I'm itching to get the kayak back in the water!

I'm itching to get the kayak back in the water! I've got some maintenance to take care of and a few upgrades I'd like to try. What have you done to prep your fishing kayak for the season? Any products you'd recommend or would like to see me try? Let me know!

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Limited Edition Bonafide Kayaks, ICAST 2019

Taking a look at the new limited edition designs of the Bonafide kayaks. I'm partial to the BK-25 and the Tiki, myself! .

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Had a great late afternoon paddle yesterday. No fish caugh, but lots of wildlife observed. . #Kayak #kayaking #kayakflorida #kayakflyfishing #saltwaterflyfishing #PaddleFlorida #paddling #flyfishing #TheSuburbanAngler

Had a great late afternoon paddle yesterday. No fish caught, but lots of wildlife observed.

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Vibe Kayaks and Riverquivers at Blue Ridge Trout Fest 2019

It's a gorgeous day to buy a new Vibe Kayak or a Riverquiver!

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Fishing a little bit!

I couldn't spend time in the Keys without fishing a little bit!

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Paddle Battle on the Halifax 2018

We walked down to the park this morning to check out the first Paddle Battle on the Halifax. A 3- and 6-mile paddle board race in the Halifax River. I still haven't set foot on one of these things yet, so figured I'd hold off on entering until next year...maybe. It would have been a good venue to introduce folks to flyfishing, so there might have to be a Suburban Angler booth next year!

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Tomoka Lagoon

Felt good getting some paddling in yesterday. It had been way too long!!

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Last night's bow view

Last night's bow view was of Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest masonry fort in North America! .

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At least I got a nice sunset paddle in!

Hope you guys did better fishing than I did this weekend! At least I got a nice sunset paddle in!

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"How do you guys transport your kayaks?"

@t0tallydan posed the question this morning "How do you guys transport your kayaks?". This is how I do it, and it works very well!! It helps to be able to hold the kayak over your head for a few minutes to load up!!

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Kayaking Tomoka Lagoon

After getting rained out yesterday and having an identical forecast today, somehow it turned out gorgeous!! So, I spent a few hours in the kayak on the Tomoka Lagoon. .

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Spent a little time looking over the bow this morning.

Spent a little time looking over the bow this morning. No fish yet in the new year, but we'll keep trying.
 

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Maiden Voyage

Found a picture of the maiden voyage in my Equinox kayak up on Lake Lanier!

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Not sure the aluminum is period correct....

Rental canoes at Bulow Plantation State Historic Site. Not sure the aluminum is period correct.....

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Gorgeous Weekend Ahead!

It looks like we've got a gorgeous weekend ahead. We're going to try to get on the water and hopefully fool a fish into eating a fly! Hope to see you out there!!

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Stunningly beautiful evening for paddling the Chattahoochee!!!

Stunningly beautiful evening for paddling the Chattahoochee!!!

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Ready to hit the water!!

Half way to the weekend and I'm ready to hit the water!!

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Spruce Creek Canoe Trail

It was a bit too windy for effective flyfishing today, but we had a fantastic paddle on the Spruce Creek Canoe Trail!!

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TMS Truck Rack Installation

Afternoon Folks,
  I wanted to share with you a bit of video I shot over the weekend. I ordered a very inexpensive truck rack from Amazon last week and I recorded myself installing it on my 2014 Ram 1500. The rack seems to fit great, I had to drill some new holes in the baseplates in order to situate the uprights where I wanted them, but all in all it went together pretty well. It also went together quickly! I only had an hour and a half of video recorded by the time I finished up. The kayak fits very well and it has some great tie down points, too. Its pretty much exactly what I wanted and the price was right! I hope you like the video, let me know if you have any questions.
  Tight Lines,
      -Nick

Winter Is Finally Over!!!

Hey there Folks,

  Thanks for checking in with me.  Now that winter is truly over and another semester of school is coming to a close, I can focus on the really important things in life...FLY FISHING!!!!  I'm afraid I haven't done much of anything fishing related in quite some time.  Last weekend it was finally warm enough to put the kayak on the water in Lake Lanier, so look for some pictures below.  I tried to stay abreast of what's going on in the industry, but since I live in the south, there is no steelhead run, no monster pike or musky and I don't own a decent pair of winter weight waders any more.  But, it's warming up, we're back into the 80s some and I'll be able to wet wade the mountain streams very soon.  So definitely keep checking back, because I plan on getting the blog up and running again in a big way this summer.  I'm still working on a post that covers the water access laws for the state of Georgia, so look for that soon.  Plus, I've noticed that with all the wonderful fly tying instructions that are on the web, in books and in magazines very few of them actually tell you how to fish the fly once it's tied, so, I've begun trying to track down that kind of information.  I'm still fishing my 6' 2-weight TFO rod, and still absolutely love it, but I've decided I'd like to get something bigger.  Not necessarily heavier, I love fishing an ultralight rod, but for casting out of the kayak on the lake I want to find an 8' or 9' rod.  I've got a very tight budget on that, so I'll try to keep updating my research progress here.  I've also been doing some research on Crappie and Bluegill.  Since I do most of my fishing in the lake and don't get up to the mountain streams as often as I'd like, I figure I need to get a better understanding of the fish that I'm catching more often.  Many flies that work on trout also work on panfish, but I'm pretty sure I could find some better flies that will target the lake slabs, and not just poppers, either!  

  I hope you all had a tolerable winter and are looking as forward to getting on the water as I am.  Thanks again for checking in and please keep coming back!

  Tight Lines,

   -Nick

If you follow me on Instagram you might've seen that I won a 3 month subscription to PostFly Box Co.  This was my first shipment.  Very nice looking flies!

  

Our first nice evening on the deck.  Enjoyed a pipe, had a Shiner Farmhouse Ale and added my PostFly Box Co. flies to my boxes.

First day on Lake Lanier this season.

This is the first and largest fish I took last weekend.  I'm pretty sure this is a male Bluegill, he took a black ant fly as soon as it smacked the water.  Hard hit and a great fight. Can anyone confirm or correct on species for me?