Fly and Light Tackle Adventures: Topsail, Bald Head, Carolina Beach, and Southport

  After an endless procession of backdoor cold fronts, coastal lows, and enumerable days spent at the tying bench in a effort to retain what sanity  Old Man Winter hadn't so coldly  attempted to pry from my soul, it's here!  With the first tailing tides of the year come the promise of what I live to witness... Redfish once again doing their thing high in the Spartina Marsh.  Tails waving skyward as hungry fish dine on emerging Fiddler Crabs, Marsh Hens cackling, and a Cape Fear Sunset painting the green tips of newly sprouted Spartina with a golden hue. It's why I make my daily pilgramage to this marsh Mecca. Regular shots at tailing Reds are occurring mainly on the afternoon flood tides this month through May. As we transition into Summer, the morning spring tides will offer plenty of chances as well. The weather and the fish are here... so give a shout whenever you want to experience the true Cape Fear! - Capt. Todd Streeter