Year: 2014
Merry Christmas! Now that’s out of the way, I can get on to more important things. Primarily, fishing–which (until a small cold front rolled through yesterday) has been fantastic. Two days ago I went out for a morning seek with John O’Hearn and John Benvenuto. John B. and I had planned to permit fish around…
Read MoreLast week I again went to the Everglades with Steve Huff, in pursuit of the six. We had been up there only two weeks prior, and the weather had been increasingly unkind. This latest trip brought us a similar forecast: the fishing would be decent the first day and getting worse from there. Jason Schratwieser…
Read MoreWell, it’s Thanksgiving. After this report, I’ll be back up to date, and I’m looking forward to keeping up with these pages more consistently in the coming year. I’ve got lots coming up: the Cuda Bowl, the March Merkin, the Goldenfly, the Gold Cup, the Poor Boys, the Del Brown, and more days planned with…
Read MoreI’m still playing catch up here. Here’s how the fishing went down in the Bahamas with Fitz Coker at the beginning of this month. After arriving in Key West from a trip to NY and PA, I quickly reversed directions and drove up to Lauderdale to meet Fitz at the airport. We had five days…
Read MoreIn the ongoing effort to catch up with these pages, here’s the second installment in the Belize 2015 report. I left off with the tough loss of a tailing permit on the end of day three, our last in Placencia. The following morning we took off to run down the Punta Gorda. Day Four: We…
Read MoreAt the beginning of October, I again went to Belize. This is the second time I have taken this trip in as many years, and after last year’s slam-fest with Michael Hetzel I was looking forward to more of the same. Joining me was Kathryn Vallilee, and we fished with my friend and great guide…
Read MoreI’m sorry that it’s been such a long time since I uploaded anything to the fishing reports. A lot has been happening: a five day trip to Belize, a trip to NY, a trip to the Bahamas, an upcoming wedding (my own) at the end of this month. It seems like I used the fall…
Read MoreA few days ago I went out with Aaron Snell for a few hours. I poled Aaron to a great couple permit shots, though the fish didn’t want to take part. In four hours of fishing I would say we had maybe a dozen and a half good shots at the tails before we called…
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Like most destination fly shops, we do a brisk business fly business. Given the great variety of target species in The Keys and the complexities of our fisheries, we have taken it a step further than your standard mass produced fly selection. We are constantly looking for new flies and twists on old favorites to…
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