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Welcome to Fly Fishing West Georgia and Beyond. I hope there's plenty of info here to get you excited about some of the world's finest fly fishing. No, that's not hyperbole. West Georgia has some of best fishing anywhere - look around and see what I mean.
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Flog June 17 - It's been busy over the last month, with the shoal bass on the Flint and the big bream and bass at Callaway. The rain has the water in great shape and good fishing should hold even with the hot weather we're getting now. Here's a nice shoalie that John T. expertly pulled out from under the overhanging tree on the Flint last week.
May 5 - On the Flint today with Tarver and Sally from Augusta, GA (via Wyoming). Experienced western trout anglers, they loved the Flint and it's southern-style "green trout".
May 1 & 2 - The big group from NGTO was down this weekend for their annual debacle/fishing trip. Great fun as always with these guys. Here's the orange-est bluegill I've ever seen - look at his back.
Several good bass were landed, and the shellcracker were bedding in skinny water. The one below was 15".
April 29 - I slipped off today to fish the Flint by myself - scouting for Monday and Tuesday trips next week (tough work but someone's gotta do it, right?). Water was still a bit high and off-color, but the fish were there.
April 19 - Fished Callaway with Mark and Kim from NGTO today. We pretty much spanked `em - witness Mark and his infamous counter below. If you can't make out the number, it hit 86 with that big shellcracker, breaking his previous Callaway record. Kim and I caught more than he did ;)
April 16 - Back on the water at Callaway today with my old pal Bill T from Atlanta. Bill was one of my first guiding customers over 10 years ago and it's always a barrel of fun. Today was no exception.........
April 14 - Had to make a quick trip by the fly shop at Callaway today and couldn't resist - walked the banks of a golf course pond early. The little buck bass, along with an occasional bream, were busting the stealth bomber. Then suddenly the popper just disappeared....when I tightened up, this big mama came up rattlin' her gills (of course, only camera I had was the cell phone, but you can get the idea....oink, oink!).
April 11 - Fished the Hooch in Columbus today with Terry and Charlene from Washington state. Hybrid were hard to come by (even though I had caught `en the day before), but we got some skipjack and Charnie even nailed a cat on the fly.
The water on the Hooch is muddy and getting muddier - looks like good only for the cut-baiters for a week or so.
April 4 - Terry S came over today to fish Callaway, along with his pal Lawrence B (visiting from Istanbul). They both wore the fish out, in spite of the rain. Terry capped the day with a nice 8-lb bass that ate the RLD - nice fish!
April 3 - Fished Callaway today with Tim M and his son Brian. We started off early throwing throwing topwaters into a quiet cove, expecting to see some bass and bream in shallow. They were, but then this guy showed up...
I have no idea what that trout was thinking when he bashed the Stealth Bomber as Tim chugged it across the cove (a gaudy fire-tiger version at that), but he showed no hesitation.
April 2 - It's still raining, but certified striper junkie Tom T couldn't resist after hearing I caught a few Monday. He brought Sam C along and we hit the river. We got `em too, once again proving Tom's "if you don't go, you can't catch `em" motto. Sam landing some of everything (shoal, white, striped & hybrid bass, plus a crappie for good measure). Tom got just hybrid and stripe, including this near-perfect specimen of a small stripe.
March 30 - With 3" of rain last week, we are getting some heavy flow on the river below West Point. And it's the strong current that's turns the fish on down here. In spite of a very heavy stain, I was able to catch a few.
March 23 - Finally got into a few of the striped fish up above West Point this week. They were still scattered and the main run is still a week or two away. But it sure was nice to be bending up the 9 wt again.
January & February - I got a call from a friend today checking to see if I was still alive - he'd noticed the absence of any new fishing reports here and figured I'd croaked or something. Not the case - just been very busy traveling, fishing trout at Callaway, plus 3 regional shows for TFO. Fishing has been fine at Callaway, with plenty of big trout.
Archived Reports
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Fly Fishing West Georgia on Podcast at the Itinerant Angler
It's time to fish the Flint. The water levels are coming down and it's getting better by the day.
Support the new Flint River Riverkeeper
For more information, contact Georgia River Network.
Above, canoeists and kayakers negotiate the shoals of the Flint River above Sprewell Bluff during Paddle Georgia 2008. I was on the river with a couple of anglers that day as the first paddler came through. He slowed and we talked a couple of minutes. He'd never been on the Flint before but said it was "the most beautiful river I've ever seen."
Not only did this heron swallow that trout whole, but then he immediately flew off across the lake.
Benjamin Edmonds - future fly rodder, for sure!
In October of 2007 I signed on as the SE rep for Temple Fork Outfitters ( and a number of other fine tackle companies). I've been on the TFO guide program for several years and have become a huge fan of the company and its products - this was just too great an opportunity to pass up. But I'm still guiding on a regular basis, so give me a call and let's go fish.
The Stealth Bomber is my favorite topwater bug for bass. This video talks about its design, and then the last 1:50 shows it in action. You can also see the Stealth tying instructions and the feedback from some other users.
The Flint River Chapter of Trout Unlimited
"The Most Un-Appreciated Fly Cast"
43-pound Chattahoochee striper
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