KATHY'S FANCY STITCHING NEWS



Postings and ponderings of a quilting and knitting addict!





Sunday, September 18, 2011

Bitten By The “Bug”

Guess where we went this weekend?  Here are a few picture clues…103_0254

It involved…      Marshes.

103_0252

Kayaks.

103_0251

Seashells.

103_0244

The beach.  We made a trip to Lake Charles, LA.  Our main goal was to go marsh fishing in the kayaks.  We went just south of Hackberry, LA  to fish the marshes.

103_0260

We caught a few speckled trout.  Guess who caught the BIG one?

103_0240

It was 23” long, and weighed 4 lbs. 1 oz.  That is a REALLY nice spec!!  And then there is always the story of the “one that got away”… I lost another one just a little smaller than this one at the boat.  RATS!!  (Actually, I caught 4 of the 5 fish.  I love it when I manage to out-fish DH.)  It was too windy for fly fishing so we used casting rigs. 

After fishing we drove a few miles further to Holly Beach, LA.  This entire town was wiped out by hurricane Rita a few years ago.  NOTHING was left.  All buildings were completely leveled.

103_0245

It is slowly being rebuilt.  There are now about 30 or so beach houses that have been restored.

Saturday we went to the Contraband Fly Casters Fly Fishing Expo in Moss Bluff.  I had an opportunity for some fly casting coaching.  We both bid on boxes of flies at a silent auction, and came home with 100 new flies to add to our collection.  103_0268

It was amazing to see the many different patterns the fly tiers could create! 

103_0266 103_0267    103_0265

I’ve been bitten by the “bug”.  I think I see fly tying in my near future.  DH has all tools and supplies needed, so it will just be a matter of sitting down long enough to figure this out.  Realistically, this will be an after-Christmas-quilting-rush hobby.

And of course we ate good!  Fried oysters and shrimp, then sautéed speckled trout.  YUMMO!

It was so much fun, we plan on doing the marsh fishing again very soon.

KAT

3 comments:

  1. What a great adventure!

    Congratulations on catching the largest fish.

    ReplyDelete
  2. beautiful fish and pictures... as you can see I am leaving this anonymously again. Yuk.

    ReplyDelete
  3. What a fun fun post. Hooray for you and the BIGGEST ONE!

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for visiting! I love comments... so thanks for taking the time to leave one.

Related Posts with Thumbnails