texasfishingforum.com logo
Main Menu
Advertisement
Affiliates
Advertisement
Newest Members
TraeMartin, Power-Pole CS, T-Rigger, JoeGoes, EcKo
119150 Registered Users
Top Posters(All Time)
hopalong 120,579
TexDawg 119,518
Bigbob_FTW 94,889
John175☮ 85,892
Pilothawk 83,260
Bob Davis 81,483
Mark Perry 72,289
Derek 🐝 68,312
JDavis7873 67,416
Forum Statistics
Forums59
Topics1,037,835
Posts13,935,321
Members144,150
Most Online39,925
Dec 30th, 2023
Print Thread
My Birthday Gift #12678381 03/18/18 10:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 16
F
FamilyMan6 Offline OP
Green Horn
OP Offline
Green Horn
F
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 16
My wife surprised me with a trip to New Orleans, leaving Tuesday! She had already booked a day with Shallow South guide service fly fishing for Redfish!
This will be my first flat water fly fishing trip so I thought I'd reach out to y'all for any tips and suggestions - both for fishing and passing a couple days in New Orleans. Must takes? Don't takes? I'll be using the guide's gear. Look forward to hearing any tips!

Re: My Birthday Gift [Re: FamilyMan6] #12686602 03/23/18 11:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 6,816
P
Pot licker Offline
TFF Celebrity
Offline
TFF Celebrity
P
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 6,816
That was nice of her! Any reds?


Texas Elite Angler 🎣
https://www.jiglyf.com
Re: My Birthday Gift [Re: FamilyMan6] #12686862 03/24/18 02:31 AM
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,925
S
smooth move Offline
Extreme Angler
Offline
Extreme Angler
S
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,925
she's a keeper.


es le bon ton roulet
Re: My Birthday Gift [Re: FamilyMan6] #12691707 03/27/18 07:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 16
F
FamilyMan6 Offline OP
Green Horn
OP Offline
Green Horn
F
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 16
Had a great day on the water!!! The fishing was the highlight of the trip. Caught 13 fish. Here are a few pics of some good ones. The guide let me do the pushing for a bit to get the full experience, was able to get him into a good one to finish the day out. It was as good as experience as we could have had. My wife helped reel some in and said she really enjoyed herself as well.




Miles with Shallow South did a great job keeping us on fish. Things I learned this trip are:
Use a neck gaiter tor protect yourself from the sun. My wife didn't want one and she burned. I warned her!
Wear warm clothes for the morning - getting to the fishing spot.
Practice strip setting! I habitually kept raising the rod - cost me a couple fish.

Last edited by FamilyMan6; 03/27/18 07:23 PM.
Re: My Birthday Gift [Re: FamilyMan6] #12705230 04/06/18 05:21 AM
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 6,816
P
Pot licker Offline
TFF Celebrity
Offline
TFF Celebrity
P
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 6,816
Wtg thumb


Texas Elite Angler 🎣
https://www.jiglyf.com
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

© 1998-2022 OUTDOOR SITES NETWORK all rights reserved USA and Worldwide
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.3