Let the midnight special, shine her light on me. Let the midnight special, shine her ever-lovin’ light on me. ~Leadbelly August 30, 2000 I’ve finally caught the fish that originally inspired me to take up fly fishing and here is how it happened. A few days ago I came down with a case of that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘tarpon’
In Time
August, 2005 We fished until dark, but none would take. We marked their progress by the flashing tails and cast long leads to them with light flies. When they approached we’d strip the fly and they’d disappear in an explosion of water, perhaps to bide their time off the edge until the flats were peaceful [...]
Jay (Bug Beard the Terrible) & the Tarpon
Ok, I was searching through the sickly soup of YouTube for tarpon fishing—yes, I’m already pining for tarpon season—and found this. Ok, here we have some stupid $#!t—did I hear something about 3-x tippet in there?! But, I’m sure you’ll share my confliction over how sweet it also is. Nicely done. (As an aside, I [...]
Witness FlyMage
I ran across the e-zine Flymage and immediately knew where this shot was taken… at least, I could guess to within roughly 50 square miles, which is above average, I’d say. Of course, I have an inside track: this just so happens to be my home. So click, view, enjoy: lots of fish-porn, fly tying, [...]
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust gives away sweet swag!
If you care about bonefish, or tarpon, or permit, you need to join Bonefish & Tarpon Trust. And, as an added incentive they’re giving away a prize to new members only worth tens of thousands of (U.S.) dollars! They ran a sweepstakes last year (2010) and it raised so many new member that they’re doing [...]
“Tapâm – a Flyfishing Journey” Trailer
This is what my movies would be like if I had the time, motivation, money, and general coolness of these guys… although I gotta ask, “Bellyboats? Really?” Tapâm – a flyfishing journey from tapamthemovie on Vimeo.
Tarpon Fishing Vid… Nice.
Summer Tarpon Reel from Cavin Brothers on Vimeo. Here’s one of those lazy-@$$ posts that shows how little time I have to update this blog. Still, nothing wrong with a little sweetness to feed the fantasy that tarpon fishing isn’t almost a whole year away.
