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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Knowing that our schedules were going to becoming harder to mesh, with Gary starting to teach classes and me getting busier with the fall fishing heating up, we had to work extra hard just to get a couple of hours one afternoon to go throw the fly around and try to catch a redfish. Catching [...]
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Chapter 11: Hal Abrams and the Galloping Marlin
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Skipper Hal Abrams out of Wrightsville both lost and won the biggest fish fight of his career.
Several years ago Hal’s boat, the Pelican, was in the stream marlin hunting with a party of gung ho paratroopers out of Fort Bragg’s famous 82nd Airborne Division aboard. They’re tough like steel and would rather run than walk. [...]
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Road To Redfish – Fly Fishing With Good Catching
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
The redfish are in the shallows. These fish have been cooperating nicely in and around the area lately, and this suits me just fine. I have been fortunate enough to find the fish for a handful of clients these past weeks, including two fly-fishermen (on separate trips) that were each experienced. Although very different in [...]
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Road To Redfish – Line Control
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
The afternoon that Gary Hurley and I picked to get out on the water and spend some time fly fishing (plenty of fishing but not much catching) presented a few of the usual obstacles one might encounter on any fly fishing trip: wind, the angle of the sun, tides, and the behavior of the fish [...]
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Chapter 6: Dan Holt – Surf Fishing Pioneer
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Dan Holt was the starting point for a whole new brand of surf fishing in the Carolina Beach area, and many have become his disciples in the thirty years of his experimentation with artificial baits and the use of ultra light tackle in angling for salt water game fish.
The story starts in 1940 when Dan [...]