Category Archives: Florida
Stolen
When there is no time afforded you have to steal some. Five casts. Fifty casts. Five hundred. Whatever it takes to make something out of another thing that you don’t rightfully have. One jump should suffice to bend it back … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater
BOOK REVIEW: Marquesa
Marquesa is a book penned well before the existence of blogs, but it is the type of published work every fly fishing blogger wishes he’d written. Author Jeffrey Cardena’s account of his solitary venture by houseboat in the Marquesas Keys, an … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Lit, Media, Reviews
Accidental Triploid Encounters
As it swims closer along the bank it becomes apparent we are dealing with something of more substantial immensity than the chunky black bass standing sentinel over the drain pipe. It makes the heart skip a beat and the eyes … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater
FLORIDA: The Ditch Slam
The whole thing started with the least of expectations. I had a rod and some time to kill due to a delayed appointment. I made some casts. I caught nothing. I drove to the appointment. Delayed again, for another hour. … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater
Camouflage
Makes sense about that pre-wiring for ambush.
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater
Sing Me Back Home
I would never argue they’re the most challenging fish or that casting from a mowed patch of St. Augustine equates with an emerald bonefish flat, but it’s something I like to do. And on the technicolor scale they take a … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater
Uneasy Rider
On a back road between New Smyrna and Sanford I pulled off to the side in front of a goat farm. A pond sat in the front pasture between the house and the roadside fence. I’d always heard of people … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing
Bonefish Tarpon Trust Symposium
We’re big fans of the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust and are spreading the word about their upcoming Symposium. In their words: Two full days of presentations on cutting edge scientific research of bonefish, tarpon and permit from fisheries scientists around … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Save the World
