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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fly fishing was the only option when I was a kid - I grew up on a fly fishing only river in Northern New Hampshire. Not much to do there but fish in the summer and ski in the winter so I learned to do both very well. My fishing career began in Alaska outfitting and guiding float trips for 18 years. Looking for something to do in the winter I got together with many of my Alaska clients and we traveled the fishing world, which has now turned into flyfishingheaven.com. Travel advice for like minded fly fisher men and women. I love it! I currently work as a tarpon guide in the Florida Keys and I was lucky enough to have spent years as fishing director and General Manager at El Pescador in Belize.
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