The view from… West Florida (Aug 2013): Jack Attack at Matlacha

Blogging from south-west Florida, Captain Gregg McKee of Wildfly Charters, aka the Pine Island Angler, reports on a little impromptu jack action…

Here’s a couple of shots from late yesterday afternoon at the Matlacha Pass drawbridge.  We were heading out to the Indian Fields to look for tailing redfish when a big school of jacks blew up right in front of us.  My buddy Joe Mahler jumped right up on the bow and landed this golden beauty with his 8-weight and a popper.  It always amazes me how hard a two pound fish like this can fight on a light fly rod.  I could catch these guys all day long.

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