Saltwater Flies of the Southeast and Gulf Coast

Saltwater Flies of the Southeast and Gulf Coast(Amato Publishing 2011)is the sequel to the highly acclaimed and popular Saltwater Flies of the Northeast. This latest project by author, Angelo Peluso covers the geography from the Carolinas to the Texas Gulf Coast. The focus of the book is fly patterns and their development throughout that entire region. The book will present approximately 360 of the best saltwater fly patterns, representing more than 100 fly tiers, captains, guides, club members, shops and outfitters. The list of contributors includes some of the most well known contemporary tiers as well as a number of exceptional amateur artisans. The work is being designed as a functional, comprehensive "bench" resource book of significant saltwater fly patterns developed and used in the Southeast and Gulf Coast for all primary game fish, flats, inshore and offshore. Images of the specific fly patterns have been achieved through high-end professional digital photography. Every effort has been made to portray the flies in a manner that will offer significant differentiation from those images that appear in other fly tying publications. A unique studio set was created to achieve these desired results. The book will also include the unique artwork of a very prominent and talented Florida fish artist. This unique art form has never before been paired with fly patterns. SWFSE&GC will also include a collectoin of informative vignettes and essays. No matter where you fish the flies in this book will help increase your angling effectiveness and efficiency. If you love to fly fish and are intrigued by flies, this volume is destined to be an essential part of your arsenal. Saltwater Flies of the Southeast and Gulf Coast is scheduled for publication mid to late 2011. To a reserve a first edition copy and to receive updates simply send an email to apdotcominfo@aol.com with SWFSE&GC in the subject line. Thank you. AP

Mid-Summer Weekends

Mid-summer weekends are always interesting from a fishing perspective. Anything that can float is usually on the water and the beaches are packed like sardine cans. But amazingly fish are caught; sometimes a lot of fish are caught. Despite intensified angling pressure this past weekend was a prime example. The weekend’s fishing fireworks began for some lucky anglers on Friday fishing in the area of Smith’s Point in thirty feet of water. But from Jones Inlet to Shinnecock a number of persistent fishermen came upon some nice-sized bass on bunker. While most of the bass were caught on meat a number of quality fish were duped by bucktails and deep swimming artificials. Those bunker bass all seem to be in the range of twenty to forty-pounds and there were a solid number of them being caught during daylight hours. Very few fly anglers got into the mix since feathers were the last thing these bass wanted. Most of this activity was in the ocean off the south shore of the Island but quality bass continued to fall on the north shore, especially off structure near deepwater haunts. Areas of strucuture from Eatons Neck out to Herod Shoal all produced bass during the week. Small bluefish are a constant source of light tackle sport around the entire Island with schools of larger fish occasionally popping up. Fluke and porgy fishing remain strong. Adventuresome fly anglers from New Jersey to New England are gearing up for their shots at small bluefin tuna that are beginning to be caught. Very soon other small tunas like Atlantic bonito should begin to appear around the area. With all the available bait and the unseasonable warm weather they just might make an early visit.