Have You Used Up Fishing Yet?
I began fly fishing at about the age of 13 with my grandfather's fly rod, primarily for bluegills and bass in the couple of freshwater ponds I discovered maturing near Satellite Beach, Florida, and continued for a while after relocating to Titusville, mainly at Fox Lake. My rod was a 5 wt. freshwater rod, not truly designed for the seatrout and redfish of the Indian River Lagoon system, though I did manage a few seatrout occasionally using small streamers designed for freshwater rainbow and other types of trout generally associated with cold-water northern and mountain streams. One location I have yet to explore considerably is making use of surface flies, specifically poppers. Absolutely offer poppers an opportunity, especially in low-light conditions or in busting schools. Vary obtains from a pop-pop time out, to ripping the popper through the surface movie. The normal guideline of thumb in top water presentation is to develop simply enough disturbance to draw in fish. You'll...