Where to fly fish in port aransas
Fishing in Port Aransas! - Fly Fishing the Gulf - McFly Angler Episode 34
previously on McFly angler we went out
in kayak fished a place called shamrock
Cove but we didn't catch anything of
substantial size
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hey guys so the last couple days have
been really tough and I haven't really
caught anything good I talked to the
guys down at Roy's about where it to go
and they recommended the jetties import
a so I'm gonna go try it I didn't think
there would be anything good here but
they said they're catching redfish bull
rats some sea trout but possibly at the
very end some tarpon and jacks that
would be a blast I don't think my eight
wade is gonna be good enough for that
but might as well give it a try I mean
this is my last day to fish gonna get
out there start fishing this was sorta a
Hail Mary move in the way anything I
catch will probably be a pretty
good-sized fish however I knew the
likelihood of catching would be slim
with the fly rod
the win was really bad though and it was
difficult to cast luckily I had this new
red fish line made by Rio and it did
seem to cut through the wind pretty well
check out this beautiful butterfly
trying to just fly in the wind poor
thing
I did start getting a few bites but I
wasn't able to hook that so I moved up a
bit past the waves to see if there were
larger fish a bit deeper
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it turns out that the fish that were
biting for the small needlenose fish I
was hoping for sea trout oh well
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you
this mas was really slippery so I had to
be careful and the waves were coming up
over the rocks and getting me wet then I
realized my camera was in waves reach so
I had to quickly go and move it before
the next wave came
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it was so windy that my camera kept
shaking and getting blurry
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another issue I had was that my line
kept getting caught in the rocks I
really needed to have a stripping basket
for here also I had to check behind me
for people frequently walking up and
down the jetty
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the wind was to my back on this side of
the jetty so it wasn't too difficult to
cast however when I switched to the
other side of the jetty it got really
difficult to cast and I had to double
haul really hard to get the fly out at
all also I had to cast downward because
the fly would fly back at me if I didn't
so I quickly left casting that side and
went back to the other I fished many
spots along the way as I kept getting
closer to the end of the jetty this is a
long jetty which stretches out about a
quarter mile or so out to the ocean
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and my line got stuck once again on the
rocks but this time it was really bad
the waves ended up shooting line under
the rock and it looped up under and
there was no getting it out I didn't
want to just pull really hard and have
the rock shred my line either so I tried
just about everything to get it loose
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but finally a wave came and knocked it
loose how lucky was that but while I was
messing with the line my fly sucked to
the bottom and got stuck as well
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okay so now for a new fly by the way
guys I've really in liking these new
shirts I am selling now as you can see I
have the hood up and the neck gaiter
argued it is a hot and sunny day today
but I am NOT getting burnt at all I do
have a link in the description section
of this video if you want to purchase
some so I decided that I would try the
other side again but check out the wind
and these waves and the rocks were
really slippery from being wet but I
gave it a go anyway
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I kept getting the waves coming up and
over and splashing me and it was making
me nervous that they would knock me off
the jetty so I stopped fishing here
again then I got a call from Johnny that
he was heading out he had to watch his
kid in the morning and ended up meeting
up with me around three o'clock I was
really tired of casting my fly rod into
the wind all day long so I ended up
borrowing his bait caster for a little
bit
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just like I was getting all day long we
kept getting those little needle fish
biting our lures
also all day long I kept seeing these
sea turtles they were everywhere
how cool well we kept trying until about
five o'clock and then started heading
back in he did try a few spots along the
way though I had to head back to San
Antonio to pick up my wife and then head
back to my house in Colorado the next
day I was really frustrated that I
didn't catch any good fish the entire
trip does not like the Gulf I usually
catch it non-stop
however the conditions just were not
right and most of the fish had gone
really deep at least I had a great time
hanging out with my buddy Johnny one of
my longest and closest friends hey
thanks for watching if you like this
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and don't forget to check the
description section for more info about
this trip I would like to give a special
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keep this channel alive I will see you
on the next video
now you go catch some fish
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