Fly Fishing Species 2023

[BilletHead]

59 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

             

 

 

[Ham]

You will be known by the company you keep. 

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, Ham said:

You will be known by the company you keep. 

                Dynamic duo, men of mystery. Frick and frack.  Will the level head rule or chances be taken. At least he did not let you get eaten by an alligator. 

[Ham]

I feel like I was more alligator aware (paranoid) than he was. There were plenty, but overall I think I saw less than expected. I fished around three gators that I think had learned to steal struggling fish from fishermen. I didn’t lose any fish and Dave didn’t tell me about losing a fish to a gator. 

[Ham]

34) African Jewelfish 

I was looking for Pike Killifish when we found these guys. Super excited to get the first few and grew to hate them as they robbed me of Creasted Goby and a couple more lifers by being Uber aggressive with my natural baits. Dave was smarter than me, but that’s not his fault. At least, I did plan ahead and being really small flies for smaller fish. I did get this other color version on worm also

[Ham]

12 hours ago, BilletHead said:

                Dynamic duo, men of mystery. Frick and frack.  

I got dibs on “Frick”

[FishnDave]

As the unfortunate ladies learned, that held the elevator door open for us at the hotel,.... we were fishermen who absolutely SMELLED of success! 

[Ham]

3 hours ago, FishnDave said:

As the unfortunate ladies learned, that held the elevator door open for us at the hotel,.... we were fishermen who absolutely SMELLED of success! 

I tried to defer to the next elevator, but they insisted 

[FishnDave]

It was a teaching moment.

[Ham]

35) Florida Gar

Like their local cousins, this can be a difficult catch or an unavoidable catch. Moody and difficult to stick. We saw singles and mega groups, but they were most catchable when we were Tarpon fishing with surface flys. It was difficult to determine what was throwing a wake to check out your fly.

they look like Spotted Gar, but they get MUCH larger than Spotted Gar. Chonky Boi. 
i expected to catch 25 or them and I probably set the hook on that many. I landed exactly two. Both of mine were consolation prizes for coming up short in The Tarpon Thunder Dome, but Hey at least I didn’t have to spin the wheel right.