Typically, the species that Phillips has sought with light spinning tackle and I’ve sought with an Orvis six-weight have been exotics in the expansive southeastern Florida canal system. And back home in Texas, I’ve caught a few nice stripers, a couple of good redfish on the coast, and an 8.4-pound largemouth.
“I caught a 29 ½ inch bull trout once in British Columbia. Patrick Smith powers up as he heads offshore for some fly rod action and some spin fishing to catch the necessary ingredients for a shark chum line later in the day. “What’s the biggest fish you’ve ever caught on a fly rod?” he queried as he whirled and threw the cast net in a perfect arc, the umbrella collapsing on a key ingredient for the day’s adventure, just as the Garmin Panoptix Livescope showed the school of baitfish below in a mix of orange and yellow hues against the black screen.
Patrick Smith stood on the casting deck of his Carolina Skiff runabout and gathered his wits for another toss of the cast net, ignoring the rumble of a delivery truck rolling by on the southeastern Florida causeway overhead.Īs the owner of Swamp to Sea Adventures Guide Service in Palm Beach County, Fla., Smith is a fly fishing and light tackle guide in the inshore and canal waters near Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale, places where species as diverse as largemouth bass, clown knifefish, jack crevalle, tarpon and snook all lurk. In the blush of a colorful southeastern Atlantic dawn, Capt.
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