And thus it goes

Had another 'beautiful day on the water' last week.

That's a fishing euphemism for "I didn't catch".

The local fly fishing club had an outing at Corsen's Inlet State Park

This beautiful state park was established in 1969 to help protect and preserve one of the last undeveloped tracts of land along the state’s oceanfront. The area’s natural habitats are rich in the diversity of its wildlife with primary and secondary sand dune systems, shoreline overwash, marine estuaries and upland areas in which hundreds of wildlife species live and breed. The park offers outstanding scenic beauty and endless opportunities for observing a multitude of migratory and residential wildlife species. Corson’s Inlet is extremely popular for hiking, fishing, crabbing, boating and sunbathing.

Arrived around 3:30PM and the tide was incoming until about 7PM. I stayed until the sun started setting, after the change of tide.

Unfortunately, the only hit I had on various flies was around halfway through that when I got a sharp pull, and subsequent biteoff, by a substantially sized bluefish. If you are not using a bite tippet, then it is imperative to do a strip strike and pull the fly to the corner of the mouth so their razor sharp teeth don't cut your line.

This happens from time to time depending on how fast you are stripping the line, how the fish bites, and just how big the fish is.