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There is no off season for the flats

There is no off season for the flats

If you’re a Norte Americano, you obviously have a pretty good sense for the seasons. You know, that whole spring, summer, fall, winter thing? And months that have long days and short nights and vice v...

Tags: bonefish, belize, flats fishing, seasons, weather,

Carp: grade school before you give flats fishing a college try

Carp: grade school before you give flats fishing a college try

Carp and saltwater flats fishing? Some may scoff at this idea, but let me explain. I was casting flies to carp decades before it was cool. I learned a great deal from fly fishing for carp around...

Tags: permit, bonefish, sight, fishing, dave, gourley, fly, carp, strip, set,

Barracuda on the Fly

Barracuda on the Fly

One saltwater fish that has intrigued me year after year is the barracuda. My encounters with these great fish have ranged from incidental interaction while I was casting to other fish to actual...

Tags: permit, bonefish, tarpon, barracuda, fly fishing, flats, leaders,

Break from tradition, embrace modern fly patterns and catch more fish

Break from tradition, embrace modern fly patterns and catch more fish

The weeks, months or years of anticipation of casting a fly in new waters is part of the rush that comes with destination fly fishing. Checking boxes on your check list will eventually get you to the...

Tags: bonefish, belize, fly, patterns, gotcha, adams, permit trout, stonefly, mayfly, caddis,

Belize, Alaska?

Belize, Alaska?

The ultimate Hobo Fly Fishing package.Having a hard time deciding on your next fly fishing adventure? Trying to decide between giant rainbow trout and salmon in Alaska or permit and bonefish in...

Tags: permit, bonefish, belize, salmon, trout, alaska,

Up your fly fishing game by mastering the strip strike

Up your fly fishing game by mastering the strip strike

A bonefish veered toward my fly and momentarily hovered over it, and there was enough slack in my line that I couldn’t tell if it was inhaling the fly or inspecting it. My trout angler reflexes took o...

Tags: flyfishing, bonefish, strip strike, buuuuuugs, flatsfishing,

Better lucky than good

Better lucky than good

The sky is shading pink to purple and the last rays have departed the towering clouds to seaward, the sun long ago having dropped below the green mountains. I'm standing waist deep in warm water, lis...

Tags: permit, bonefish, seychelles, milkfish, mahé, indo-pacific permit, peacock flounder,

Turbo trout: the gateway drug to flats fishing

Turbo trout: the gateway drug to flats fishing

I stood in a panga straining my eyes to see a school of bonefish my guide had spotted. They looked more like apparitions than fish, fleeting little flashes that swam an erratic path only they seemed t...

Tags: mexico, bonefish, yucatan, belize, bahamas, fly fishing, flat fishing,

Going Solo

Going Solo

I know, I know, it’s always prudent to have someone along when you’re trekking into a wilderness, or traveling abroad in search of that magic moment when a fish gulps a fly. I’ve been told that m...

Tags: mexico, permit, bonefish, yucatan, hoboflyfishing, lobster, cantina, panga, dave, gourley,

Big Charlie’s & Fatiha's Fishing Lodge

Big Charlie’s & Fatiha's Fishing Lodge

Big Charlie and Fatiha’s Fishing LodgeIt’s tough to sum up the attraction of bonefish better than Big Charlie does: “They seem tailor-made for fly fishing and light tackle; they love shallow, clear wa...

Tags: bonefish, bahamas, andros, flats fishing, hoboflyfishing, crazy, charlie, fatiha,

El Pescador Lodge

El Pescador Lodge

Tarpon, permit, bones, snook, and other game fish thrive in the waters around Ambergris Caye. After more than 40 years in business, El Pescador Lodge in Belize is a destination that sets a standa...

Tags: permit, bonefish, tarpon, belize, barracuda, flats fishing, el pescador, snook,

Swains Cay Lodge

Swains Cay Lodge

A cool drink in hand and a gentle breeze blowing that feels like it’s straight from the wings of angels. Sound soothing? Not to us, not...

Tags: bonefish, bahamas, andros, swains, flats fishing, swains cay lodge, reef fishing,

Ikari House

Ikari House

...about a fly fishing package to Christmas Island being one you won’t have to wait to unwrap, but it’s too easy. What’s also too easy is deciding to travel...

Tags: bonefish, trevally, flats fishing, christmas island, ikari house, remote, kiribati, kitimati,

Bahia Honda Sporting Club

Bahia Honda Sporting Club

Do you know a fly fishing-savvy captain who lives and fishes the tarpon-rich waters of the Florida Keys year round who is not booked years in advance? We do...

Tags: permit, bonefish, tarpon, barracuda, flats fishing, florida,

Two Boys Inn

Two Boys Inn

We think of bonefish as kind of like trouts’ salty cousins. Why? Because they’re plentiful and tend to be a little more angler friendly than other flats fish that can be elusive and finicky....

Tags: permit, bonefish, bahamas, andros, flats fishing, two boys inn,

The Blue Bonefish

The Blue Bonefish

Some of us cut our saltwater flyfishing teeth in Belize's clear water and postcard flats. We took a once-in-a-lifetime trip to this tropical paradise, hooked a bonefish,...

Tags: permit, bonefish, tarpon, belize, flats fishing, snook, barracude,

Costa De Cocos

Costa De Cocos

If you’re hearing a cash register dinging in your head when you consider a place that gives you legit shots at permit, bonefish and tarpon, push the mute button. Costa De Coco...

Tags: mexico, permit, bonefish, tarpon, yucatan, belize, barracuda,

We learned the hard way so you don’t have to

We learned the hard way so you don’t have to

Discovering new places and fishing for new species means taking your lumps, getting humbled and eventually feeling the electric buzz of a bent rod tied to a fish that blows your mind and recalibrates...

Tags: tequila, popcorn, mexico, permit, bonefish, jacks, flats fishing,

Tequila and Popcorn

Tequila and Popcorn

It has been said that a picture paints a thousand words. I disagree.This photo was taken by my good friend Roger in Chetumal bay, near the border of Belize. To me it is the epitome of do it yours...

Tags: tequila, popcorn, mexico, permit, bonefish, dave, gourley,

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