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Photo Essay Entry – The Long Way Home – by Peter DiNicola

To a diehard fly fisherman, Brevard, North Carolina is on the way home to Charleston from Charlotte airport.  Really.  Never mind that Brevard is over 2 hours from the Airport, in the opposite direction of Charleston.  The way a fisherman sees it, once at the airport, you are 2 hours closer to Brevard, home of [...]

Last Chance – 2012 Photo Essay Contest is Almost Over!

*The winning essays will be announced at the South Eastern Wildlife Expo and posted to the Charleston Angler’s Reel Blog & Facebook page! The judges whom you’ll have to impress are Capt. Peter Brown , renowned Fishing Guide, writer and speaker, Matt Winter, Editor of Post and Courier’s Tidelines Magazine; and Daniel Nussbaum Vice President of Zman Baits. *For more [...]

Photo Essay Entry – The Making of a Fisherwoman – by Suzie Felts

On  September 18th, 2011, I was an ancillary invite on a fishing trip – the turning point for all my thoughts on fishing.  I never liked to fish.  My dad took me bass and bream fishing as a child and I was never excited about it.  I never understood how Robert, my husband, and his friends [...]

Video – Penn Battle Spin Reel

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Charleston January Fishing – by Capt. Geoff Bennett

We left the dock under sunny skies with temperatures nearing 70 degrees and no indication this was a day in January. Patrick wanted to fish for redfish on the flats so we timed the trip to coincide with low tide. Stuck a few fish out of the gates with artificials but they kept coming unbuttoned. [...]

Photo Essay Entry – 22 inch cutthroat on a dry fly – by James McCoy

Hard to describe what was better, catching the 22 inch cutthroat on a dry fly on the Slough Creek in beautiful Yellowstone or the fact that it was bigger than the 20 incher my dad caught the same day. We had a great week, all catch and release , and no close encounters with the [...]

Photo Essay Entry – One Last SC Redfish – by Alex Wall

Brent and Annie came into town this weekend before leaving for California. Brent wanted to catch one last Redfish in SC before they moved across country. Despite the windy conditions we were determined to find some fish. We found a creek sheltered from the wind and set up to fish a couple of docks that [...]

Photo Essay Entry – My Greatest Day Fishing Ever – by Jake Lipovsky

The summer of 2011 was a very strange and interesting journey. I played lacrosse, went to summer camp, helped take care of a foreign exchanged student, roamed Washington D.C., and last but not least went fishing with my dad and friends. Going fishing with my dad was the highlight of my summer. We would go [...]

Video – Soar “A Time With Tarpon”

Soar “A Time With Tarpon” from Suplee Outdoor Films on Vimeo. In 2010 one of the world great fisheries was in jeopardy. After the tragic “BP Deep Water Horizon oil spill”. Many of us didn’t know wether or not the tarpon would return from their annual migration through the Gulf of Mexico. The Spill encompassed [...]

Photo Essay Entry – Braving the cold – by Jonathan Finch

A few years ago I was not one to go, let alone think about going, fly-fishing during the winter months.  I was much too lazy to get off the couch and emerge myself in the freezing weather of Montana.  Then I started college in southern California and found myself missing the cold winter months.  So [...]

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