jjw89
Member
Hey everyone,
This is a post born of countless hours of walking the beaches throwing flies in every condition at every time of day with a multitude of flies during every phase of the tide, mainly utter frustration at being skunked so thoroughly.
I dont have a boat and this is pretty much my only option. Im out of Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, GA. I mainly fish Tybee island but on a whim took a weekend to Jacksonville and broke my 2 month skunk streak by throwing a gurgler in the twilight during a rising tide and nailed some hefty trout and one pompano. With the exception of fishing under a dock light at night(pretty much cheating) thats been it.
I have two set ups; a clear 9 wt intermediate line with usually a six foot tippet and if im feeling frisky ill throw on a shock tippet of 50lb mono and a 9 wt floating line. Ive thrown clousers in every cooler, gurglers, deceivers, seaducers, surf candies, shrimp and crab patterns.
My question is what in the world is the x factor here that im missing? My only conclusion is that its my retrieve. I've tired fishing low and slow, dead drifting, moderate and fast retrievals. Im close to my wits end, if anyone with any experience fishing in the surf especially anywhere REMOTELY close to here could weigh in on this I would be beyond thankful. Appreciate the help everyone. J.
This is a post born of countless hours of walking the beaches throwing flies in every condition at every time of day with a multitude of flies during every phase of the tide, mainly utter frustration at being skunked so thoroughly.
I dont have a boat and this is pretty much my only option. Im out of Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, GA. I mainly fish Tybee island but on a whim took a weekend to Jacksonville and broke my 2 month skunk streak by throwing a gurgler in the twilight during a rising tide and nailed some hefty trout and one pompano. With the exception of fishing under a dock light at night(pretty much cheating) thats been it.
I have two set ups; a clear 9 wt intermediate line with usually a six foot tippet and if im feeling frisky ill throw on a shock tippet of 50lb mono and a 9 wt floating line. Ive thrown clousers in every cooler, gurglers, deceivers, seaducers, surf candies, shrimp and crab patterns.
My question is what in the world is the x factor here that im missing? My only conclusion is that its my retrieve. I've tired fishing low and slow, dead drifting, moderate and fast retrievals. Im close to my wits end, if anyone with any experience fishing in the surf especially anywhere REMOTELY close to here could weigh in on this I would be beyond thankful. Appreciate the help everyone. J.