Last night I had dinner with Jim Vincent (of Rio Products fame) and his wife, Kitty. During dinner we were discussing how difficult the weather has been, and as we watched the sun drop out it looked as though the wind would stay up. I woke up this morning, however, to one of the calmest,…

A good fried sent me this video, and I thought I’d share it. Watch the ultimate excitement at 1:20. http://www.youtube.com/embed/nA3LtXnNIto?feature=player_embe

After the difficult day with Joe, it looks like the weather is finally going to improve. Everyone is looking forward to some better conditions, except the tarpon, who will be captured. Regards, ncl

I was scheduled to fish in Islamorada with Captain Joe Rodriguez on the 1 and 2; as it happened, we only fished the second day (yesterday). I drove up to Islamorada in the teeth of a great a many rainshowers, and was there by 10 AM. We left directly, and it was immediately apparent that…

I was scheduled to fish yesterday with my good friend Michael Hetzel and Captain Robert Monroe, but the weather seemed pretty dicey (wind, clouds) and we called off fishing from a boat. No matter; Michael and I quickly decided to give the DIY train a ride and drove up to Bahia Honda State Park with…

After I returned from the day on the water with Howard and Drew, Captain Chris Trosset called me. He had seen some down-sea tailing sailfish that afternoon and had a few shots with his fly rod; would I be interested in joining him to see if we could catch one tomorrow? Obviously, the next day…

On Wednesday I fished with Captain Drew Delashmit and Howard Davis. We left at 8:00, and after a short run ended up on the ocean. I was up first, and in about an hour we had a shot. Another hour, another shot. Then began a trickle of fish: a school that turned around, another string,…

Over the weekend it was rainy. We have some colder weather moving through the Keys at the moment, and tomorrow the high is supposed to be in the low 70’s with the overnight temps getting down into the mid-60’s (f). This means that the fishing will change; I’ll know more on Wednesday when I fish…

The weather rolled in heavy this morning, and I have not talked to anyone that was brave enough to get out there. In lieu of an inshore report, here are some photos of a recent trip to the shrimp boats with Captain Aaron Snell: The weather looks pretty terrible for the next day or so,…

So it’s been a few days, shop has been busy and I have been doing less fishing than in weeks prior. The timing of my slight hiatus, however, was actually quite fortuitous. The wind arrived last week after my trip with Aaron on Thursday night, and only began to let up yesterday, when I was…