Tag: Florida

Patagonia, an outdoor equipment and apparel company based in Ventura, California, has renewed its support of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust as a Platinum Corporate Sponsor. “Our mission statement is simple,” said Ted Manning, Patagonia’s director of fly fishing. “We’re in business to save our home planet. That means we are solution-driven...

"When fishing in Destin Florida, you'll often go silver surfing the beach for Pompano! when Sight fishing Destin Florida for Pompano I love to walk the beach. Beach fishing for pompano in Destin Florida, you can walk miles and miles and see all the Pompano you want. Florida beach fly fishing more specifically in Destin is one of the best way to get your...

Capt. Debbie Hanson is an outdoor writer, Florida guide and the driving force behind SheFishes2.com. In this episode of The Articulate Fly, “Debbie shares everything from memories of fishing a Snoopy rod with her grandfather, to the tremendous angling opportunities in Southwest Florida to her efforts to grow the sport we all love.” Listen here.

Juvenile permit are difficult to locate in the Florida Keys. The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust has current research focused on tracking these 4 to 14 inch fish, which “might be absent because the habitats that those size fish use are becoming degraded, and as a result, there are less of that size. Or, we haven’t yet looked in the right places for them....

The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust is teaming up with researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute to identify where juvenile bonefish settle in the Florida Keys. “Identifying and protecting essential fish habitat is the first and most important step towards recovering the bonefish population in the Florida Keys.”

Trout School: Lessons from a Fly-Fishing Master by Mark Hume is filled with lessons and stories from the author’s time on the water with fishing legend, Mo Bradley. “Drawing from more than twenty years of fishing and friendship, Hume distills the best of Mo’s essential knowledge, including tips and tricks for catching Kamloops trout year-round...

A Florida native living in downtown Tampa, David Danforth is a third-generation Florida fisherman, now doing artwork full-time and traveling the US on a tradeshow tour. David's home waters are Tampa Bay, where he's constantly on the hunt for snook, redfish and tarpon, with the occasional offshore trip.  David has created a fresh approach to the art and...

A little over a year after Hurricane Irma spread her wrath across the Florida Keys, "The Purple Isles" are stronger and better than ever. And the fishing is too. Show host, Captain Jared Raskob introduces his anglers to the challenges of fly fishing for both migrating oceanside Tarpon and the resident fish of Florida Bay. "Give us the line! Right there...

For most of my fish-addled life, a winter trip to Florida was a sanity-saving jump into summer for a week or so.  I made the jump to Florida the second week of March this year, but I landed into another version of winter. A cold north wind rattled the palmettos around the vacation condo, and I wore jeans, hiking boots and a down vest whenever I ventured...

Keith McGuire was born in 1950, in the small industrial city of Beloit, Wisconsin.  His home was situated in such a way that the front door led to town, and the back to rolling fields, neatly divided by a sluggish little stream called Turtle Creek.  This was where his lifelong love for fishing began, and it continues to this day. After high school, he...