Poonfecta 2021 In this time where so many of our veterans are struggling with current events: Here is a feel good story for ya! The story starts about a year and a half ago at an Operation Home Shores get together. We gathered several veterans in a local park for barbeque, fly tying/casting, and comradery. A younger Navy vet from […]
Poonfecta 2021
Smile factory.
I’ve Found it odd, within the last couple of months I’ve seemed to have developed a love for watching people catch fish. More so in real life and in person than on any monitor or Television. As I sit here in my quiet house listing to the ice in my drink and the stroke of my absurdly loud key board. […]
The King of Spring
Most people who would read this blog think of spring and immediately ready themselves for Tarpon Season. But to me and a handful of others, there’s a whole different beast that grabs our undivided attention and makes our blood boil long before those silver kings migrate up the coast. For those of us who wake up way too early, walk […]
Last Minute Mission Pt.1
What is the meaning to life ? according to sources found elsewhere among the catacomb’s of this place we call the internet, its defined as ; Significance, origin, purpose, and ultimate fate. I can agree with that for the most part however, I can’t help but wonder what the “old timers” might offer forward. Maybe a swift smack on the back of […]
Seasons Change
Sometime around the end of September the season here in Florida begins to change and I personally put on a whole new game face. Casting platforms, fly rods, flies and micros take a backseat to tree stands, bows, guns and camo. The usual late night tarpon runs turn into early morning trips to the woods as tarpon season turns into […]
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 […]
Summer on the Road Part III
With day one in the books I was ready for an encore. Catching my first tuna and dolphin was a blast, but there was more fish to be caught. The morning ritual started just as the day before, creating pancakes out of a 12′ wide monofilament, lead-weighted net.
The Tamiami Trail
Leaving Pinellas County heading south you soon find yourself at the apex of a giant bridge supported by a bright fan of yellow cables with the waters of Tampa Bay soon filling your rear view mirror. The flats and mangrove laced islands dotted with anglers and others enjoying the water quickly turn into 3 lanes of tourists, daily commuters, self […]
“Sabalo Gigante: A Tale of an Obessession”
This is a project that I’ve had under wraps for quite some time now. I finally got it done. I got together with a couple buddies to bring you this hardcore fly fishing for Tarpon short film. Fishing South Florida for Giant Tarpon during the Migration is as Real as it Gets. This feat cannot be achieved without nerves of […]