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those silver snakes are more fun than the law should allow on a fly rod! I've wanted to get amongst ladyfish with a long rod for a long time and finally did it yesterday. My buddy Captain John Rivers and I went out in Pensacola Pass Saturday morning and decided to try the big ladyfish that were busting on bloodminnows. What a trip! The only thing about casting to ladyfish when they are really schooling up on a big wad of minnows is that it's hard to get their attention to your fly when there is so much other live bait around. I hooked probably half a dozen and landed one- the biggest, fattest ladyfish I've ever caught. It would have gone between four and five pounds- really! On a fly rod, lady fish are so much fun. I used a white and green Clouser knock-off. the ladyfish want their bait really moving, and getting the fly to move fast enough was hard, but it was surely fun to see a gang of five or six ladyfish chasing after the fly and then see one open up and take it. Then, just hang on and see what happens. What a great day!I'd try to post photos, but my computer and the forum don't like each other for some reason.Good fishing to all- Ed Mashburn