9/10/06 Tails

Went out again this morning for another big tide of nearly 6.7 feet. Conditions were just as good or better as yesterday morning, only an hour later. We poled up to the edge of the flat as the tide was just beginning to cover it with water and watched as the reds began to move into the submerged grass. It was still skinny, and the fish were crawling around again. Against my better judgement, I opted for the camera this morning rather than starting off throwing casts at the happy fish.I also shot some video footage of the 10 or so reds working the flat. I will be putting that into some edited work along with some additional footage and hopefully be posting that on the site soon.

Eventually, I couldn't take it any longer and picked up the fly rod. I cast at 3 fish before geeting one to eat, and after setting the hook I failed to keep tension on the line and the hook pulled as the fish was making its first run. Bucky cast at a few as well and got some good follows but no eats. We saw some more scattered fish throughout the morning, but the high sun and slack tide had them edgy and less active.