Bonefishing 101

02 Feb

What I didn’t write about was the four big fish earlier in the week that didn’t end up on the end of my line. The one that spooked as soon as I raised my rod, the huge one I didn’t see until I almost stepped on it, the one that spooked when I landed the […]

Alaska Egg Fishing

31 Dec

Egg fishing is almost as exciting to me as dry fly fishing. Before you say that I am nuts and you’ll never go on a trip with me again, hear me out! I have fished in Alaska for years å I have become a fairly accomplished egg drifter. The part that makes it exciting is […]

How to get a Florida Tarpon to eat

12 Nov

Ever spring, tarpon travel from Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, Georgia, both coasts of Florida, Cuba, the Bahamas to meet in the Florida Keys to spawn. At least that’s what we think. No one has ever actually witnessed the spawning but some typical pre-spwan rituals have been recorded. During April May and June the Keys have […]

Costa Rica Tarpon On the Brain

12 Nov

The early morning was made even more beautiful as the sun tried to burn away the mist hanging over the river. The Howler monkeys were doing their best to make sure I knew I was in the jungle with their larger than life calls. I was in Costa Rica trying to catch a tarpon. Today […]

Why fish the Caribbean in the summer and fall?

17 Sep

For those of us who love to fish like Jimmy John Shark, for bonefish, tarpon and permit the summer and fall seasons offer some of the best fishing of the year combined with some great discounts in Mexico and Belize.  I guess people in the northern US save their warm water trips for the dead […]

Tarpon Leaders for Belize

29 Aug

Just got back from El Pescador in Belize and some great tarpon fishing. Most of the guides here prefer HEAVY leaders – if left to their own they would just spool out 10 feet of straight 80 pound Fluorocarbon and call it done – I am not so comfortable with that since my backing is […]