Recently I’ve gotten (re)involved in another world record attempt, this time the four pound tippet record for permit. We’ve been fishing on four pound on and off for years now, going back to before we ever threw two pound. In fact, we only switched to two pound after catching a fair number on four–a product…

At the end of last month I finished fishing in the 2024 Gold Cup, as usual with Ian Slater. It’s been a tough spring. It felt as if nearly all of the days we had booked together were infected by bad weather or upset fish, and while we’ve been working hard there has been the…

A few people have mentioned to me recently that the reports haven’t been updated in a while, and I agree. Gone are the days of the account of every day of fishing, it seems, but that also shouldn’t mean I don’t update for 3+ months. As a lucky byproduct of not updating regularly, I do…

As the year draws to a close, we’ve got a fun change in the air down here: we actually are having a few back-to-back cold fronts. It’s chilly, if not cold, and that means good things for the future fishing whenever things start to warm up some. I’m hopeful that when it gets right we…

In the last month, I’ve been able to get back into the habit of permit fishing. It’s been nice, and frustrating, and all of the things between that make it the kind of thing I miss when I don’t do it enough or as much as I once did. Our goal has been the 4#…

Once again I feel obligated to mention that I’m aware these reports have been appearing at a slower than usual rate, though I suppose by now it would be unusual for them to appear as often as they once did. After I finished a few weeks of recovery from the shoulder surgery in August I…

I haven’t been fishing for a while, having had some minor surgery in the beginning of the month, though I’m getting back into the swing of things and have a fair amount of time on the water coming up. I’m again fishing the Fall Fly with Brandon Cyr, and looking forward greatly to the opportunity…

I realize that I’ve been slacking in the fishing reports department, which is largely a product of having less time to reminisce. I do want to recap both the fishing we had in both the Golden Fly and the Gold Cup, as well as give proper respect and mention of the teams that did better…

Since the March Merkin, I’ve been getting out with Ian Slater a lot to get some practice in before the tournaments. We’ve been working hard, catching fish at times and at others wishing for better attitudes. Last week we caught a nice fish that would have been a joy in a tournament setting that we…

It’s very likely that by now anyone reading this has heard from other places that the 2023 March Merkin was a grind for everyone. The fishing has been slow lately for permit, and the weather has been beautiful for the last few months, which pushed them offshore earlier than normal. The recent weather was also…