Today
was fly fishing only with Ryan. It was a week after the full moon but you
wouldn’t think so. The fish that we did find were acting really really kooky.
The ocean was a still a little lumpy from the windy day before but calm enough
to take somewhat of a gamble and make a long run. We were up in Stuart and were
hoping to see some leftover Spanish Mackerel, left over Spinner Sharks and the
Jack Crevalles which should be schooled up this time of the year. Well the fish
that we did find were nothing spectacular and were behaving extremely weird.
The Spanish Mackerel would not come into the chum and the Sharks were also acting
somewhat disinterested in the fly. Persistence paid off by Ryan landing a
decent side shark on fly. This was the weirdest bite I have ever had on the fly
and then the shark didn’t even run into the backing, something that has never
happened to me. Even small sharks get you well into the backing, this was a
good 70+ lb shark and didn’t run very far at all, too bizarre. With the 14wt
fly rod Ryan worked the shark to the boat in about 10 minutes and we were able
to remove the fly and release the shark. Truly the weirdest shark catch on fly
I’ve seen, but I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised as the other fish were not
behaving as they should either. Ryan did manage to get a Spanish Mackerel and
Blue Runner to finally eat the fly. On the way back we only saw one school of
30 lb Jacks that were moving fast and did not eat the fly. As goofy as the fish were behaving at the end
of the trip though Ryan had caught his biggest fish on fly by a long ways, so I
suppose we cannot complain too much about that.
