Originally Posted by
flyguy66
Sully, Steve's absolutely right based on my experience. I haven't even done a ton of saltwater fly fishing. But I've been able to catch fish wading, kayaking, and from a flats boat just fine all inside of 60' in all sorts of conditions. That whole 100' cast machismo BS is just that. I was talking to a FL guide last year who said that about Snook fishing around docks from a boat regarding a 70' cast. I told him that if he couldn't get a boat a lot closer than 70' to feeding Snook without spooking them then he needed to learn how to handle a fishing boat. The reality is that if you hook a big Snook near cover w/70' of fly line out, you're pretty near screwed already. So some of these guys just really like the sound of their own voices and think that by BS'ing folks into thinking they're "all that" they are somehow attracting more business. In fact, they're shooting themselves in the foot because of two examples now found right here in this thread. First, you probably have hesitated to fish down there when you've been in the past because of what that guy said instead of calling him up and booking a trip, which was the reason he appeared on the show in the first place. Second, I would never book a trip with that guy who lacks the confidence in his own boating skills to haul a fly fishing client that can't cast accurately and consistently 70' (even though I can easily do that).
Finding a good guide is the key to success in saltwater fly fishing...until you've learned a lot about how to do it. And you've heard the names and seen pics of three of them on the 2 redfish threads here.