While down here for the Miami Boat Show, I met briefly with Aaron Adams of the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. We had planned on sitting down for a full interview but outside forces pulled us in different directions. We did get to casually discuss the recent cold-induced carnage in Florida, and he dispensed some staggering [...]
The fall didn’t end on such a hot note. The decent weather sandwiched between Noreasters left little windows of fishability. If you weren’t in a position to capitalize on those slots on the quick then, well, that was just too bad for you. Too bad for me for way too damn certain. [Exclamation point.] I’m [...]
The thing about Florida is, the accessible water to fly fish by foot can be staggering if you know where to find it, especially if you know which back waters serve as juvenile detention centers for the progeny of silver kings. Marshall DeMott, a fly fishing guide based in Naples (and a regular at Flies [...]
At the moment I’ve got three goals in life: To play an acoustic set in a dive bar, catch a 100-pound tarpon on fly, and live somewhere where I never have to wear shoes again. Ted Williams (the hitter, fighter pilot and fisher) 0nce boasted that he would never have to wear a tie. Good [...]
That shadow across its back is from my head. It was actually closer before I fumbled for my camera. Gators don’t mind the brackish too bad, do they?
Going to high school reunions is a phenomenon we all must endure at some point, and so it was with my 20th down in Florida. I guess we had a hell of a class back in the day, as everyone who came back turned out to be pretty solid. I stayed at my buddy Z’s [...]
Page 38 of Fly Fishing in Salt Waters Shared via AddThis The latest issue of Fly Fishing In Salt Waters contains an awesome article by Ed Mitchell about pioneering salt water fly fishing with bamboo rods. The photos for the story are awesome black and whites from a photographer named Charlie Ebbets. Check out the [...]
The car thermometer read 94 over asphalt today. If I’m going to be hot, make it worth it. I’ve got ideas. Put me in the back country and erase any semblance of chronology so that a word like “Tuesday” loses its bearing and the future is what’s around the bend of a mangrove channel. There’s [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftWooK0Yg50&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0] “I’m not a scientist and I’m not going to be one. It takes all the brains I’ve got to figure out where game fish keep themselves.” Tom Skelton, 92 In The Shade, by Thomas McGuane
Never got around to posting more about the last run down to Florida. When the annual tarpon trip turns EBT (everything but tarpon) the other species are left to fill in the void. When tiny savages arrive on the scene in the form of spanish mackerel, there’s entertainment to be had provided you’re set to [...]
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