- IF4, International Fly Fishing Film Tour, a special Saltwater Cut for us here in Florida.
- Very Cool trick try this it works awesome.
- Dragon Fly paddle boards in South Carolina Show this weekend.
- Real truth about SOPA
- Natural Laws
- Clay Dyer, can’t help but to be inspired by this guy
- Invisible to the Naked eye water proofing you iphone
- Tuna gets over $700,000 at the fish market
- Real Cyclops Shark found
- White Pelican eating a pigeon
Maverick | Vero Backcountry Fly Tournament; Counting down the cold days until Spring…
I had the chance to attend the Vero Backcountry Fly tournament hosted by the Vero Backcountry and Maverick Boat Co. this past weekend. As with similar events in the past that MBC has hosted, this event allowed for some friendly competition and a chance for fly fisherman with similar interests to get together and socialize a bit. On the more serious side of the tournament, anglers targetted 4 species; redfish, trout, snook, and sheepshead to bring home the top honors. I had never realized the great sight fishing opportunites that Vero Beach and Fort Pierce has to offer. Not were we able to target these species via sight fishing, but we had shots at 3ft long trout laid up on the flats. These big trout definitely proved to be the most challenging species I have ever tried to sightfish on a flyrod… I have earned a whole new respect for the species. Capt. Eric Davis and I teamed up and stalked the shallows in my Mirage managing to feed over a dozen redfish, hooking 8, pulling the hooks on 5, and landing 3. After a few frustrating hours of throwing at big stubborn mega trout, we ended up dredging flies in deeper water and catching a dozen or so small trout. Our fishing was pretty good actually, but not good enough to take the top honors from team Maverick Boat Co. (Charlie Johnson and owner Scott Deal), whom posted redfish, trout, and sheepshead. An incredible time was had by all with raffles and some sweet prizes. Plans for next year’s event is already in the works. If you guys are looking to sample some of Vero Beach’s best sight fishing, make sure to contact Capt. Eric Davis.
The past few weeks leading to this event have been pretty interesting. My buddy Paul and I had a chance to get out the prior weekend and sight fish redfish for an hour or so in Flamingo before the massive front chased us off. Blue bird skies followed the front and it made for some great photo opportunities on the water between my study breaks. The cold temperatures finally subsided a bit today and we were greeted with some warmer temps as the day wore on. I certainly hope this is a start of a warming trend that will last. Fishing should be absolutely stellar once we have some consitantly mild temperatures. These March ninja cold fronts need to end already. I will be spending some time in the lower Keys in a weeks so I really do hope the weather leading up to my Spring break will finally be warm enough to allow the water temperatures to climb back up. We need this warm up… bring on the tarpon, bring on the permit, and bring on the big bonefish.
Here are some of the recent photos I finally found time to process tonight:
For those of us in college, this week is either spring break or mid term week so good luck in whatever event you are facing. Catch you guys later…
G Loomis TFO rods, The G.Loomis Story, Gary Loomis, Frank Sargeant Show 2010
March 7th 2010
The weekend was s spent mostly at the Frank Sargeant Show. I had not planned on attending this Sunday but I had the opportunity to do a video of Gary Loomis, Yes, the famed rod builder him self. For those of you that don’t know it G. Loomis rods are consider one of the best rods ever made in Spin and Fly fishing world. Gary is consider one of the pioneers when it comes using carbon to fishing rods with.
I got there bright and early with my gear and set things up at the TFO booth.(Gary is now designing the blanks for the TFO) It was pretty cool to meet a legend in the fishing world.
The interview was awesome as only Gary him self could tell it. I got the history of how he got started in the rod building business and down to Gary himself telling you how to pick a proper rod. It’s a great story and the video came out excellent.
I look forward to sharing that video with you guys. It’s late, I will get for the first part of the interview tomorrow afternoon.
Here are some shots I got from the show I thought turned out ok. I used the fisheye lens to capture it all.
The Real Hunter Is Not Me
Today was a more than pleasent day to be on the water and I am hoping all that were able took full advantage of this beautiful day. I however decided to go hog hunting versus being on the water. I had the notion for some fresh pork for the table, however this didn’t happen due to poor planning and better hunters. I woke up this morning at 3:45 and headed over to my pick up my buddy Alex and head out to his parents house which is way out by Clewiston somewhere. Our goal was to be there at daylight which we made happen. We walked with guns on shoulders to the hunting ground where we intently looked for the wild beasts. After about a mile of walking we finally struck gold. We found a nice pack of hogs and we took aim. After missing a couple shots we continued walking looking for more.
As we were walking I saw this big boy hog standing there broad side to me and I took a shot, BAM I hit him. He started running and then I started running to try and catch up to him so I could have a second shot, next thing I know he is running right at me. I jacked in another shell and hit him about 10 feet from me and rolled him right there. Talk about heart pounding. It was awesome. Well, I gutted him right there and Alex and I drug him for about 150 yards and decided he was way to much to drag a mile. We figured we would leave him lay and walk back to the house and get a radio flyer wagon. We were gone about 45 minutes and upon our return to the hog there were about 100 buzzards hanging about. Those dang birds ate both hams out of the hog down to the bone, they ate the inner loins, ribs, and half of the back straps. We couldn’t believe it. I wanted to cry. What a shame. Anyhow, we put it in the wagon and drug it back to the house for some photos. Here ya go
For an idea of how big this boy was I took a pic of Alex next to the hog
