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be sure there is no power going to either plug or cord, it may shock you. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhaEkI3ACI4

I was fly fishing the surf when this monster put a serious bend in my Echo Bad Ass Glass Quickshot 9wt, the one that got away. Great day fly fishing the Texas Coast Surf at Padre Island National Seashore. As anglers we often talk about fishing “the edge.” Edges in the water column are important because they create opportunities for predators to attack or ambush prey. A few examples of edges include reefs, mud lines, weed lines, temperature and current gradients, sandbars, submerged structure, and shorelines. These are all good places to deliver a fly. The surf, where a giant mass of water collides with a giant mass of land, is perhaps the ultimate edge. And yes… it too can be a good place to deliver a fly. Fly fishing in the surf is the topic of many e-mails and phone calls I receive from anglers who want to try something beyond bay and flats fishing. I love the surf so I encourage most folks to try it. An angler could spend his entire life, and many have, trying to figure out the secrets and endure the hardships of the surf. There are so many facets and so many things to learn, but the mystery of course is what keeps us coming back for more. The easiest fish to catch in the surf are the ones feeding at the surface. When predators amass in large schools, they push balls of bait to the top and pound away until they get their fill. These surface blitzes can be seen rolling down the beach at great distances and are usually marked by diving gulls and pelicans. For a guy with a fly rod, it’s as good as it gets. Just get within casting range and flop your offering into the middle of the explosions… pure excitement. Like nearly any place else, fish in the surf are opportunistic feeders. They seek out the easiest most efficient way to get a meal. Sometimes they feed at the surface, but more often they stage along ambush points where currents and structure allow them to surprise and attack prey. Learning to identify these ambush points is known as “reading the surf.” Reading the surf requires experience, imagination, and a fundamental understanding of the forces at work below the breaking waves and foam. From the bank, the surf may appear to be a static system- a simple intersection between flat sand and curling waves. But there is way more to it than that. Below those waves is a bottom structure that is alive and ever changing. Currents driven by wind and celestial powers sculpt the sand into a series of guts and bars. These structural features follow the shoreline along the full length of the beach. They look like uniform submerged windrows that pile up below crashing waves but in reality they are ever-changing. Subtle variations like small potholes or bends and large variations like j-hooks and washouts or breaches in the bars are present ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXK6AEO5lrw