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Our vacation to the Florida Keys...  If you were wondering why I haven't posted any thing for awhile it's because... my wife and I have a had a busy two years both working hard and raising our 1yr old daughter... so we decided to take a

Is it normal to catch a redfish on almost every cast?  The redfish continue to be one of the main target species this winter.  Some of my spots are filled with them.  Literally hundreds of them and they are hungry!  The

September is half way over and we've had some wet weather recently. The last few days we had more rain than we have likely had in a couple months! Wednesday it was solid rain most of the day which we rarely see here though yesterday was much mor

Every now and then I get some bow time on my son's boat Capt Donnie Benbow. Today Donnie took me fly fishing for Redfish. Using a 10 wt rod and a special fly pattern and color the he tied we off the fish a few late afternoon hours on some of Isla

Flats fishing: Bonefishing and Permit fishing have been very good when the wind and tide are favorable. Back in the Everglades we have had a solid Snook bite and a a lot of small Redfish. This is good to see because it’s a sign of good things

Ricardo called me looking to do some tarpon fishing. The season is over for the most part but as Lee Corso says “not so fast my friend”. We have resident tarpon here in Miami and Miami tarpon fishing can be … Continue reading →

    July through October is a great time to fish in the Keys.  If you want to try for bonefish and permit on fly summer and fall are the best time in the lower keys and Key West.  Big tarpon too!

Emil with a nice bonefish in the North Bight Not much to report except the weather has been relatively good with light winds and lots of sun. Went after bonefish today for only the second time. Hooked two and should … Continue reading →

I had a day off yesterday and my buddy jRay and I went out to shoot some hogfish snappers.  It was slick calm and high 80′s in the water.  Nice break from polling after tarpon permit and bonefish.  The Rea’s made the best f

In this video Jay ties a Tan Kiptail Bonefish Crazy Charlie Fly that was developed in the 1970’s by bonefish guide & angler Charlie Smith at Andros Island. Whether traveling to the Bahamas or to another bonefish destination every angler &#

Wow! I fished my good client and friend Alan Rivoir today and it was great. We fed 4 tarpon landed a nice bonefish and fed the fly to a permit and sadly broke it off.     i

Capt. Shane Smith and I went out east permit fishing today and got one good shot.  We lost our tide but got a shot at bonefish and a few shots at baby tarpon.  I got a nice one to the boat.

Jeff was in town and wanted to do some fly fishing for Miami bonefish. We planned for 6:30am and shook hands at the boat ramp that morning. Heading out it was a beautiful morning with winds about 7 mph. I … Continue reading →

We had another front come in a few days ago. Temperatures dropped dramatically as it got down in the high 40s in parts of key largo. The 1st day the fishing in the back was a little tough early in the morning as the water was temps were in the high

After many years of poor bonefishing in the Florida keys. I don't want to jinx it but the bonefishing had really started to pick up! True that there are a lot of small ones but I love to see it. On the Islamorada All Tackle there were over 70 rel

UV materials made their way onto fly-tying benches over a year ago.  Since then anglers have been experimenting with this new technology in everything from bonefish flies to monster pike streamers and classic trout nymphs. Sean Britt local tier

Versatile fishing guide Alan Clowers checked in to report on the action from his recent trip with a trio of anglers spanning 3 generations. Their half-day in the evening yielded approximately 40 fish including shovelnose guitarfish bonefish croaker

Mexico’s Ascension Bay is home to bonefish tarpon permit snook barracuda and a multitude of other species. We are headed back to Club Grand Slam for two weeks in 2016. Both trips will be run as Saturday to Saturday excursions with clients needi

Travis and Jane were back on board today with some tough conditions once again.  What happened to the perfect weather from yesterday?  Where did it go?  Why did you leave me?  For today's trip we decided to do a half day inst

KIt never fails I always work on April Fool's Day and I always seem to do well.  When I had looked at the tide the night before I was all excited and then 5am came around.  I got up grab my phone and there was a text the three boat tri