Tag Archives: tarpon
Support the Bonefish Tarpon Trust
We like the Bonefish Tarpon Trust because they have a cool sounding URL – tarbone.org – and because everything they do is driven by scientific research, and the desire to keep doing it. So when Aaron Adams dropped a note … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Save the World
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
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
The State Of Bonefish and Tarpon
I asked Dr. Aaron Adams a few questions about the state of bonefish, tarpon, and permit, particularly in Florida after this brutal winter. I also asked him about the mission of the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. Here’s what he had … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Q & As, Save the World
VIDEO: Costa Rican Tarpon Awesomeness
My buddy Stephen Mick has made something very very cool. Here’s the backstory from him. Last spring, as part of a documentary project I was working on, I went to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. to film … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Media, Pimped Content, Travel, Video
No Sleep for Big Silver
Poonhead, originally uploaded by Fishing Jones. I haven’t landed a tarpon on fly over 60 pounds. Going vampire with live crabs and circle hooks is a different story. Big tarpon come out to play at night. I’m southbound today. I’ll … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Photos, Travel
Devil in God’s Country
We made the commitment to try for 100 pound fish. So Ron Hyde and I spent two days hunting big tarpon in the Everglades from his Seminole Flats Skiff. The web of channels weaving through the vast mangrove islands is … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Photos, Travel
Back to the Glades
The headwaters to the Florida Everglades start all the way up in Orlando, where Shingle Creek starts the flow of freshwater south to Florida Bay. Before the developers and the sugar plantations got to it, the massive flow moved unimpeded … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Stupid Stuff
A Brief History of Ditch Fishing
I loved the article in the Wall Street Journal about brownlining, and was glad to see props go out to Fat Guy, Gracie, JP, et al, and for the esteemed Mr. Chandler and Mr. Barton getting credit for coining a … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Inshore, Media, Other Blogs, Photos, Pimped Content
