To say the least we have been busting some nice reds around town. The other day my customer and I were idling up a creek getting ready for some tailing red fishing and what do ya know, Tarpon rolling and busting mullet in the grass. We set up and had a few shots but missed the shot of the day with a 70-80lbs fish cruising on the surface and chasing bait behind the boat. By the the time I spun around the fish had worked his way further down the creek and then was gone. We didn’t hook up, but things were exciting for a while. Seems as though a bunch of fish have slid in shore to feed hard on mullet getting ready for the big move south. I was looking at the advertised guides on google the other day and not one of them are set up for fly fishing very well, big bay boats are not going to cut it on spooky shallow water reds. As a customer you need to find out what kind of boat the guide is using and how many fly fishing trips they run. Don’t get fooled by a bait fishing guide that is trying to make some money taking people fly fishing. You will fly fish for a few minutes and then be told the tides are not right and end up bait fishing.
Tag: Tybee Fly Fishing
Hilton Head Fly Fishing
After a few tough days of fly fishing the past 2 days have really come together. The low tides have been tough some days due to the wind, but is spring. The high Tide on the other hand has started to pay off big time. We have seen some Bull reds in some very shallow water. Only getting a shot at one fish around 25lbs the wind came up and that was all done. But they are there and now I can start planning some trips around them. I have been guiding full time now for 12 years and today may have been one of the most fun days I can remember fishing for reds. After having such a cold winter nothing says spring better than fish tailing in the grass. ( I thought it would never come) I am still getting good reports on stripers although they have beaten more than I have beaten them. There have been some fish in the back river and around Port Wentworth. Havn’t heard to much on the trout but I would suspect it may be slow again till fall. I saw plenty of dead trout again this winter, so try and release the big females and maybe we can get them back in the mix, and in numbers. IF THIS PAGE COMES UP PLEASE CLICK HOME