I could start this post by telling you that I’ve fished my whole life, which would be true, in a way. As a kid I fished the lakes of Valrico,FL for bass, catfish, bluegill, and even alligators. Basically anything that would bite my lure was what I was after. I loved fishing back then, but that’s not when my obsession truly […]
The Addiction
Tidal Carp
Fly fishing for carp has opened up a lot of fishing opportunities in a region I am otherwise quite limited in without owning a boat. After several years of plying my craft in local rivers, creeks, lakes, and ponds I began looking elsewhere to satisfy my urge for freshwater ghosts. I found it in an unlikely place I had written […]
Tying the KNOT pt.1
When my fiance and I decided to go to Hawaii for our honeymoon lots of stuff immediately raced through my head; beautiful islands, great weather, taking my first trip with my new wife and way back in the deep dark part of my brain… monster bonefish. So as any good husband does I began to research for our trip. I […]
MIAMI BITE
This is a video that I submitted to the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Art and Film Festival. This video got 2nd place in the Festival, I was really stoked to have my video viewed alongside talented and passionate filmmakers. I wanna start by saying this is the most fun Ive ever had filming a video and super thankful that Plastic […]
The Lure of the Light
I pray that this little write up about hitting dock lights finds you tomorrow morning during your glorious toilet time or while trying to find something to spice up your mid week work day. My buddies and I have been avoiding the crowded late summer boat ramps and hot as hell days in southwest Florida by hitting the water at […]
West And East
I did not fish the tarpon migration this year. Nor did I give chase to hefty spring time redfish wallowing in a meadow of turtle grass or pot-bellied snook foraging before the gentle bubble and foam of a mid-summer beach break. I haven’t even been south of Wall Street in the last six months. All of which is decidedly uncharacteristic behavior for someone […]
TURNING SOME HEADS
The past few weekends I have been trying to figure out the whole pike/musky situation on SE Wisconsin’s Lake Delevan. These fish are defiantly plentiful but also very picky. The added weekend boat traffic and the fact that we are hurling huge flies at these fish doesn’t make the situation any easier. But, every weekend we are out there we […]
Obession Film
[vimeo 102642433 w=500 h=281] <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/102642433″>Obsession</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/prhea36″>Patrick Rhea (LivitFilms)</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
The Wade
[vimeo 101465267 w=500 h=281] <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/101465267″>The Wade</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/prhea36″>Patrick R</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
Road to Nowhere Trailer
Last May a group of friends traveled from Texas to the primitive snook and tarpon-laden backcountry of the southernmost tip of Florida. We had one goal in mind: to get completely submerged in the Everglades. We wanted to intimately experience the national treasure in the only way we knew how. We crammed our camping and fishing gear into a truck […]