Sailfish On The Fly: What A Blast!

by | Salt Water

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Hi I am Mark Ward, owner of the Everglades Angler Orvis Endorsed Flyshop and Guide Shop, in Naples Florida. I was recently invited to Costa Rico as a guest of Orvis. I stayed at the Crocodile Bay Lodge there, and fished for three and half days. We had a blast and experienced some fantastic fly fishing. I landed two Pacific sailfish each day on the new Orvis T3 12wt. rod. “Costa Rico is a unique and wonderful place. The country is working hard to preserve their wildlife through their national parks. The animal life abounds on land and in the ocean. We saw a school of approximately 250 porpoise free jumping and playing, along with free-jumping sails and 15-pound tuna. During my time in Costa Rico, I also saw turtles and humpback whales. And, we caught numerous Pacific sails each day. What a trip!”

5 Comments

  1. jeremy on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Sweet video Mark! Thanks for sponsoring this months tournament – we have some great submissions so far and there is still plenty of time in Jan for people to submit a few more!

    If anyone out there liked this video – visit evergladesangler.com and CHECK OUT THE TARPON VIDEO. Mark and his guides run a great shop down in the everglades and if you love fly fishing you should think about going down to fish with everglades angler this winter. flights to florida are cheap – and the tarpon/snook/redfish/jack fishing is great – the everglades is awesome and so much different than the typical parts of florida – check out evergladesangler.com and give mark a call with any questions.

  2. Pete on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    That is just too cool. In NYC, it’s 11 degrees outside today but that video definitely got my blood going.

  3. joey on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Great video Mark!! That must have been a blast I can’t imagine catching a fish that size on a fly rod. Nicely done.

  4. kray on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Hi, Mark really sweet. I love watching your video. The fly shop here in WY i work at has a bunch of Sail Fish videos love to watch them. Someday i want to do that. looks like fun casting that 12 wt orvis. Thanks for inspiring kids like me. Kray Lutz.

  5. bayougt on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Mark
    I own a lodge and charter in Guatemala. We would like to show you what a really busy day is like on the fly for sails. Great looking pics and videos.

    Cheers,
    Capt Starrs
    http://www.bluebayouguatemala.com