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The first time Ralph fished with me earlier this year we didn't catch bonefish on fly but caught a nice shark instead.  Today he brought his son Alex and the goal was to get him on his first bonefish on fly while Ralph would fish spin gear.

Fax and I had moved our last trip to today because of significant wind but today was looking only slightly better.  Anyway we hit the water and I was apprehensive as to the state of the fishing after four days with Mike.  Ha it started slo

JOIN Steve Dally on this adventure to perhaps the world’s best permit fishery at Perla Negra on the vast and little touched Espiritu Santu Bay June 6 through 14 If fishing quality is what you live for  trophy class species i

Boy oh boy did I get my wish.  Over the summer I wanted a nice cold winter well I got it!  We got a second cold front that dropped the air temperature into the high 30's to the point where one morning on my way to work we had frost on

The last few days I've been booked for a wide variety of trips everything from bonefish on fly to just catching whatever is biting.  Fishing with local client Alec on Monday we focused on snook and sharks and it was generally slow with the

I hadn't fished with Glenn in a while so I was really looking forward to fishing with him again today.  He was good with whatever we did so we started off fishing for snook.  It didn't take long for Glenn to get 5 snook in the boat

The Senior Gotcha is a grey-haired take on the classic gotcha pattern using Rainy’s new silver fox craft fur. This classic flats pattern works great for bonefish and permit if presented correctly. The pattern’s eyes can be substituted to

Well this turned out for the the best.  Stan had booked me for bonefish on fly and spin for Friday but after some change of plans on his end and an open slot on mine we changed it to Sunday.  I was expecting loads of boat traffic but it tu

There are times when you have to tell someone how it is and I had to do just that this morning.  See I had Alex and his brother Bombino onboard today for a half day of bonefish and permit.  These brothers had never fished the flats before

Last week the weather was warm and nice. Water temps in the high 70s and fishing was killer! We have several good days of fishing on both fly and spin gear. Landed a bunch of cudas and hooked into several tarpon too. I was happy to see more Permit a

Another two trips today out of Key Biscayne and I had Lenny and Bri as my morning clients.  Lenny is the son of a long time client of mine but we hadn't fished together before until today.  They were both great with Lenny not fishing o

Matt and Ryan fished with me for the first time about 8 years ago under terrible conditions and Ryan caught a shark.  Since then Matt and I have fished a few time which included him sight casting a solid permit some years ago.  Today they

It's incredible to me how the inshore fishery in Biscayne Bay has changed.  In past January's I'd be cast netting bait and primarily fishing for mackerel bluefish mutton snappers grouper tarpon and other species with a high degree o

El Macabí (Bonefish) se encuentra generalmente en los bajos (flats) intermareales manglares y arroyos. Con frecuencia congregándose en bancos de 100 o más los macabíes siguen un patrón diario de subir a las llanuras a medida

I had Raymond and his two girls this morning 13 year old twins Chloe and Jaime.  They wanted to catch a lot of different fish and we did just that.  The girls caught innumerable numbers of snappers jacks barracudas and more but the fishing

After yesterday's bonefish insanity I was holding my breath hoping it would continue for first time client Robert.  We were working with fly gear again today and the first flat was slow with one subtle take and a miss the second flat was de

Um yeah I don't know what to say right now.  I had Ted back on the skiff this morning and thought the pattern of slow fishing in the AM and then a big push of fish the afternoon would repeat itself.  I was wrong I like being wrong some

I was looking forward to fishing with long time client Maria and throwing a fly with her.  We started off focusing on bonefish and 5 minutes into the trip she hooked and landed a tiny 10 bonefish so cute and a great sign of the health of our bo

I was looking forward to a great day on the water with Ted from St. Louis as we targeted bonefish and snook on fly and spin. However Biscayne Bay had other ideas.  The forecast called for 20 plus MPH winds but the first half of the trip was nic

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