Here’s a scenario: You lay a beautiful cast in front of a cruising fish (snook, striper, cobia – the species doesn’t particularly matter). Your fly lands in front of the fish, and as you strip once, then twice, the fish lights up and engulfs your fly. You strip-strike (the sure fire way to sink a…
Month: January 2017
Redington Behemoth Fly Reel
After seeing a few demo videos and doing a little research, I was able to get my hands on Redington’s new fly reel, the Behemoth. It’s a really unusual offering in the big-game fly reel market, with looks straight from a science-fiction movie, and a price point (around ~$100) far below similar reels. How? This reel is die-cast – something that…
Chesapeake Cobia and Fly Design: What fly pattern works best?
I did not have a good year sight casting for cobia. Over four days in July and August, I hunted these fish, armed with my 10 weight and a number of hand-tied flies. I found small fish (24″-30″) on two of those days, and in those cases, I either could not get sighted fish to eat,…
