Fly Fishing Louisiana Redfish: Notes From A Vanishing Marsh.

Posted under fly fishing reports by Will Benson

Down on the marsh the sun will hang in the afternoon and give the entire landscape a kind of eerie dark orange glow.  It’s beautiful.  There are fires that burn the marsh in the distance and a pile smoldering in the back yard.  Someone adds a burlap sack to the campfire to keep the bugs away while you get a beer.  Things are happening slow because you don’t want to get ahead of yourself.  The barbecue will be ready soon. Relax and let your shoulders down.   Picture the moment you saw the redfish glowing sideways, laying motionless.  Slow…Easy…Cast! 

When the weather gets right and the fishing turns on, the marsh comes to life.  Perfect weather to be filming and fishing for monster redfish.  Just ask Conway Bowman and Jose Wejebe who were hanging down on the bayou last week.  It was quite the scene down on Cappy’s dock in the afternoon when we all got off the water.  Big Bear, Travis and Greg Arnold orchestrated the event and I made some cornbread.

I can’t wait to show all of you this so you can see for yourself what Dave and I have been up to during the last month.  But you’ll have to wait until the Fly Fishing Film Tour to see WorldANGLING’S newest work.  Dave is chopping footage as I’m procrastinating by taking  some time off from trying to write something meaningful about Louisiana for the film.  It doesn’t help that on the monitor right next to me is endless fish porn and Capt. Jeff Legutki is laughing at his own reaction to his first monster red.  I think it’s time to take a break and make myself and sandwich. 

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