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Making a Living on the Flats
By Owen Plair Lately it seems that everyone thinks guiding is the dream job. Every day someone who likes to fish buys a brand new boat, pays for a website, posts fish pictures on Instagram, and calls themselves one of the top guides in the area. They...
Fishing Fast
By Owen Plair There are a lot of situations where fishing fast is the difference in getting an eat or the fish not seeing your fly. Either because the fish is very close to the boat, or moving at an angle where you only get one...
Lowcountry Meets The Louisiana Marsh
By Owen Plair I could see this monster redfish laid up, just waiting for a fly. As a full-time redfish guide in South Carolina, over the years it has been kind of hard for me to justify spending money to travel and fish the Louisiana marsh for...
Flood Tide Redfish
By Owen Plair I ALWAYS TELL MY CLIENTS THAT THE FLOOD TIDES ARE A GIFT, TO ANGLERS, FROM MOTHER NATURE. Targeting tailing redfish on flood tides, from Northern Florida all the way to North Carolina, is one of the most unique opportunities for fly anglers. Something about...
Last Cast Bonefish
Bonefishing, for me, is the purest form of the drug. I’m just returning from the first of three G&G Bonefish Schools in the Bahamas. This trip was more of a reunion than a school, with better than half of the anglers returning for the second or...