8/3 season wrap-up

Went out on my own with the intentions of doing some more filming on the bay. The reds have been very camera friendly lately on the lower tides, but yesterday they were acting a little different. They were still up on the flats, but not sticking their backs and tails up in the air too much. I was contemplating whether to fish or run back in, and I noticed a wake coming right at my boat, which I had staked out for a minute. I was on the poling platform watching the wake come at me and could tell that it was not bait, but rather a small scholl of reds. As they approached the boat I hopped down and pulled my 6 wt fly rod out from under the gunnels and unhooked the fly. By this time the fish were right at my port side so I literally threw the fly with my hand at the fish. Before I knew it I had a boil and felt my line go tight. A few minutes later I had the fish at the boat. The self timer photos aren't the best this time around.

After I had my rod out, I decided to hop out of the skiff and wade to another fish that was tailing and pushing around as it fed on some minnows. I put a shrimp fly in its face and came tight on him as well.