Most anglers know that the transition from trout fishing to casting for saltwater or big-game species can be fraught with peril. The deaded “trout strike” has resulted in the loss of countless tarpon, . . .
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This is one of the best videos we’ve seen about wading the flats for striped bass. Angler Tom Richardson wades his way onto the flats in Brewster, Massachusetts, turning this amazing . . .
Read MoreThe latest how-to video from Ben Sittig, a.k.a Huge Fly Fisherman, is all about how to maintain the “ready position” when you’re on the bow of a flats boat. Saltwater fly fishing demands that you be ready to cast 30 to 50 feet of line immediately, with . . .
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The great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) isn’t generally considered one of the premier saltwater fly rod species—it’s not part of the flats Grand Slam, for instance—and few fly fishers head to . . .
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After decades as a trout and steelhead fly fisherman, California tier Peter Koga caught the bonefish bug, and years of trial-and-error produced his signature flats fly, Koga’s Bonefish . . .
Read MoreAuthor Phil MonahanPosted on April 2, 2019Categories Fly Fishing
Edit “Video: Xkalak’s Salty Buffet”
Here’s the second installment of the “Buffet Series” from Gilbert Rowley and Phil Tuttle. In this video, they explore the salty goodness around Xcalak, on one of the last “unspoiled” stretches of Mexican Caribbean coast just north of the Belize . . .
Read MoreThis week’s podcast is a discussion with Capt. Tuck Scott, head guide at Bay Street Outfitters of Beaufort, South Carolina. Tuck gives us solid tips on choosing flies for saltwater inshore species, concentrating on redfish . . .
Read MoreBen Sittig, a.k.a Huge Fly Fisherman, admits that he was pretty nervous the first time he got on a flats skiff because he didn’t know quite what to do. Since he is now an official saltwater junkie, he’s gleaned a lot of information that novices will find . . .
Read MoreWritten by: Joe Buntom, Deep Water Cay
Deep Water Cay, located on the east end of Grand Bahama Island, is surrounding by nearly 250 square miles of pristine flats, creeks, and channels that hold some of the biggest bonefish, . . .
Read MoreWhat if I told you of a mysterious place where dragons are real, fish strike with ferocity, and the islands shiver, amid the relentless heat of Indian Ocean sun? This is Indonesia—a nation made of more than 17,000 islands (no one knows the exact . . .
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