Fly fishing at Fort Sumter

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  • #3667
    Neal Osborn
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    I was visiting Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC this weekend and couldn’t help but notice these two guys fly fishing right off the island.  Looked like they were throwing deceiver’s.  Only in America!  I am pretty sure that nobody else was interested in taking their picture, ha.

    I wonder if all that lead and rubble at the bottom from the civil war battles makes for good fish structure.

    Fisherman, shot from an old canon hole, lower wall

    #31482
    Avatar photoSteve K.
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    Nice job Neal…especially #1. What flag is that….that has the Stars and Bars in the upper left corner? Is it a throwback to the Civil War days?

    #31483
    Neal Osborn
    Member

    Thanks Drifter.  

    For those interested, that white flag is the Stainless Banner (see below) or go here to learn more. http://www.nps.gov/fosu/planyourvisit/upload/Flags_of_Fort_Sumter.pdf

    The Stainless Banner
    The Second National Flag of the Confederacy, or Stainless Banner, was adopted on
    May 1, 1863. Four of the six additional stars represent the states that seceeded after the
    battle of Fort Sumter: Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina. The two
    remaining stars represent Kentucky and Missouri, states that never officially seceeded
    but were recognized by the Confederacy. This flag also caused confusion because its
    long white field often made it look like a surrender flag. It was replaced with the Third
    National Confederate Flag in 1865.

    #31484
    ty goodwin
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    I think that flag is one of several designs the Confederacy adopted as it national flag during its brief existence.

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