I wanted to know, first-hand, the difference between the Orvis Helios D and F, so I tested both fly rods side by side in ...

That really got me hooked on redfish." Fly fishing enthusiasts are not new to the Lowcountry, but their numbers have exploded in recent years.

Here’s something about fly fishing for redfish in Charleston, SC, that may surprise you—winter in the Lowcountry can be the best time of year to catch redfish. It’s definitely my favorite.

Do it during the day,” said Rosenbohm, 69, who has fished the area his entire life and works at the No Wake Outfitters fly fishing shop in Metairie. “Do it like the regular fishermen do.

Redfish were caught by anglers fishing with Fin & Fly charters in Cocoa Beach Dec. 12, 2021. It created a moratorium on harvest for the next year and longer in half of Florida.

Nothing I’ve ever caught on a fly fights back as hard as a redfish. Once you have experienced redfish in the marsh, it’s tough imagine not going back every year.

"The last couple of years we had to rely so heavily on redfish and drum," Schindler said. "For the last few years we've been redfishing 90% of the time and fishing for trout 10%.

Way too many folks think fly fishing is reserved for trout in mountainous terrain. That's simply a misconception painted by literary works turned into romanticized Hollywood productions.

(And for this audience, let's add to that, a great fly fishing fishery.) But Charleston doesn't just make the top 10; it's been number one for 12 years in a row.

And the wetlands that provided the redfish he loved were falling apart at an alarming rate. Bob Marshall/The Times-PicayuneA retired Marine colonel, Rich Waldner has run Fish With Rich fly-fishing ...

The key when fly fishing out there, Blythe says, is to use heavy sinking fly lines, 450- to 550-grain lines. This heavier line cuts through waves, and helps an angler get tight with the fish for a ...