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Wade or kayak, while fly
fishing our pristine salt marsh
creeks and flats for flounder,
speckled trout or tailing redfish,
locally called spot tail bass.
Enjoy the beauty of the flats and
the salt marsh creeks with an
experienced guide and fly fisherman,
while seeing many of our local birds
and wildlife. We will either
wade the flats on extreme high tide
and sight fish for tailing redfish
or use a kayak around low tide to
access the salt marsh creeks for
flounder, speckled trout and redfish
in the oyster flats adjacent to the
flats.
The redfish come on the flats
during extreme high tides to feed on
the many fiddler and blue crabs that
inhabit the marsh. The effect
of the new and full moon create
extremely high tides, about 6-8 days
each month from late May thru early
November. During the warmer
months of the year this presents and
excellent opportunity for the
redfish to feast on the crabs.
Our salt marsh has varying tide
fluctuations so we can move from one
area to another during the rising
tides and fish for about 3 – 4
hours, depending on tidal conditions
and wind. This experience is
as much like hunting as it is like
fishing, we will wade the flats
until we see a fish tailing and then
set up and cast to the redfish with
crab like patterns. It’s a
great experience and one that any
fly fisherman will enjoy.
When the tide is not extremely
high we will use a kayak during low
tide to access the salt marsh creeks
and oyster sloughs near the flats.
We will fly fish for flounder,
speckled trout as well as redfish.
Ever thought of catching a flounder
on a fly rod, it’s quite an
experience.
We are able to access areas
that are not available to boaters
due to the shallow waters on some of
the flats. Due to the nature
of this fishing only a maximum of 2
anglers per trip are allowed.
Early morning and late evening is
normally better fishing than mid
day. Windy conditions can have
a serious effect on tides and the
ability to sight cast to tailing
redfish.
Our guide is Capt. Steve
Thomas (USCG Licensed) who is an
experienced fisherman, having
recently worked in
Alaska
for 5 years as a fly fishing guide.
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A 17,500 acre
research reserve, Hobcaw Barony is
one of the few undeveloped tracts on
the Waccamaw Neck. The Native
American called it “Hobcaw,” meaning
land between the waters. In
1718, the land was granted as a
barony to English royalty.
Sold and subdivided into plantations
extending from the river to the sea,
Hobcaw Barony was part of the great
rice empire until the turn of the 20th
century
Hobcaw Barony is
located on Highway 17, 1 mile north
of Georgetown and 35 mile south of
Myrtle Beach.
(click here for directions)
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