Fishing Report – 02-06-16

Matt joined me for a day of fly fishing. The mission was Spinner Sharks on fly and as usually happens when you have specific plans the weather was not cooperating. The morning started off way windier than predicted but we held onto the hope that the east wind may finally lay down in the afternoon and that the weather forecasters may get it right even be it delayed by ½ a day. We started fishing for Jack Crevalles which were cooperating nicely. Matt must have landed 12 or so with the largest being about 15 lbs. The wind did finally lay down in the afternoon and we ventured out into the still very bumpy ocean. Matt is young and athletic, two things that came in very handy as it was far from calm and fighting large fish on a fly rod in bumpy conditions is challenging. The sharks were super cooperative and just a few minutes into the first drift Matt was hooked up. About 30 minutes later the first shark was released boatside. There was once incident where it looked like Matt was sliding into home plate, luckily he didn’t make it all the way into the water else he may have been sliding onto the shark’s dinner plate. Less than 10 minutes later Matt was hooked up to his second shark and with a little experience under his belt made short order of landing that one too. The day turned out pretty good after the less than encouraging start. A good fly fisherman being able to take advantage of the opportunities that presented themselves had a lot to do with the result. Check out the last photo, fly fishing for flying fish, that’s just ridiculous.

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