Kilroy Redfish on the Fly

by Evan Howard | May 16, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Fly Fishing, Kilroy

My newfound ritual of inshore fly fishing from the kayak in Grand Isle, Louisiana rolled around and I spent several furious days tying up flies, lining up rods and tying leaders. I packed my usual fly rods and boxes along with a backup of spinning gear and lures in...

Bassin on the Fly

by Evan Howard | Jan 3, 2019 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United States

Catching bass on the fly rod is my favorite technique. I still love the feeling of a bass t-boning a swimbait or smashing a spook, but nothing compares to the fight of a bass on the fly rod and the satisfaction of landing big bass on flies you tie yourself. My trip...

Quick Trips Pay Off

by Evan Howard | Dec 28, 2018 | Fishing, Kilroy

One of my most impromptu trips of the year turned out to be the most profitable of them all. I decided to drop my Kilroy off a rough bridge embankment and paddle up and shallow creek known for monster spotted bass. The access is beyond awful, but it typically coughs...

Finding Arrowheads and Angry Largemouth

by Evan Howard | Dec 24, 2018 | Fishing

My Dad and I have a yearly float trip here on one of my favorite rivers in Georgia. The fishing is usually never lights out, but we have a great time catching up and enjoying nature. I had spent a few hours on the fly tying Vice that week and put together my rough...

Muddy Water Challenges

by Evan Howard | Dec 22, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United States

Some days you just don’t catch them like you want. This was one of those days. On previous trips to this location I had landed many large striped bass and several trophy size spotted bass on topwater flies. With that success in mind, I tackled the float expecting some...

Kilroy in the Marshes

by Evan Howard | Dec 20, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, Kilroy, United States

Journeying down to my favorite place in the world, Grand Isle, LA, I hoped to have an epic, three days of fly fishing for redfish. The fish were present and willing to eat, but Mother Nature has her own ideas. The trip started with an all night 12 drive, beginning in...

Early Spring Louisiana Reds

by Evan Howard | Apr 6, 2018 | Coosa HD, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing

A group of my fishing friends heads down to Southeast Louisiana every year for a 4 day party/fishing fest. Every year I say I am going to make it, but just never seem to work it into my work schedule. This year, I decided to take the bull by the horns and plan a trip...

Kilroy Bags Another Personal Best

by Evan Howard | Jun 22, 2014 | Fishing, Freshwater, JK Team Posts, Kilroy, Video

Eric Jackson must have molded some sort of big fish mojo into the hulls of my Jackson Kilroy. This marks my 3rd species personal best of 2014. I already bagged a 5 pound spotted bass and 4.75 pound smallmouth in River Bassin’ tournaments which topped my previous...

Fishing, Not Catching in the Kilroy (Video)

by Evan Howard | Jun 20, 2014 | Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Freshwater, JK Team Posts, Kilroy, Video

“That’s why it’s called fishing, not catching” is the oldest cliché in the fishing book. At the River Bassin’ Knoxville tournament my first hookup of the day was with a 20”, 5 pound plus smallmouth which smoked a Bull Shad Swimbaits Balsa Bull topwater bait. When I...

Kilroy Wins a Coosa

by Evan Howard | Jun 5, 2014 | Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Freshwater, Whitewater

The Gadsden regional stop of the River Bassin’ 2014 Tournament Trail set up perfectly in my old stomping grounds. The two-hour boundary gave me numerous options to chase big river spots and largemouth, but I chose a flow I knew consistently held big spots. Although...

Kilroy Initial Impressions

by Evan Howard | Mar 13, 2014 | Fishing, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Kilroy, rivers

My first fish in my new Jackson Kayak Kilroy was a chunky, Georgia spotted bass. This fine specimen clobbered a Bull Herring swimbait just minutes after launch. I followed her up with another stud, spotted bass which smashed a fast moving soft jerkbait. I had taken...

Post Flood, Pre Spawn River Fishing

by Evan Howard | Mar 24, 2013 | Coosa, Fishing, Fishing Reports, Freshwater Fishing, rivers

The theme for 2013’s river fishing seems to be swollen, silt laden, post flood flows many feet over optimal fishing levels. In my line of work, beggars can’t be choosers and prime fishing time, for me, is determined by off time rather than weather patterns...