Category Archives: Kayak / SUP Fishing

Southern Comfort

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Ed Mitchell

  The Florida fryalator is in high gear. Each and everyday the mercury eclipses 90. Humidity hovers at 70 percent and the big gold orb roars down from the heavens. It can be intense. Blinding light, the air as heavy as a blanket. Then come … Continue reading →

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Jumping a Tarpon at First Light

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Ed Mitchell

Yesterday I got down to the ramp at first light. As I’m dropping the Adios into the drink I spy a fin glide by, 20 feet away. Tarpon. Damn, I pick up the rod and fire a fly. Wham, the … Continue reading →

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Snook on a Fly

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Ed Mitchell

After 30 years chasing striped bass in the New England suds, these southern flats felt a might foreign, my friend. But I’m getting dialed in! Had a very good morning. Hooked 12 snook, landed 11, all on a 6-weight fly rod. The largest … Continue reading →

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Bought a Diablo Adios

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Ed Mitchell

 Bought a Diablo Adios today.  http://www.diablopaddlesports.com/ Crazy craft. A hybrid critter, half SOT kayak, half SUP.  Stability, you ask? In spades my brother. A yard wide. You can stand right up, drift with the wind and fly cast all day long. Gotta love that. … Continue reading →

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