Any saltwater fly fisherman/angler has redfish on their “species to catch” list. They are such incredible fish. Here in Southeastern North Carolina, we get to see redfish in many different looks. Whether that be tailing redfish in a flood tide or crawling redfish in inches of water completely exposing themselves and even seeing their eyeballs out of the water looking for their next meal. That is more of a summertime behavior (April to November). Then wintertime becomes a whole different look at redfish. They will begin to school up when the water begins to cool off. Many years we will find groups of 50 fish to 100+ fish in a foot of water. Also, when it comes to wintertime water clarity here in Southeastern North Carolina it turns to gin clear. Which will make any sight caster droll. 

My goal here is to make you successful. Giving you the best possible shots to land a fish we can high-five about afterward. I'm not just here to take you fishing but to educate you on my backyard. To help and give tips on how to double haul with tighter loops or to help you optimize your cast and accuracy on light tackle rods. Then to talk about conservation and the steps needed to lead to take to have a flourishing estuary. Not only here in North Carolina but wherever you may live too. BUT! Blow too many shots and the trash talk will begin from the poling platform! All in good fun! Come on out and learn something while catching fish!

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Based in Topsail, North Carolina it gives us a perfect opportunity to capitalize on clean water flats headed South towards Wrightsville Beach or head North towards New River.

We have the opportunity to fish:

Swansboro

New River

Topsail Island

Lea Island

Figure Eight Island

Wrightsville Beach

IT GOES LIKE THIS

When fly fishing in southeastern North Carolina we have many different looks at different types of fish. 

-Redfish

-Speckled Trout 

-Bluefish

-Sharks 

-Bonita-False Albacore

-Jack Crevalle

But our main fish to target is redfish in the flats. We will have flood tide fishing opportunities from April through November. Schooling season starts around December through March. The majority of the fishing is sight casting! Whether we are looking for tails popping up or a crawling redfish in a flat with his eyes completely showing! It will make your knees shake then I will slide you into the perfect position to take the shot. You lay the perfect cast, slide your fly in front of him and he blows up on it! Ripping line out of your hand until he hits your reel! Then it’s on. The fight begins. We tire him out and get him boat side, snap a few pics, get the release, slap a high five, talk about it then go right back to our hunting positions. You’re on the bow and I’m eagle eyeing from the platform. Teamwork makes the dream work! Sometimes it doesn’t always happen like that. Sometimes we blow a shot, or a fly line gets stuck on your shoelace, I hit an oyster rock with my push pole. But we are in the act of hunting and capitalizing on our shots in a shallow water hunt! 

We will also get shots at speckled trout in the flats. They can be a little spooky in the shallows but will eat if we get the correct shot. In the fall and winter, we can see speckled trout staged up on holes and we slide closer minnows through the holes and catch speckled trout. This type of fishing can lead to great numbers of catching. The biggest trout we caught on a fly rod this year 2021 was 5 pounds at 27 inches. That’s a state-recognized fish here in North Carolina. Some years our speckled trout fishing is better than other years. But trout are an awesome game fish on a fly rod!

We will catch Bluefish, Sharks, Bonita, Allies, and Jacks mainly through our warmer months here in North Carolina.