Fish Finder Installation on the Kilroy HD

by Darrell Olson | Jun 9, 2020 | Featured Post, Fishbrain Premium Content, Fishing, JAdventures Main Banner, Kilroy, Kilroy HD, YuPIK

I decided to install my Raymarine Element fish finder on my Kilroy HD, so here is the installation process that I decided on. The Kilroy HD is my first sit inside fishing kayak as I have always used a sit on top kayak. As most sit on top kayaks have a transducer...

How-to do an Anchor Trolley Install on a Kayak

by Darrell Olson | Jun 1, 2020 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, Kilroy HD

During this COVID-19 time it came to me that I can complete some installations of some kayak accessories. One of these is installing a anchor trolley for when I use an anchor or a stick-it pin. I opted for installing the YakAttack LeverLoc™ Anchor Trolley HD on the...

Tying Al Ritt’s Fighting Crawfish

by Darrell Olson | May 27, 2020 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fly Fishing, Mayfly

The crawfish has long been recognized as a favorite food of bass, catfish, and other fish, but how many fly fishers regularly utilize a crawfish pattern? The crawfish is known to be an excellent fly for large browns, but have you considered a crawfish for rainbows,...

How to Dry your Kayak Shoes in the Winter

by Darrell Olson | May 11, 2020 | Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional

How 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, Mayfly

Let’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, Mayfly

The 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, Mayfly

I 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, Liska

The 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 Fishing

I 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, Mayfly

A 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, Instructional

I 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, Instructional

The 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...