As anglers were subject to the constraints of the tyrant named Mother Nature. She does what she pleases. We’re merely hostages to her moody behavior. Every now and then she’ll smile down and grant us passage on a picturesque day. On rare occasions she’ll string two or more blissful days together for us to enjoy her splendor. Two weeks ago […]
Picture Perfect
Where It’s At
The Men Who Stare At Nothing…
It’s mid-Fall and I find myself stepping outside to the first chilly air of the fall. Overnight, temperatures plunged into the thirties signaling the end of warmth and the heart of autumn. Leaves are rustling in the woods and being swept out over the yard and clear skies reveal a canopy of stars. It is 5 a.m. and […]
Black Friday
I decided to use the skiff to mothership my kayak today. I explored some new territory and tried to hide from the wind. The gators had the place on lockdown. When you come face to face with these dinosaurs in the mangrove tunnels you have two options. Turnaround and go home or roll the dice and try to squeeze by […]
Quackers
I got invited to go on my first duck hunt this past weekend. I had been wanting to go for a while, so I jumped at the opportunity. I got my permits and stamps in line, and made plans to meet my buddies Nut and Brad over on the east coast on Friday night. After too many beers, we went […]
The Carp and the Seagull
Cool Story bros.. http://thecarpandtheseagull.thecreatorsproject.com/video.html#
Catching flatties, West Coast style
I always enjoy learning new things even if I end up never using the skills once learned.
We Saved a Dolphin
The weekend started off with an early morning stroll down the beach… …with a pimped out canoe in tow and a convoy of trucks and skiffs following not far behind. We stumbled across a creature washed up and struggling to find it’s way back into the water. Brandon slammed on the brakes, jumped out of the truck and rushed to […]
Birthday Permit
Yesterday, I spent a few hours on the water with a great friend Mike O, and my faithful labrador Chowda. We were doing a little bit of scouting, and generally just goofing around. We were running out of time and had just a little bit of sun left, so we decided to try to get Mike his first rubber […]
The feel good story of the year.
This past Sunday night at a benefit for Naples area guide Wes, my buddy Hunter bid on a fly box donated by master fly tier Nick Davis, from 239 Flies. Hunter is pretty new to the fly game, and was able to get his first sight fished Red on the fly this morning, using one of the flies from the box […]