In Search of...

The Meade's Gutless Crab...

I stopped off at the last place I had seen one - The Avid Angler at St Augustine.  The fly guys inside said they stopped selling flies because a new shop opened up down the street.  He said I should go there and check it out.

The new fly shop is called the Oyster Creek Outfitter.  I found a bunch of the Meade's Gutless Crabs here and a few other crab flies I thought the o'io back home would like (I'm so thoughtful).

They more cool stuff in there, but I don't have room to bring back much this trip.  And since I was burning some time, I hit the old faithful - the one-two incredo combo - Black Fly Outfitters and Strike Zone!!!

Strike Zone had this one man skiff out front.  At first I thought it was a Bote Rover.

Another Cool Fly Shop

Cool shop full of cool guys that love fly fishing (and GT and Bonefish). Stop in if you're passing exit 130 on the I-5 around Tacoma. I found four unique flies that I picked up - pretty good ratio for walking into a new fly shop. I also picked up a new Fishpond Sushi Roll to hold my flies while on the water. I'll be back!!!

Seattle for the Day

We headed up to Seattle for the day - we started by checking out Emerald Water Anglers. Nice shop with a really cool fly organizing system. After that we made out way to Pike's Place Market. We saw the Duck Truck fleet partying it up in the streets. Lots of people at the market.... No shortage of fish and fishing references We went to have some chowder at the Pacific Place Mall (no lines like at the Market). Ended up walking around Belltown for a bit. And we finished off the day at the Asian district near the stadiums. Fun day checking out Seattle and catching up with my bro Landon at the sushi joint!!!