Snowbirding :-)

Sometimes it’s hard for me to sit down and write, especially when the sun is out and there are snook lurking in my mind. I have been obsessed with redfish and snook for some time now. I have boxes of flies tied, hours of YouTube videos watched, books purchased and read, trips booked and canceled because of weather, and well for a while I thought I might just have an awesome supply of flies that are never going to be fished. But it did happen, many of saltwater trips have happened, tarpon, bonefish, redfish, but still until this week no snook.  

As I sit here in Florida and write you this short story, my mind is at peace (for the moment). 

I have finally held my first snook, caught a redfish on a Roamer, and went tight to a couple nice trout. We came down to relax and get away from the snow, but that was far from what happened. I spent hours in the truck, hours on google earth, hours tying flies, waking up hours before sunrise, and as I write this list, I realize, ha, yup that is relaxing to me. 

There were no trophies caught, but definitely some hero shots taken!

I met up with a good friend who spends his winters down here and he showed me around with a lot of success for less than ideal conditions. When the schedule allowed for it, and I couldn’t meet up with my buddy, I was in a kayak exploring new water. Hoping with each cast to have something besides an oyster shell pull back. 

There is a solid possibility, after my amazing time down here, and my ever-growing urge to explore, that a couple boat companies have been emailed about getting a price quote. (Wide Eyed emoji placed here)

Is relentless fly fishing going to do some wintertime expanding to Florida? Who knows, but I’m already planning my next trip down here.

Happenings Around the Shop

Well the week is almost over, and tomorrow I head out on a 3 day hiking trip, but its been a busy week at the shop for Casey and I. No fishing involved, but hours at the vise... yup lots of those. For whatever reason we decided it was a good time to skip tying all our trout flies of the up and coming season, and well start on some Redfish flies for our trip in September. Yeah I don't know but its been a fun time so far. We have tied over 3 dozen flies and haven't booked a plane tickets, many have come from 2 sites Kyle showed us, Skinny Water Culture  and 239 Flies. So the Plan is that Kyle, Casey, and I, will head down to the gulf side of FL in September, here's what we have so far.

And this is what we are looking for:

Check out Brian's Blog, for the rest of his stories from Florida!

On top of that I want to thank everyone who came out to the State College store, and watched the Fly Fishing Film Tour yesterday. It was a great success, and the turn out was awesome. And besides, there is nothing like having a few beers (and maybe some Bourbon) with your buddies that you don't see very often.

Other than that not much else going on, just getting ready for the Fly Fishing Show in Lancaster. Not doing anything next weekend come on down to the Lancaster convention center and say hi.