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TFO BVK Follow up

April 5, 2012
Fishing, Fly Fishing, Retail
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A while back I mentioned I broke a TFO BVK while fishing, I just wanted to follow up on my dealings with TFO. I gave them a call soon after that trip in February and explained what happened. I don’t recall who it was I spoke with, but he was very understanding and offered a replacement, any model I wished. He recommended either the Axiom or the TiCr X though as opposed to another BVK. I went with the Axiom because it was not as fast an action as the TiCr X, I’m used to a medium action.

I finally put it through it’s paces on Sunday and I do believe it is a better rod for me in the kayak. The BVK is a great rod, very light, but it has no lifting power. I needed a rod with a backbone to land reds in a kayak. The Axiom handled the job well. It is a really good looking rod too with some nice components. It casts very smoothly when I’m not flailing away with excitement. TFO was a pleasure to deal with, you can’t beat their warranty program.They are definitely worth looking at if you’re in the market for a new rod that is not going to break the bank.

Foolish Redfish

April 3, 2012
Fishing, Fly Fishing, Kayak Fishing, Saltwater
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I awoke on Sunday to the same beautiful weather we had on Saturday for the tournament, so it wasn’t too hard to do it all over again. This time I hit some favorite redfish flats with fly rod in hand. It took awhile to find the fish, in fact I didn’t catch anything for a couple hours, seeing very few fish. It can be like that with sight fishing, so I wasn’t deterred. I finally came to a leeward bank that was holding reds and it was on. I caught 9-10 in short time and threw in a black drum and gar to boot. All taken on the same fly, a gold crab fly, I’m not quite sure the name of the pattern, but I’ll post up a pic below.

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It is always a special treat to catch a leopard red, which is a redfish with more than two spots. Sunday I caught one with 5 spots, I think the most ever I’ve caught was 10, though I have personally seen one with over 20 spots. They are very cool to see. Even rarer, at least in my mind, is landing a redfish without any spots. I’ve caught one or two before and did it again on Sunday. Also cool, but they just seem naked to me when they don’t have any spots.

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I’ve got some video to edit down, look for that tomorrow.