best place to fly fish around obx and some other questions

[FishyboY]

1.Just wondering any good places to fish around there. I would prefer not to wade and later i will be using the kayak. I preferably an area with little people/pressure and lots of stripers and drum. Also a place with plenty of room to cast. Oh and i will be using a 9ft. 8wt.

2.What are some good flies. I was looking around and it seemed like orange over black was a good choice for clouser minnows. What flies for stripers. and what flies for drum

3.Were is a good place to launch a 12ft. kayak in the sound that i will have access to stripers and drum. Is the manteo bridge launch area ok?

4. I built a stripping basket and started a salt fly box. I have pliers and scissors what other equiptment do i need?

more questions to come.. THANKS

[FishyboY]

also i am aiming to catch trout, striped bass, and red drum

[bhorsley]

Black over orange is a good start for Clouser colors I would also have chartreuse over white and grey and white and all white. I look for more specks and flounder than reds and stripers. Might find some drum from Kitty Hawk north in the sound--but sound water temps are in the upper 70s and that makes stripers not very active. I will PM you a OBXFF website that has a forum page and there are several guys who kayak that post regularly. Have a good vacation.

[FishyboY]

thanks