Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Other Blogs, tagged Florida Keys, Fly Fishing, tarpon on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Everyone’s seen the hero footage of noble saltwater fly anglers matching wits with silver kings, but thefin.com has two short clips showing what fly fishing for tarpon is really like, a lot of the time.
Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Save the World, Travel on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited has posted a petition calling for a multi-State management plan for tarpon. Here’s the case for better regulations for these fish:
Through a satellite tagging program run by Dr. Jerry Ault and the Rosenstiel School from the University of Miami, scientists confirmed that tarpon are highly migrational, with some swimming as far [...]
Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater on March 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
For some reason, wherever I find plastic Canadian goose decoys, I find peacocks. The goose decoys are supposed to keep out the mud ducks.
Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, tagged Fly Fishing, largemouth bass, peacock bass on March 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I finally got the bass hook fly to work. This male peacock whacked it at a new ditch I scouted out this morning.
At one spot I fished the largemouth had baitfish ballled up on the surface and were slashing through like striped bass on a Montauk blitz. I had to chase the busts on foot [...]
Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Offshore on March 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I just stink. Two days fishing without showering. Hit offshore today with Capt. Scott Hamilton in search of spinner sharks that never materialized. Got into some dolphin (mahi), which are awesome on fly, on a pallet in 30 feet of green water. Unexpected. We also hit a few small false albacore but mostly fought the wind [...]
Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore on March 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Results from a night of banging docklights with snook master Brad Stein. Tiny “what’s up doc” flies, 40-pound fluoro tippet, and some knock down drag out fights. It’s a beautiful thing.
Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Other Blogs, Video on March 20, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Who is the bonefish whisperer? Check out the video.
Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Inshore, Offshore on March 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
ZB’s getting an 18 footer down in Florida to go fishing for bucketmouths in the Glades and Okeechobee, hit the snook lights in strategic brackish canals, and duck outside the inlet when conditions permit. Thank you ZB. There is no better boat than your friend’s boat. I’ll buy the beer, ice, and sammies. I’ll split [...]
Posted in Florida, Music, tagged Peter Tosh, reggae on March 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Just a random vid for the Florida contingent who used to go Sunsplash at Sunrise.
Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Inshore, Offshore, Other Blogs on March 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Bish from New Zealand shares some advice from his Dr. on why baseball caps don’t do jack squat.
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