On Monday and Tuesday, I fished with Will Benson. DAY ONE: We left early from parts far away, and within 20 minutes of leaving the dock we found some small tarpon to play with. I jumped one, had another bite, and as the sun crept higher we elected to leave the pons for some permit.…

On Tuesday, I fished with Ted Margo and Captain John O’Hearn. Here’s what happened: DAY ONE: With the clouds in full effect, we decided to start early and look for some small tarpon. In the rain, we found a number of small tarpon. I caught the first one we hooked, and then we had to…

Leading up to the Superfly, I fished with Justin Rea for two days. We started on Tuesday, and here’s what happened: DAY ONE: We started early, and Justin had tarpon and bonefish on the brain. He found a school of small tarpon early, and while they didn’t show at first they woke up as the…

After the two days with Justin, I had Aaron booked for the Superfly tournament and the day before. This is the report from the day before the tournament. We started in the morning, early to look for tarpon. While we met at the dock at 6, after I forgot something at home and Aaron forgot…

After the last two days of fishing, each with a permit and one with a slam, it was either a great or a terrible way to walk into the Superfly. We had momentum, to be sure, but there was a distinctive possibility that we’d used up all of our mojo. Either way, off we went.…

After the day with John and Thom, I spent a day on the water with Justin Rea. Given the cloud cover the day before, I was hoping for a visibility break. This looked like it was about to happen, until a giant storm blew up south of us and blotted out the sun for the…

Monday I fished with John O’Hearn. Joining us was Thomas Rapone, down for a few days from his Boston Legal Lair. The day began covered in clouds. I am reminded that just the other day I was involved in a correspondence with Howard Davis, wherein he mentioned that the weather has seemed, based on the…

On Monday and Tuesday I fished with Bruce Chard. He had a photographer friend in town, and our plan was to get some pictures of fishing in August for Bruce’s upcoming book. In the spirit of keeping things (painfully) real, events transpired to keep it challenging. The first, an ongoing chemical burn that I was…

Here’s some photo candy: Tomorrow and the next with Bruce Chard, reports to follow. ncl

On Monday and Tuesday, I fished the park with Joe Rodriguez. Our target was the 6 lb tippet tarpon record. For the second day we were joined by Aaron Snell. DAY ONE: We elected to leave later than dawn, as there was a fair amount of wind. It’s worth noting that “leaving late” in this…