shower passed and the teams “doubled down” with most throwing all of the Exude lures in the bag trying to get the fish to turn on.  There were many fish caught but only 2 teams were able to complete their slam. BTrain (Bobby) did manage to attract an adult manatee who seemed quite curious as to why there were so many kayaks on the water.

Upcreek (John) and Snookin (Eugene) had the hot hand of the morning landing a beautiful & healthy 35.2” Snook. Rumor has it that just after the Snook was caught by Upcreek that an estimated 30” Red was on Snookin’s line only to be broken off boat side. Two of Pinellas County’s very recent high school graduates Fishmaster892 (Merrick) and Redfish (Jesse) fished all the way down to the wire and brought home the only other slam of the day. Congratulations guys !

Final results of the day :

• 1st place ($300) Team FlatZtalkers (Upcreek & Snookin)   Snook=35.2   Redfish=19.5   Trout=20.6   Total=75.3
• 2nd place ($180) Team Skinny Water Culture (Redfish and Fishmaster)   Snook=26.5   Redfsih=27   Trout=18.25   Total=71.75
• 3rd place ($120) Team Slik n Cider (Limecider and SlikNik) Redfish=26.25 Trout=15 Total=41.25

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This past Sunday my buddy Alex and I were in search of the wild hog. Alex has never shot a hog before so I desperately wanted to get him one and also get it on video. Right off the bat I saw two deer, big deer at that. Those guys have to wait until archery season. Any how, we walked for about 1.5 hours before seeing our first hogs which were way to big to take. They were easily 200lbs and I am not draging something that big, not to mention draging it a mile. As we continued we finally found two that we were able to take, we stalked these guys for about 30 minutes before we decided there was a shot opportunity. Unfortunitly this day Alex forgot the “dead sled” so we had to drag this thing by her legs and it was a real pain. The heat index had to be a 100 degrees and humid as can be. I am pretty sure I don’t want to do that again. DISCLAIMER: turn up the volume, there may be some curse words, and the video is shakey as my heart was pounding and I was trying to watch where I was walking in an effort to not spook the animals.

So yesterday Capt. Rich Osgood and I got out for an attempt at fishing the falling tide. The wind and storms put a big damper on us but all was not lost. We landed a decent snook and trout before we had to call it quits and make a run for Rich’s buddy’s house. The lightning was everywhere and approaching fast; there was no way we were going to make the ramp. We stopped off and took shelter for about an hour where Rich cleaned his friend’s pool for him. (thought that was a nice gesture) So after this storm cooled off we were headed for home until we noticed some baby tarpon rolling around. I grabbed Rich’s fly rod and made a few casts. I had one eat by tarpon and ended up catching two lady fish. The fish were still rolling heavy and I told Rich, “hey if I was to end up hooking one of these tarpon I would like to get it on my fly rod”. Rich was more than happy to hook me up with a gurgler on the end of my line and away I went. I saw two fish roll next to each other. I made two false casts and dropped my fly about 5 feet from the rolls, I stripped about 3 times and BAMN! Fish on. I could not believe this was happening, what a high I got from this. To top it off we landed this bad boy. I have caught tarpon on rod and reel before but never on fly. In fact this was my first time ever casting to a tarpon with a fly. Thanks to Capt. Rich for setting me up in the right spot with the right fly and good instructions. Also, Rich gave me the fly which I will place in the frame with one of the photos taken of my fish.
Photo Note: Earlier in the day I was playing around with my new 8mm fish eye lens, Rich was taking photos with it and it’s all manual. We were to engrossed in the fish and didn’t want to risk changing the lens for losing the fish by me doing something dumb. Sorry some of the pics are not the best but I had to post them any how. Fish taken on furled leader with 20lb test on the end.

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July 27th 2010

When you get a  chance this month check out the Florida Sportsmans Magazine.

It’s my 2nd Florida Sportmans Cover, a wahoo. I can’t say it’s my best shot out there but  a cover is a cover, I’ll take it.

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7.26.2010

More images of the storm filled sunsets. One thing about storms, after the come through it slicks out really well. Somethings the fish gets really active as well.

Here are some photos I had a chance to edit from this weekend. Most of these are heavily cropped so it’s pretty only good for web use but still,  I thought they were pretty cool.

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Capt. Kenny Smith
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7.26.2010

Shot at high iso as the sun goes down, I manage some pics of tarpon coming out of the water feeding on Glass minnows. Pretty cool to see as they are very aggressive at this stage but are only interested in Glass minnows for the most part.

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July 25th 2010

The last few days I’ve been fishing I have been running home in some pretty cool vivid skies. I mean all the afternoon storms we are getting lately makes from some awesome looking skies in the evening. The sun is setting with the orange combined with all the dark rain clouds just makes for some very interesting contrast. I love it.

I had to stop the boat a few times to take some photos of the wicked skies.

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7.25.2010

HDR photography has blown up big time with the advent of Digital photography. High Dynamic Range photography.
Basically it’s the process of combining multiple exposures to get a look that everything is exposed at a wider color/brightness range than cameras can currently see with only one exposure.

If properly done, It can turn out fantastic.

Kenny Smith reminded me about a website of HDR photographer a couple days ago and I figured I share it with you guys.

The guy is phenomenal. His website gets millions of hits and his work has been displayed world wide including the first HDR to be in the Smithsonian.

http://www.stuckincustoms.com

He even shows you how he does it.

The tutorial

Here are some examples of  his awesome work.

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