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• Tailing Redfish On A Cloudy Morning
  on May 21, 2013 in Pine Island Fishing Guides fly fishing redfish Matlacha
  I had a tarpon trip booked with MN anglers Brian and Nathan Anderson on Sunday moring but a solid overcast put those plans on hold for a while. Sightcasting to those fish requires lots of blue sky and we had an excellent rising tide at the same...
• Cownose Ray Migration In Chartlotte Harbor
  on May 17, 2013
  A really cool sight from today was a huge school of cownose rays just off the Burnt Store Bar in Charlotte Harbor.  There were easily over a thousand of them swirling around in what was probably a spawning ritual.  These mid-size rays are c...
• Tailwalking Tarpon In Charlotte Harbor
  on May 16, 2013 in Pine Island Fishing Guides fly fishing tarpon Wildfly Charters Tarpon Season Pine Island Tarpon
  I finally got a decent shot of a jumping tarpon late yesterday afternoon.  This fish ate a lime green Toad fly and then launched itself into some stunning aerobatics worthy of the Blue Angels.  Unfortunately we didn't land this tarpon&...
• 2008 Beavertail BTX For Sale, Tampa, FL.
  on May 15, 2013 in Beavertail BTX Beavertail Skiffs
  This is one of the most popular first generation Beavertails and only a couple dozen were built. They don't come up for sale often and the owner of this skiff did some excellent work restoring this boat to like-new condition.  Below are so...
• Great Video: Fly Fishing The Yucatan
  on May 14, 2013 in fly fishing permit bonefish tarpon
  Hat tip to Bonefish On The Brain for showing me this absolutely excellent video from Leland Outfitters.  I haven't been down to Mexico in a long time and this has me itching to book a trip back there soon.  For all you aspiring film ma...
• Pine Island Fishing Report: Cobia On Fly
  on May 12, 2013 in Pine Island Fishing Guides fly fishing cobia Wildfly Charters Tarpon Season
  When the tarpon don't want to bite you'll throw your flies at anything on the flats.  It's an added bonus when those targets turn out to be big cobia.  Local angler Dan Pontius scored this 27 incher just south of Burnt Store Marine this mor...
• Bull Sharks
  on May 10, 2013 in Pine Island Fishing Guides Pine Island sharks
  You know that summer is coming when these guys start to show up in the shallows.  I took this photo yesterday of  a six foot bull shark in less than three feet of water near Cabbage Key.  This is just one of the reasons I don't go swim...
• Getting Back To Normal
  on May 9, 2013
    Winds are calm in the mornings and the temps are crawling back up towards 80 degrees so that's great news.  Angler Zach Bruner took advantage of this yesterday and scored a nice inshore slam in Pine Island Sound.   ...
• Tying The Tarpon Toad
  on May 7, 2013 in Pine Island Fishing Guides fly fishing tarpon Wildfly Charters Tarpon Season
  While you're waiting for the wind to calm down and the water to warm back up, tie some Tarpon Toads.
• Coming Soon...
  on May 6, 2013 in Pine Island Fishing Guides tarpon photos Wildfly Charters Tarpon Season
  The rotten west winds that have ruined tarpon fishing for that last three days should be gone soon and the big migratory schools will be moving up the beaches.  Stay tuned.

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