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Boca Grande, Fl 29 April 2008
Fishing in Boca Grande this week has consisted of morning fishing and
fighting the wind in the afternoon. Strong winds have caused some areas to
become muddy. Finding clean water was the key to our success this
week.
Ray Schwable, of Sarasota and I fished Monday seeking tarpon on the fly
with little success. The few fish we did find were in the back country and
very spooky. Ray did take several nice seatrout on a Clouser minnow.
Jess Jones, of Longboat Key caught pompano, trout and ladyfish in Sarasota
Bay on Tuesday. Jess, an ardent fly fisher, used an Estaz marabou
and Clouser minnows. Terry Russell and his best friend Norman, while
taking an advanced fly casting class on Wednesday and Thursday, managed over 100
fish including jacks, seatrout and ladyfish. Terry missed the best fish of
the trip when he lost a large redfish in Whidden's Creek. Dan Baily of
Boca Grande cast to finicky tarpon on Friday morning having to settle for lots
of large seatrout to 23 inches. Bill Walsh, of Marion, Ma., brought his
son and daughter out Sunday morning in Boca Grande. His daughter Kate
managed the largest fish of the trip, of course.
The tarpon are here, the weather is not. But that is certain to
change by week's end. As soon as the weather breaks, the tarpon will be
abundant. Ron Whitely and I took redfish on Puglisi flies and snook on the
Estaz marabou today, plus a scattering of seatrout. The wind was already
up by the time we quit, but we saw a lot of bait in the bay. This will
make fishing much more active in the next week. So... it is time to go
fishing.
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Pete Greenan, FFF Master Certified Casting Instructor, will hold a fly
fishing for tarpon warm up class Saturday, May 3, from 9:30 to 12:30 in
Sarasota. The class includes individual instruction, all tackle and his
instructional booklet, Tackle, Techniques & Tactics. The
curriculum includes casting 12 wt. rods, line control, the double haul &
shooting line, special knots for tarpon and fly selection. Cost is $95.00,
registration required.
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Peter T. Greenan - Pres. Fl. Council FFF
captpete@floridaflyfishing.com
2416 Parson Ln.
Sarasota, Fl. 34239
www.floridaflyfishing.com
Tel: 941.923.6095
Cell: 941.232.2960
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