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Tarpon Cay Lodge Report: 2024

Tarpon Cay Lodge Report: 2024

In mid-July I had the pleasure of accompanying 5 eager anglers from the Fourth Corner Fly Fishers as a trip host to pursue baby tarpon on the wild and relatively...

Tarpon Cay Lodge Report: 2024

In mid-July I had the pleasure of accompanying 5 eager anglers from the Fourth Corner Fly Fishers as a trip host to pursue baby tarpon on the wild and relatively...

Fly Fishing Report: August 2024

Fly Fishing Report: August 2024

The changeover between seasons is always bittersweet.  Sometimes it evokes mourning for a time soon passed.  We reflect fondly on the trips we took, the hours spent with the important...

Fly Fishing Report: August 2024

The changeover between seasons is always bittersweet.  Sometimes it evokes mourning for a time soon passed.  We reflect fondly on the trips we took, the hours spent with the important...

Fly Fishing Report: July 2024

Fly Fishing Report: July 2024

This month has been a whirlwind of heat and travel.  Anymore it seems like we're racing Mother Nature to spend a few extra minutes on prime trout rivers before they...

Fly Fishing Report: July 2024

This month has been a whirlwind of heat and travel.  Anymore it seems like we're racing Mother Nature to spend a few extra minutes on prime trout rivers before they...

June Fly of the Month: Sparrow Nymph

June Fly of the Month: Sparrow Nymph

Jack Gartside's Sparrow has been around for a long time.  Since long enough ago that I can remember tying them as a teen on my battered Thompson A vise.  The...

June Fly of the Month: Sparrow Nymph

Jack Gartside's Sparrow has been around for a long time.  Since long enough ago that I can remember tying them as a teen on my battered Thompson A vise.  The...

Fly Fishing Report: June 2024

Fly Fishing Report: June 2024

With just a few short days until it's officially summer, we've been enjoying the long days, recent reappearance of the sun and the fact that there are so many viable...

Fly Fishing Report: June 2024

With just a few short days until it's officially summer, we've been enjoying the long days, recent reappearance of the sun and the fact that there are so many viable...

May Fly of the Month: Christmas Tree Chironomid

May Fly of the Month: Christmas Tree Chironomid

Chironomid fishing on stillwater throughout the world has achieved an almost cult like status these days.  There are over 2000 species of chironomids in North America alone and, it would...

May Fly of the Month: Christmas Tree Chironomid

Chironomid fishing on stillwater throughout the world has achieved an almost cult like status these days.  There are over 2000 species of chironomids in North America alone and, it would...