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5/14 - This morning I again had the pleasure of fishing with Henry and his father - last year Henry, hiw wife Susan and I put a hurtin' on the flatties and spanish . Well, the weathermen were a bit wrong today. It was nice on the way out but it started building quickly. We had several good strikes early [...]

This April I was privledged enough to add Jones Brothers to my list of sponsors - they custom built me one of their brand new, redesigned 20' Bateaus. The demensions are similar to the old 198 but with some serious upgrades - in addition to having gunnels that are 8" higher than the old model, the boat is 100% composite [...]

I went up to the Roanoke River this past sunday (4/30) to get myself situated and run a few trips before coming back down to the coast to be with family for a couple of days. 5/1 - Today I took out Bill and Rich - decicated fly anglers - to find the bite. Well, it was a chilly morning [...]

This morning I fished with Dave - and we were lucky to get a big enough window of weather to get out and chase the little speedsters. Dave had caught Bonito before off the coast of Japan - and he told me that they are much the same over there...an elusive, seasonal fish completely dependant upon water temperatures. Really interesting! [...]

The Last week has had some of the best Bonito action that I have ever experienced. Not only has there been large numbers of fish - but the average size has been BIG (our average has been around 7lbs - with many over 8lbs). Mornings and evenings - it's just been RED HOT....and to top it off the weather has [...]

This morning I fish with two really good buds (as it was too rough for most people) - Vernon and Captain Gordon Churchill. We wanted to leave at 0darkThirty but it was a WEE BIT ROUGH to run the inlet in the dark. Well, after surfing the 8 footers in the inlet, we pounded our way out. Once we got [...]