How to Dry your Kayak Shoes in the Winter by Darrell Olson | May 11, 2020 | Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, InstructionalHow many winter fishing trips do you do? For me I try to get away for some trips over a weekend further south then Charleston, South Carolina in the winter time. This is usually calls for a trip someplace in Florida. I will tell you that sometimes these trips are not...
How to Tie The Grey Fred Fly by Darrell Olson | Apr 23, 2020 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fly Fishing, Kilroy HD, MayflyLet’s talk about how to tie the Grey Fred Fly. Peter Loevendahl from Denmark created the Grey Fred to target the Danish sea trout. It is a killer baitfish pattern for coastal environments so this fly should be a must have in your fly box for speckled trout,...
How to Tie The Wooly Bugger Fly by Darrell Olson | Apr 7, 2020 | Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fly Fishing, JAdventures Main Banner, MayflyThe history of the Wooly Bugger fly dates back to the late 1960s. Credited for the design of the fly is Russell Blessing from Pennsylvania. The fly was designed to represent a hellgrammite. There is a possibly that the Wooly Bugger evolved from the Wooly Worm fly...
Trout Management | Delayed Harvest by Darrell Olson | Mar 26, 2020 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fly Fishing, MayflyI just recently started to participate in Project Healing Waters here in Charleston, SC. They meet twice a month on a regular basis tying flies; except when winter arrives the volunteers of the group will help the Veterans on building a fly rod. When rod building...
Fly Fishing from the Liska by Darrell Olson | Oct 6, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Reports, Fishing Subjects, Internationalisation, LiskaThe Jackson Liska is a great kayak for the all around angler. Not only is it a great kayak for the angler that uses a casting rod setup or a spinning rod but the Liska is also a fly fishing capable platform. There are a few obstacles on the kayak that might cause some...
SideVison on the Jackson Liska by Darrell Olson | Sep 14, 2019 | Fishing, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Liska, Rigging, Saltwater, Saltwater FishingI enjoy my Jackson Liska fishing kayak. I have installed a Raymarine Dragonfly on a Liska that I keep up in the northern woods of New Hampshire and had to get another Liska for my home base of Charleston, SC. Since I had installed the Raymarine Element on my Jackson...
Swamp Fox by Darrell Olson | Sep 6, 2019 | Fishing, Liska, MayflyA group from the Lowcountry Kayak Anglers decided to do a float and fishing day trip down the Lynches River from Lynches River Country Park for roughly 5 miles to the Highway 52 boat ramp. Starting at the park the Lynches River is considered a South Carolina...
Raymarine Element Installation – FF Part II by Darrell Olson | Jul 26, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, InstructionalI had the installed the Raymarine Dragonfly on the Big Rig HD/FD but then I decided to change out the Dragonfly for the new Raymarine Element. The concept of the addition of sidevision and 3D vision had me interested in the application of these new tools for both...
Fish Finder Installation – Part I by Darrell Olson | May 3, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, InstructionalThe Big Rig HDFD provides several new challenges to the installation of a fish finder for the kayak angler. The main one is the transducer scupper hole; as it is incorporated part with the HDFD module and with the Big Rig. Another challenge is the routing of the...
Assembly of the Malone Micro-Sport Trailer by Darrell Olson | Mar 30, 2019 | FishingThis is going to be a great year for me and my fishing buddies that don’t own a kayak. Last year I changed up my paddling kayaks to the Jackson Coosa FD. It was not too bad to load this kayak into the bed of my truck. So this year I opted to fish from the Jackson HDFD...
My Reason for a Light Weight Kayak by Darrell Olson | Dec 18, 2018 | Fishing, LiskaI love my Coosa FD but at times the weight of this kayak does not allow me to launch at areas that are not very friendly for a heavy kayak. These areas either require me to drag the kayak over rocks, oyster beds, over a sea wall, or some type of portage to get into a...
Eighty-Four Hours on the Jackson Liska by Darrell Olson | Sep 29, 2018 | Fishing, Liska, MayflyTraveling from Charleston, SC to Conway, NH I took along the Jackson Liska to fish from on Conway Lake in the scenic Mount Washington Valley. Conway Lake is roughly 1,300 acres with a maximum depth of 45 feet and is part of the Saco River watershed. I love the two...