Bonefish Video

I had my airline tickets to Florida and was already going through my normal route in my head. Everglades to Key West and back again. Through the years, I have come to know a couple flats and spots on both the Gulf and Atlantic side of the Florida Keys fairly well. But, I was looking for a change. I was a bit bored with my beaten path and I was looking for a new experience. I definitely found it. Like most things these days, it started online. I was scouring through Florida saltwater fly fishing forums and ran across a post where someone asked, “I am going to be in Miami for vacation, does anybody know any good bonefish flats in the Florida Keys?” Of course nobody is going to tell strangers exactly where their good flats are, hence there were not many responses. In fact, there was only one. The response read, “Why go to the keys, you are surrounded by bonefish right here in Miami.” I was immediately intrigued by that comment; it seemed so matter of fact. Even more intriguing was the name of the author, “Bonefishwhisperer.” I tried scouring other threads and boards for other posts from “The Bonefishwhisperer” but found nothing. Then, my friend Dave called me and said, “Hey aren’t you going to Florida? You should check out this dude’s website, he calls himself The Bonefish Whisperer.” It was really kinda strange and I told Dave about the post I had just read a couple nights before and my efforts to find something more on this dude. So, when I got home I went right to his website and low and behold there they were. The biggest bonefish I had ever seen and lot’s of them. I read through this guys stuff and now I was really intrigued. He moved to Miami from Alaska, fishes the craziest bonefish patterns I have ever seen and that he invented, fly fishes only, has nothing more than a canoe and a homemade push pole

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Florida Video

I had been to South Florida and the upper Keys a couple times before this trip but it was before fly fishing had become a part of my life. So when Jeremy asked me if I wanted to go chase the saltwater fish down south i was excited to return and see what I was missing out on. The cold front had passed leaving high seventies and a big ball of fire (the sun) which was perfect for two fishermen flying in from the northeast. Our plan was to fish from Naples, through the Everglades, down the Keys and out to the Marqueses in just about a week. Within the first day we were casting at rolling tarpon under the eyes of the many resident alligators and hooking up to my first snook later that night. But the crystal clear waters of the Keys and the fish that feed there were calling us. The giant forked tails of bonefish and the permits' cicle fin piercing the water’s glassy surface as they rooted around for something to eat. Stingrays cruised around like gliders picking up anything that was kicked up. The barracuda and sharks had the other end of the food chain covered. Jack Crevalle swimming on the surface in unison chasing down our flies and bait busting false albacore and spanish mackerel were just offshore. And in the evenings after a little food and a Red Bull or two Jeremy and I fished various bridges throughout the keys where tarpon waited, hidden in

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Video On Flies & Fins South

12hrs. That's how long it takes to drive from New Orleans to Naples towing a flats skiff; and it's not nearly enough time to remember all the great fish we caught in the marsh. Dave and I laughed and theorized about setting the hook, what color they liked best, where the next coolest spot is, and how awful the drive was at the end of the day back to Luling... Find that on the map. Travis, god bless him, has a reason to live an hour an a half from the dock. It's because any number of docks can be reached within that drive. No shit! And being on the redfish tour means you have to know everything there is to know about Southern Louisiana from Slidell to Morgan City. I have to admit, the drive absolutely killed me but I learned more about fishing and where the next level is in the last month than I have in the last 2 years of guiding. In only a Cajun view of the world it all makes sense. And that's the point I'm trying to get at. Louisiana is just different. It's still a part of the United States as we depend on it heavily for oil, seafood and other goods, but the mindset is 1/2 American 1/2 French 1/2 Black and 1/2 Southern. Everything is on a different clock down here. You really have to let go in order to get by. And that's typically un-American. Everywhere you look you see the absurd. Mardi Gras is the epitome of this. It's the party to end all parties, and no one can escape it-- excess in every direction. And we were all about it! Especially the

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Flies & Fins 2007 Video

Wow! I would have never expected to see so many beautiful things in 2007, or my entire lifetime for that matter. I had the privilege of fly fishing with so many fly fishermen from fliesandfins.com. I will never forget chasing albies and bluefin tuna with Jeremy, Greg, Pat, Waterwhippa, Kranefly, Boz, Alex, Ed, Mark and so many others. Fly fishing trips such as chasing bluefin tuna in my home state of Maine, and fly fishing some of the most beautiful and world renowned trout waters in the world in Wyoming and Utah will never leave my memories. But, I would say that the best part of my fly fishing season was living through other peoples fliesandfins.com fishtales and video's! A huge thank you to all of the people who contribute and make fliesandfins.com so much more than just another fly fishing website. It is amazing to think that fliesandfins.com started with just 2 people, Greg and Jeremy, and was nothing more than a simple little blog. Just as I say that one season is over, I am reminded by what this next season can bring! Being too spoiled in 2007 with great fish, I remember that their are so many other species of fish to catch that I have never caught such as tarpon, bluefin tuna, skipjack tuna, marlin, snook, jack crevalle, delaware brown trout, bonefish, permit ... and the list goes on and on and I am constantly reminded about how special and fruitful the world we live in really is! I can only hope that 2008 will be as good as 2007 was. So, when Jeremy asked me if I wanted to

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