So this picture was on the back of a fly box, brought in for us to rig by a client. If only life were so simple…. Conditions on the flats are getting better every day, and there are plenty of tarpon, permit and bonefish swimming around. Reports are filtering in of all of the above…

The water continues to warm, and the fishing is approaching incredible. While today is good, tomorrow and the next five to seven days are looking towards transcendental. On tuesday I’ll have a report from a day of fishing with John Ain, which will most likely include some permit interaction. I have a picture to share…

The water temperatures rose a few degrees today, and the air temperatures are supposed to be in the high 70’s with an light east wind for the next week or so. As you by now probably know, this bodes extremely well for tarpon, permit, and bonefish capture on the fly pole. Reports today are of…

Water temperatures are in the low ’60s (f) in the Lakes Passage–it seems as though we lost at least a few critical degrees in the preceding few days. This means that life might be difficult to find, but if the water temperatures are in the low ’60s in the Lakes then they should be about…

So we are having some great weather in the Keys! We haven’t yet got back to the pre-cuda bowl weekend water temps, but the permit are on the flats en masse and giving anglers plenty of shots. Early morning is giving people shots at tarpon, and bonefish are being caught on the reg. (eastbound and…

First, a weather update: today the temperatures are in the mid 60’s, and tomorrow is supposed to clear up and be about 10 degrees (f) warmer. The best days for the coming week are looking like Wednesday through Friday, when the water will have had a chance to warm up again and the sun is…

This report was sent to us by Jack Ehrhardt, a talented young angler who visits us when he’s down. Last time he was in, he bough a few Diablo Crabs….read on: I’m Jack Ehrhardt and I live up in Orlando. I come down to Key West a few times a year with my dad (we…

Alex Powers recently emailed me this story and photograph of an incredible catch. Thank you Alex for reminding us why we do it. Here’s the photo of the striper I caught last Memorial Day. His account is here: It took an epoxy sand eel pattern in about 2′ of water – it weighed 25lbs and…

Good afternoon (really, it is). Hardy has shipped us some of it’s highly anticipated Proaxis rods more than a month early. Now I know that there are a lot of good rods on the market, but these are, in my opinion, some of the best. The best way I can describe their action is that…

Guide: See that branch? Angler: The one right above that brown trout? Guide: Yip. See below it? Angler: Yes, right where there’s a hole in the water from a large brown? Guide: exactly. Now see that fish? He’s kinda hard to see…. Angler: Seriously? Guide: You gotta look hard, maybe cock your head to the…