Snook are very similiar to trout. Last night I showed up to my favorite light on the canal and there they were. Laying there in the current, I could see 3 good size snook. I roll casted my crazy charlie into the darker section of the water and literally nymphed it through the current. Then, like a lightning bolt, one of the snook darted for my fly. He had it. Yup, I was in heaven. My line was screaming out and I was not letting this fish snap me off. I let him take some line and boy was I surprised, this fish was full of life and he was just screaming through the water. I eased him up to the side of the coral and landed him. One quick snapshop and he was back amongst his comrads. Though I have only been fishing for these wiley little buggers for a couple of nights, I have learned a little about their nature. They will attack anything that comes into their personal space and will chase it down, but they are clever and they can easily spot a flaw in their prey. You get a few casts to these fish, if that, and if they don’t take it – you gotta give that spot a rest and let the fish settle. 10 minutes or so and you get another go at ’em. Strange enough, during my snooking efforts, I had a few instances when I saw large schools of silver fish darting frantically at my fly. I thought they were Jacks, because when one of them took my fly he felt like a ton of bricks. Much to my surprise, I landed the fish and it was a decent size blue fish. What a blast this has been. I won’t even get into our flyfishing adventure down Alligator Alley, I will leave that wild story for Joe.
Book
- Alaska
- Guide & Fisherman
- Guiding: Choosing Your Guide And Choosing Your Customer
- Guiding: Do It Yourself With A Guide
- Guiding: Evolution Of A Guide
- Guiding: Freshwater, More Than Meets The Eye
- Guiding: Friends For Life
- Guiding: Know Where You Are
- Guiding: More Than Just A Fisherman
- Guiding: Mystery Of The Fisherman
- Guiding: Payment
- Guiding: Saltwater, A Different World
- Rough Fish
- Fly Fishing For Rough Fish: Why Do It?
- Introduced Rough Fish: The Carps & Other Invasive Species
- Methodology: Gear & Tactics For Pursuing Roughfish On A Fly
- More Roughfish: Bullheads, Whitefish, Goldeye, Burbot & Drum
- Rough Fish Environments: Where To Look For Rough Fish?
- Rough Fish Species: The Suckers
- Rough fish: A Lifetime Of Learning
- Rough Fish: Fishing For Dinosaurs (Gars & Bowfin)
- Rough Fish: What Are They?
- The Hook: Some Common Rough Fish Fly Patterns
- Spey
- Spey: Applications, Where Can You Do It?
- Spey: Atlantic Salmon, A Significant Fish
- Spey: Defined And Demystified
- Spey: Gear, The Nuts And Bolts
- Spey: Lines, They Are That Important
- Spey: Steelhead, New Traditions & A Modern Movement
- Spey: The Energy
- Spey: The Flies
- Spey: The Swing
- Spey: Two Critical Casts
- Striped Bass
- Striped Bass: Fishing Rocky Shorelines
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Beaches
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Flats
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Reefs
- Striped Bass: Fishing Tidal Rivers
- Striped Bass: Flatwing Swing
- Striped Bass: Fly Line Options & Choices
- Striped Bass: Gear, The Nuts & Bolts
- Striped Bass: Migration Patterns
- Striped Bass: What They Eat
- The Art Of Escape
- Fly Fishing: A Natural Drug
- Fly Fishing: A Validation Of Freedom
- Fly Fishing: Don’t Fight The Current
- Fly Fishing: It Is What It Is
- Fly Fishing: Socialization For Asocial Individuals
- Fly Fishing: The Allure Of The Fish
- Fly Fishing: The Art Of Escape
- Fly Fishing: The Simplicity Of It All
- Fly Fishing: Time Flies
- Fly Fishing: Times You Remember & Try To Forget
Great fish, be right down.