
Each year, I have a recurring New Years Resolution to take a new species of fish on a fly rod. Last year it happened to be a chain pickerel, taken late (October) purely by accident. The year before that, it was an 18-20" flounder, my first ever salt water fish (despite many vacation evenings spend in the surf with squid and blood worms...and two separate charters...all with spin gear). That fish was the result of a great deal of pre-trip research, tying, map-reading, and deliberate decision making as an angler.
This year, I've already got my new species...similar to last year, it was more dumb luck than anything else, but...