Saturday Dec. 4th was the Maverick/Back Country Fly fishing Cup in Vero Beach, FL. The crew at Maverick Boats and The Back Country Fly/Spin shop did a great job putting on this friendly event. I partnered up with long time friend Dominic Agostini, being our 1st time fishing the area(and our 1st time ever fishing a Fly Tournament), Dominic ended up catching the biggest Redfish of the day winning our team a $125 gift certificate to The Back Country. I want to thank everyone who participated and donated prizes for the raffles, it was a fun time meeting great people and can’t wait for the next one in the Spring!
Awards ceremony video courtesy of Scott Deal of Maverick Boats.
After the tournament in Vero, Capt. Honson Lau from Miami followed me to my house in Cocoa Beach with his 18′ Maverick HPX in tow so we could fish the Mosquito Lagoon the next day. As we were making the drive from Cocoa Beach to Mosquito Lagoon the next morning, we actually drove through some gusty winds and rain clouds which kind of bummed us out. A cold front was moving through but we could see some clearing skies behind the front so we proceeded heading north to the Goon. We didn’t have much time to fish but it turned out to be a great day! We had little windows of sunlight in between clouds but those little windows was enough time to spot fish and make the cast and presentations for hungry redfish to devour our flies! We ended up catching 6 redfish on fly and 2 on spin tackle. I’m sure if we had more time and sunlight, we could have easily caught 20-30+ fish. The 18′ Maverick HPX performed really well in the skinny waters of Mosquito Lagoon, it is the perfect all around boat for open water and skinny, and is THE boat to have if you are in the guiding business…don’t be surprised if you see me owning one of these skiffs in the future!
Yesterday Eddie Oliveras invited me to head over to Tampa and fish the Bay with him while he drops off a pushpole at Carbon Marine for Joe to repair. What a good time to start scouting for spots for the Salty Fly tournament in February that Eddie and I have entered. Joe Welbourn runs the company and was nice enough to point us in the right direction considering that neither of us has fished the Tampa Bay area before in our lives. After some quick tips from Joe, we headed to the ramp while he gets to work on Eddies Push Pole. After launching the boat and a short run to spot A, we immediately see tons of big trout on a flat. Eddie Caught 3 nice trout on spin while I was trying to get one to eat a fly but they were not having it. The next spot we hit had a few reds on the shoreline, I end up getting one out of a pair to chase down my fly and crush it right before our eyes. By this time we have lost our sunlight so we decide to check out another spot really quick and blind cast D.O.A. Cals which resulted in me catching 2 more redfish to end the day!!
Mosquito Lagoon sight fishing has been really good lately! I have plenty of dates available. Also, if you like the winter beanie hats that you see in the pictures, contact me if you would like to purchase them. They are all hand made by FAXION Clothing Company(a local clothing company owned and operated by me, myself, and I). Prices range from $10-$20 depending on pattern and material.
Thanks,
-Capt. Willy Le
