Articles by Richard

I got a call the other day from a builder.  He wanted me to take some pics of his skiff that he is building.  This is the plug.  He has to do a finish sanding […]

Erik and I planned out a Tarpon trip almost a week in advance.  He was inching to get his first Tarpon in his Caimen.  We got skunked last year, and after spending 3 days in […]

This is a trip of a different kind.  Through networking with Saltyshores.com I meet Dale Snead with Operation Still Waters.  Operation Still Waters recognizes the healing properties of fishing and being on the water.  They aim […]

Got her a 2 weeks ago, and have been trying to get pics.  Leia is a 6 month old Doberman/Husky mix (pending DNA confirmation).   In many ways puppies are much harder to take pics of […]

Made it out with Erik for a little Fly Only fishing. We scouted for 4 hours and didn’t really see anything. Towards the end of our trip I noticed something off in the distance that […]

Yesterday afternoon we went over and registered at New Smyrna Outfitters for the Fishbites tourney. The rules are, take any picture with the bag of soft plastics in it. Well we went out and fished […]

Today was the first day of the 3 day event with ECC/New Smyrna Outfitters.  It was a great start with Erik on his second cast sticking this 10 1/2lber Related posts: “This Is Fly” I […]

Capt. Jon (Shadowcast) gave me a challenge for a Tarpon Fly. To make a realistic Palolo Worm fly pattern. I have been working on this fly for a little while and finally put one together […]