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Eugene hadn't used his fly rod for ten years he told me and with the windy conditions it would be tough to do some of the really hard stuff like bonefish on fly.  So we fished the shoreline for snook but they were MIA.  Next I took him

Paul hadn't fished in over 20 years and 10 year old Will had never fished before and Paul wanted Will to try fishing.  Very cool!  I took them to a spot that usually holds all kinds of easy fish to catch and taught them how to cast a s

In this video Jay discusses the anatomy of a bonefish fly and the materials used to tie them. If you’re new or thinking about tying bonefish flies this video is a great tutorial. Jay discusses hooks weights braids flash kip-tail … Continu

It's always interesting to me how each trip differs from the next even on the same day.  My morning trip was fly fishing with Juan and his buddy Juan from Argentina.  We found tarpon and they threw at them for quite some time but never

I had two trips scheduled today and my first trip was with Mark and his Kids Maggie and Darryl.  They wanted to target bonefish and we hooked up but something happened as Maggie was fighting the big bonefish that we couldn't figure out but

 Two more trips today and my morning trip was with Michelle and Jack.  The goal was to bonefish and then go catch anything else but boy was I concerned as the morning temps were in the low 50's and the water temps had dropped 3-5 degre

FLORIDA bonefish are showing up with pharmaceutical contaminants including blood pressure & prostrate medications antidepressants antibiotics and pain relievers. Midcurrent.com reports a three-year study by Florida International University&#

Kent is one of those guys that is a blast to be with and we fish throughout the year and always have a blast.  For these three days he came with his friend Jeremy and the theme of the three days was a sarcastic watch and learn.  This was d

Female angler from Key Largo Katie Fry caught her first bonefish on the flats with Capt Donnie Benbow of Skins and Fins Charters and guides. Not only was the gray ghost Katie's fish but it was a good one. To book your Bonefishing trip call 305393

Local long time client Alec was on board with his friend first time fisherman Mark.  The morning started snook fishing and missing a couple of bites on lures.  Switching off to bonefish we tried to get Mark a bonefish but things were slow.

The days have been merging one into the other with charters coming out of my ears and I lose track of time so I just realized today is St. Patrick's Day. Happy St. Patrick's Day!   Maria was up first in the morning with fly rod in

I had the pleasure of spending two days with Chris from Indiana as a first time client.  Chris had spent a lot of time in Biscayne Bay in the past so it was cool to show him around again.  The first day we bounced around different spots an

February has been a crazy month with few days off right before Valentine's Day.  I wrapped up my month fishing with Ward out of the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo.  I picked him up and he wanted to try fly fishing for bonefish and tarpon

This is really crazy we're already in 2022 and it feels like we skipped over 2020.  Any way happy new year everyone!  Business and the fishing was on fire but as soon as the new year hit with the huge spikes in Covid infections and fli

They're back in town and back in the boat.  Jeff and his boys Drew the fishing maniac and Will jumped in and off we went.  We tried permit fishing but that was slow.  We tried tarpon fishing off the beach but the wind picked up pr

I had Dan and his two boys today with the goal of keeping the boys busy.  We started early in order to beat the weekend crowd and got on fish right away with the boys catching small mutton snappers mangrove snappers small grouper trigger fish b

In this video Jay ties a Bonefish fly. A good pattern to try next time you’re down fishing the salt! Hook: TMC 811s size 6 Eyes: Chicone’s Stealth Bead Chain Eyes Thread: 6/0 Danville Grey Tail: Aussie Possum natural Mono … Continue