Trash on the Fly

I went back to the site of Apex Trash.  I was hoping for another alligator gar– maybe even a bigger one.  When I got to the spot, there were gar rolling, and I couldn’t see them while they were near the surface long enough to be sure, but, I hoped they were all alligator gar.  After [...]

¡Fabio, a la izquierda! I whispered not three minutes after we bailed off the panga so Pablo could pole the edge for Chad.  [Fabio, to the left!]
This was the first fish of the week, and it was almost too easy– the tailing pod of fish was roaming hungry and it was just a matter of quietly hurrying to [...]

My father-in-law introduced me to wing shooting.  Since my own father didn’t hunt I never tried it when I was younger.  I have always been an outdoorsman, and always been surrounded by people that hunt but never thought I’d get involved in it.  A lot of  people that I took carp fishing would comment that stalking carp has a lot [...]

 
Zach is a fashion beast.  Oh, the fitover-style sunglasses are mine, to be sure– in case of polarization emergencies.  The baseball hat as well.  But only Zach can turn a borrowed hat and a spare t-shirt into serious flats stalking gear.
His fish was also sporting something from the Fall 2008 line:  the Carp Gagger fly.  It’s [...]

The latest version of the Sucker Punch - The One True Carp Fly.
  
 
The new materials list is:
 
Rust thread.
Bead Chain Eyes – large (5/32″), black.
Centipede Legs – Montana Fly Company, Speckled Orange #801, size Mini #0.
Wapsi Life Cycle Peacock Dubbing, Crawdub Burnt Orange Dubbing.
Hot Orange Pheasant Rump.
 
Hooks are awfully personal, but, this one is tied on a [...]