What can you expect on a charter with Capt. Charlie? A guided redfish fly fishing trip in Northeast Florida doesn’t start with a cast—it starts with a conversation. Every day begins at the boat ramp, when the sense of anticipation is at it’s fullest, questions swirl in our heads and guest’s rods are rigged and safely stored in the gunnels. Before the skiff ever leaves the trailer, we’ll talk through the conditions that matter most: tide stage, wind direction, water clarity, and how redfish...

Straight up: Is it worth braving the cold fronts to come fishing with you Charlie? Every winter, the same question comes up—sometimes from visiting anglers, sometimes from locals staring at a weather app: Is winter redfish fishing in Northeast Florida actually worth it? And it is a very valid question. The short answer is yes, absolutely. The honest answer is: it depends on what kind of fishing you value. Winter isn’t about numbers stacked up in a highlight reel. It’s about intention....

Wintertime Redfish Flies for Northeast Florida Winter in Northeast Florida quickly separates casual redfish anglers from the obsessed—and for fly anglers, it’s quite possibly the best time of year. Yes, it’s cold, just the other day the temperature at the ramp was mid-30’s… and that’s much colder when you’re running from spot to spot in the skiff. But as water temperatures drop, redfish bunch up and school tightly on shallow flats, oyster bars, and muddy basins, giving us fly fishermen some...