A great friend, client and former boat builder Steve Cone brought his 2 boys down from Wilmington NC. His sons James Allen 10 and Steven 13 were so fun to watch fish. Steven which is 13 years old can cast a fly with the best of adults and caught 1 nice redfish and managed to break off 2 others and have the hook putt on 3 more as the day went on. He did a great job in landing his first redfish on fly. James Allen at 10 can cast around 30 feet with an 8wt. He has a perfect cast and will soon have the strength and knowledge to be deadly on the water. He had 2 fish eat and lost both one due to the captain.(oops) This trip was the high light on my 2007 year and it reminds me that fly casting is so simple a 10 year old can do it with a little practice. This was New Years Eve.
On New Year’s Day the winds were forecast to gust to 30. We met at 8am and I was prepared to do battle with the boys and their dad. Loaded with 3 quarts of live shrimp and spinning rods we headed off into the windy morning to a small creek where we should be out of the wind. As we arrived the first rod in the water was slammed and a redfish about 17 inches fought his way to the boat. To make a long story short 10 hours went by in no time as we managed 20+ redfish and about 30 trout. What a day and what a way to start the New Year. The 2 days the boys and Steve Sr. spent with me were great fun I don’t get many kids there age fly fishing on the skiff and it really brought back memories of me and my day some 20+ years ago.
