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That's awesome to hear! I use a black minnow fly, if you look through my videos, you can see I have a fly tying video showing how to tie this very fly. I will be adding a bunch of my specialty fly patterns to my website soon, where you can go buy the flies directly from me.

Yes sir. Start with the lightest color and work your way to the darkest. That’s how you crate the depth in the pattern. 🤙🏼

We were definitely not prepared for this situation. Originally intended to fish the flats, but the wind and storms had other plans, so we had to seek shelter and stumbled upon all these snook. I normally fish a shorter rod regularly for most of my fishing in canals.

you can, if they're feeding in deeper water. But I personally wouldn't. If I was to have a setup for it I would probably use a sink tip line. But honestly, I've caught thousands of redfish all on floating line, in every scenario possible. I'd say floating line is definitely preferred.

That is definitely true, but a rod can make a huge difference in being able to present the fly where it needs to be, when it needs to be there in order to fool that fish. a skilled angler can pretty much get it done with any fly rod, but having a good rod can really make it easier and more enjoyable.

I’m probably going to drop a new batch of estrada hats next. Likely in January.

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Thank you, we were stoked.

Appreciate it, I had a ton of fun on this trip!

Ever since hurricane ida, the water over here is murky. Rarely does it get clean. This particular day the water was the cleanest I had seen it in a couple years.

Right? lol

hahaha awesome, congratulations. 😂 Thank you for the view!

Very cool! He and I have linked up a few times since then. Cool dude. I actually have a paddle board fly fishing setup video coming soon myself. haha

Sorry I have so many questions 😅

So we stay at PAC (pointe aux chenes). I had been fishing Nautilus for many years, but Abel approached me with the opportunity to work with them. We are about to release an Estrada Art series of fly reels through Abel. We recently released a limited edition reel with the Bonefish Tarpon Trust a couple months ago, which will go on sale in early 2025. Will be shortly followed by the rest of the Estrada Series. The reel I used in this video is the Rove 8/9, but I also have an SDS that will be seen in other videos coming up shortly. Both Abel and Nautilus make premium reels, you really cant go wrong with either. But having the opportunity to partner with a company like Abel is a blessing. They believe in my art, and have an excellent canvas to showcase it. I am STOKED for the partnership.

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That's not true for big fish. I actually fish it a lot slower for big fish and get the 5-7lbers to take the fly better with a slow, but rapid jerk. I move the fly slowly, then twitch the rod tip and it jerks the fly past them, then stops. do that a couple times and they'll actually eat it, eliminating a lot of the short strikes and misses.

if you aint breaking fly rods you aint fishing hard enough.

@@Eric.Estrada LOL. LOL. LOL. FISH ON !

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the videos! Keep that bucket list growing, and I hope you make it happen soon!

Thank you, that was exactly my takeaway from it. I managed to catch some fish on it, it casted well enough to put a bend in it.

Right?

Appreciate it!

Some of it was definitely not fighting the fish properly, but he was using an 8wt Sage Igniter.

@ Wow, I would have guessed 6 wt. he high stocked fish a couple of times and I was expecting the rod to explode.

Thanks 👍

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Definitely a blast! Things got a bit more serious in the next video!

@ 🌴🤔 are you breaking out the 5 wt 👍🏼😄

Most just 5-10 seconds out of the water. The longest were 20-30 seconds, feels like a long time but they swam off strong. if you see the cuts in the video, we put the fish back in the water with the net to situate the boat.

Louisiana

Sure is!

Thanks

It’s an Abel reel on a lamiglas rod. Video coming soon about this setup. Should have 1 or 2 more fishing videos from the Louisiana trip, as well as rod set up video, heron 18 walkthrough video and a few others.

What? What are you trying to say?

You can, that is what is called a "homeboy leader". But they aren't as effective. The taper allows the fly to turn over easily, avoids it landing harshly on the water surface. Some times If I am in a frenzy and there are fish everywhere and I break off I might tie one on. Or for peacock bass where it isn't important.

There’s no place like the Glades!

haha, we used yoyo's and split shots growing up.

Thanks. I have a video where I show how to tie my go to fly for tarpon.

I normally use 25lb Cortland Flouro. Usually works great. But this broke at the 15lb braid.

size 2 B10s Stinger by Gamakatsu.