I could of just used my camera and it would have been as good as catching fish. 1-3 feet of water, even skinnier in some places, flat calm and good light. Oh, and TAILS! Just flopping around as the fish nuzzled the sand. We got out of the boat and stalked the fish like they were bonefish, in fact, it was like we were bonefishing only there so many more stripers than I have ever seen bonefish. Tailing, swimming around. Several times while I was wading, I looked next to me only to see hefty stripers swimming along beside me. But I was focused on the tailing fish. I tried different patterns, although it was clear that sand eels were the primary bait for most of these critters, but tailing fish signaled crabs, so I tied on one of the permit flies that I take to the tropics with me every year, and then move them to my striper fly collection, just in case. Well today was "just in case" POW, one cast with the crab fly and I was hooked up to a nice fish. Yes, the fish were largely in the "schoolies" category, still most of them were between 23-27". Fun on a fly rod, and plus they were swimming next to me as I caught them. My client, a local guy with a huge grin, commented that people travel a long way for this kind of fishing.
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