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- [Saltwater Fly Fishing Blog](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/blog/) - Tail Fly Fishing Magazine provides a voice for saltwater fly fishing culture in a bimonthly print publication. We focus on delivering the best photography, destination travel, reputable commentary and technical features from the saltwater fly fishing lifestyle. The only fly fishing magazine dedicated to fly fishing in saltwater.
- [Tomorrow’s legends are on the water today](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tomorrows-legends-water-today/) - Who’s Next Tomorrow’s legends are on the water today. We Know Better For Captain Brandon Cyr of the Florida Keys, there’s no time like the present By T. Edward Nickens There was this one kid, Captain Brandon Cyr recalls, who came to fish with him every year. He was consumed with saltwater fly
- [Red Riders - Words and photographs by Captain John Mauser](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/red-riders-words-photographs-captain-john-mauser/) - It’s a recipe for road trip magic: Little Debbie Swiss Rolls, Dr. Dre, crawfish ètoufèe, 30 miles-per-hour winds, and Louisiana redfish the size of a small cow. Words and photographs by Captain John Mauser If I can fall asleep now, I think to myself, I’ll get two solid hours of shut-eye. That should be
- [For a (very) few knowing fly anglers, cownose rays bring the heat.](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/knowing-fly-anglers-cownose-rays-bring-heat/) - Shadows In Ochre By Captain Jason Moore They slip in on the rising summer tide, largely unseen and certainly unheralded. But for a (very) few knowing fly anglers, cownose rays bring the heat. It took a few seasons to crack the code on these rays. Summers along this stretch of coast can feel still
- [I Get It Honest  - By Captain Lacey Kelly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/get-honest-captain-lacey-kelly/) - I Get It Honest She talks a mile a minute and still can’t get it all out. But Captain Lacey Kelly has five generations of Old Florida blood running through her veins. We’d do well to listen. By Captain Lacey Kelly It’s funny. I’ve tried to get away from it during certain periods in
- [One More!](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/one-more/) - One More Washington angler Mike Ward surpasses Del Brown’s legendary permit mark, and his compulsion for the next one won’t let him stop. By Trey Reid Nothing was going right for Mike Ward. He’d had more than two dozen shots at permit but couldn’t put a fly anywhere close to one. “I don’t know if
- [Preview the New Issue of Tail Fly Fishing Magazine - Issue #75 is live](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/preview-new-issue-tail-fly-fishing-magazine-issue-75-live/)
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- [Al Q's Bonefish Trainer](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/al-qs-bonefish-trainer/) - Tail’s irrepressible West Coast editor and fly-casting whisperer Al Quattrocchi took the car body off a remote-control car, and replaced it with a fiberglass bonefish. Check out the most awesome casting-practice drill you will ever see…Get in the Zone!!! How To Catch A Bonefish Who Caught the First Bonefish on a Fly?
- [Letter from the (New) Editor](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/letter-new-editor/) - From the Editor I’ve been thinking about the concept of community lately, of what a community is, how it’s built, how the idea of community has changed in a digital world, and what can be done to strengthen the human relationships that are the tendons and sinews of every community. While such ruminations have been
- [Final Editor's Letter from Joseph Ballarini](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/final-editors-letter-joseph-ballarini/) - We all arrive at certain crossroads that determine the directions our lives will take.For me, the Covid-19 pandemic was that junction. I quit working as a hospital physician in the emergency department and decided to spend the rest of my career with a strategic focus on being more of a caregiver and less of a
- [Bob Popovics Tribute - Nick Curcione](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bob-popovics-tribute-nick-curcione/) - Bob Popovics Tribute By Nick Curcione In testimonials, the word "legend" has become a bit commonplace. But when reflecting on my dear friend Bob Popovics and the lives he touched through his talents and his unabashed enthusiasm to share his passions with others, I am hard-pressed to find a suitable substitute. When he passed In testimonials, the word “legend” has become a bit commonplace, but when reflecting on my dear friend Bob Popovics and the lives he touched by virtue of his talents and unabashed enthusiasm to share his passions with others, I am hard pressed for a suitable substitute. When he passed early in the morning on November 1, a legend indeed was lost by the fly-fishing community.
- [BONEFISH IN TURKS AND CAICOS](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bonefish-turks-caicos/) - TCI on the Fly Bonefishing fits into family vacation plans on Turks and Caicos. by George Sylvestre If you’re planning to chase bonefish in the Caribbean, the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) may not be the first destination that comes to mind. It also may not be at the top of the Google search
- [Tail Fly Fishing Magazine Issue #71](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tail-fly-fishing-magazine-issue-71/) - The May/June Issue of Tail Fly Fishing Magazine. Enjoy issue #71 and be sure to subscribe to keep the incredible photography and articles from the saltwater world coming. Tail Fly Fishing Magazine - May/June 2024
- [You Can Trout-Set a Trout!  Keys to Success for Big Winter Specks on Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/can-trout-set-trout-keys-success-big-winter-specks-fly/) - Heavy sink lines are also in play. T8 to T10 lines work well, with short fluorocarbon leaders and heavy flies, like the Half and Half tied with heavy lead dumbbell eyes.
- [Fly Fishing Gear Guide  - September 2023](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-gear-guide-september-2023/) - Portland Syrups Like many great companies, Portland Syrups began in a kitchen in 2012, when two friends came together to produce mocktail mixers. A decade later, Portland Syrups produces more than a dozen simple syrups for mocktails, cocktails, and cooking. Notable flavors include Meyer Lemon and Mango Habanero. Portland Syrups are made with whole ingredients
- [Río Lagartos Tarpon - Prayer and Scars in the Mangroves of the Yucatán](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/rio-lagartos-tarpon-prayer-scars-mangroves-yucatan/) - by David N. McIlvaney Fishing boats are fishing boats. Some differences in beam and length, draw and height, construction material and means of propulsion, but basically, they take you to the fish. But when it comes to fly fishing, there is a clear-cut difference between a drift boat on a trout river and a tarpon
- [Fly Fishing Gear - Summer 2023](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-gear-summer-2023/) - The team at Tail Fly Fishing Magazine puts some of the best fly fishing gear to the test. It is not limited to fly fishing gear though. We also take the time to review clothing, lifestyle items for outdoor living, gear transport systems, fly tying materials and tools, luggage and of course food and beverage--essentially
- [Fly Fishing the Surf with Bob Popovics](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-the-surf-with-bob-popovics/) - Story by Pete Barrett Photos by Pete Barrett and Bob Popovics Many coastal fly anglers consider surf fishing to be the ultimate challenge. Fortunately, most of us live within a coffee-mug drive from some of the best surf fly fishing opportunities in the world. Down South, the snook is king, while Up North the striped
- [CONSUMER CHOICE AWARDS - Fly Fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/consumer-choice-awards-fly-fishing/) - CONSUMER CHOICE AWARDS SOMERSET, PA – Anglers from around the world have named the product winners of the annual Fly Fishing Show Consumer Choice Awards. More than 17,000 votes came from both Fly Fishing Show attendees and electronically from 15 nations for 183 products in 41 categories ranging from rods and reels to boots and
- [Saltwater Fly Fishing Gear Guide - March 2023](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/saltwater-fly-fishing-gear-guide-march-2023/) - Here's the latest installment of the Tail Fly Fishing Gear Guide from the March 2023 issue (that's issue #64 with Bob Popovics on the cover). There's much more saltwater fly fishing gear on the way for 2023, including a sustainable gear review and new items for 2024 this Fall. In the meantime we think you'll
- [Ruben Martin's Epoxy Crab: Permit Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/rubin-martins-epoxy-crab-permit-fly/) - Ruben Martin is a fly fishing guru from Argentina who shared one of his exquisite crab patterns for permit with us. It's a great pattern and although it looks complicated, it's not a difficult pattern to tie. Give it a try and email us with any questions. Material list: Hook: AHREX NS
- [10 must have flies for saltwater fly fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/10-must-flies-saltwater-fly-fishing/) - From the Ten Year Anniversary Issue of Tail Fly Fishing Magazine: Ten Flies We should always have. by Joseph Ballarini Tail Fly Fishing Magazine’s ten-year anniversary calls for something more extensive than a tutorial or pictures of destination boxes. So I’ve made a list of ten flies for ten years, and these selections should always
- [Barracuda Breakdown by Chico Fernandez](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/barracuda-breakdown-by-chico-fernandez/) - Big barracudas have always been one of my favorite fly rod fish—so much so that I’ve always made an effort to have a fully rigged rod in case I run into one while fishing for bonefish or permit. And if the area warrants it, I’ll fish exclusively for them all day long. To date, I’ve
- [Go-to Flies for the Everglades by Chico Fernandez](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/go-to-flies-for-the-everglades-by-chico-fernandez/) - The Everglades Seven by Chico Fernandez I’ve fly fished in many places around the world, from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska, and I love it all. But when it comes to my favorite place to fly fish, it would be, hands down, the Everglades. It’s not just about the snook, the redfish, and all the
- [Unhappy Hookers: When hooks wind up in fishermen instead of fish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/unhappy-hookers-hooks-wind-fishermen-instead-fish/) - E. Donnall Thomas Jr./Lori Thomas Back in 1980, before its famous king salmon run crashed, the Kenai River was Alaska’s most heavily fished stream. At the time, I was living and working near its banks in Soldotna, the small town at the fishery’s epicenter. When the run was near its summer peak, the river grew
- [Louisiana redfish on the new Salt R8 by Sage](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/louisiana-redfish-new-sage-r8-salt/) - Marsh Madness: Despite hiccups, a plan comes together for Louisiana redfish on Sage’s new saltwater gear by Trey Reid Louisiana redfish don’t always present the best sight-casting targets. Water clarity, which underpins the hierarchy of marsh variables, is somewhat like black tea. Even when wind, tide, and sunlight create advantageous conditions for sight fishing, visibility
- [A Guide’s Life by Captain Scott Hamilton](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/guides-life-captain-scott-hamilton/) - “Time is a beast, devouring all, insatiable. . . .” That pretty much sums up a captain’s life, but I wouldn’t trade my guiding experiences for anything. You never know what’s going to happen on any given day out on the water; each day truly is unique. Below are a few entertaining nuggets from my
- [Permit guilt, creeping conflict, and fly fishing ecstasy in Belize](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/permit-guilt-creeping-conflict-fly-fishing-ecstasy-belize/) - Deep Gravy: Permit guilt, creeping conflict, and fly fishing ecstasy in Belize by Trey Reid We left the dock at 6:30 a.m., a relatively late departure by the standard we had set over the previous four days of fishing around Ambergris Cay, Belize. By any definition, the trip was already an unqualified success—so productive that
- [Saltwater Fly Fishing Gear - Fall 2022](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/saltwater-fly-fishing-gear-september-2022/) - From the Tail Fly Fishing Magazine 10-year anniversary issue, the September/October 2022 gear guide. Complete with editor's choice selections and links. Fishpond Thunderhead Backpack Most of us know Fishpond for its impeccably made products with unique design features. They’re made to tackle some of the harshest environments an angler can expect to encounter. The redesigned and updated
- [Addiction](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/8635-2/) - Addiction by Joseph Ballarini On my first cast to a bonefish, on Biscayne Bay near Miami in August 2008, I hooked up. We rolled out of Black Point Marina, into a skinny-water eel grass flat that was as smooth as melted glass. The sun was starting to surface in its awesome orange glow, illuminating
- [Tying Drew Chicone's Contraband Crab](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tying-drew-chicones-contraband-crab/) - The Contraband Crab is a confluence of several of my favorite crab patterns: Bauer Crab, Scotch-Brite Crab and McFly Crab. My goal was to incorporate all my favorite attributes or “abilities” and overcoming each pattern’s shortcomings. The Bauer Crab is a fly box staple since the 1970s. Its iconic, knotted square rubber legs allow the segment
- [MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES - A THREAT FOR TRAVELING ANGLERS](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/mosquito-borne-diseases-a-threat-for-traveling-anglers/) - Some key facts from the World Health Organization Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases. They cause more than 700,000 deaths each year. More than 3.9 billion people in over 128 countries are at risk of contracting dengue. There are an estimated 96 million cases per year. Malaria causes more than
- [Getting the Shot](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/getting-the-shot/) - AxisGo iPhone housing and a little luck produce stunning fish image by Sonny Culp The goal of any guided flats fishing adventure should always be some variation of improvement as an angler, having fun, and catching some fish. But the memories are what we bring home, so having a few fish pictures to share
- [Fly Fishing Gear](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-gear/) - REVEL GEAR Day Tripper Solar Pack We've all been there: On the water with a dead cell phone or camera. And Murphy’s Law dictates, of course, that those are invariably the times you land the one you've been waiting for. But with no picture, it might as well never have happened, right? The Day Tripper Solar
- [Worm Hatch - Northeast - Striped Bass](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/worm-hatch-northeast-striped-bass/) - In contrast to most perennial opportunities that saltwater anglers anticipate each season, cinder worm events remain somewhat cloaked in mystery. But I believe the unpredictability of the worm event is the magnet that fuels its annual cult-like pursuit—sort of like a gambler’s addiction. Worm “hatches” draw attention from fly-rodders from all walks of the sport.
- [Tarpon Cockroach - One of the Best Tarpon Flies of All-Time](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tarpon-cockroach-one-of-the-best-tarpon-flies-of-all-time/) - If you’ve ever wondered who invented the Cockroach, it wasn’t Lefty Kreh, as many websites and fly shops erroneously report. It was Norman Duncan. Norman was great friends with Flip Pallot, Chico Fernandez, and “Little John” Emory in the early 1960s. Together, they put fly fishing in Miami and the upper Keys on the map
- [Reflections from the Mill House Podcast](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/reflections-from-the-mill-house-podcast/) - by Andy Mill and Nicky Mill Editor’s note: These excerpts are transcribed from Mill House Podcast episodes. They’ve been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Andy Mill has added recent reflections on the clips that are signified by italicized text. Tackle was barbaric and fish were plentiful. Before GPS and sonar, navigation and exploration was
- [Straight Path to Crooked Island](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/straight-path-crooked-island/) - Straight Path to Crooked Island by Al Quattrocchi Wading across warm, clear, ankle-deep water on endless flats with a fly rod in hand, as large schools of tailing bonefish wake through the current, can be as good as it gets in saltwater sight fishing. Crooked Island and Acklins, part of a Bahamian atoll nestled between
- [Holiday in Holbox](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/holiday-in-holbox/) - Family Beach Vacation with a Side of Tarpon Story by Michael DeJarnette Photos by Patrick DeJarnette Our flight arrived about an hour late in Cancun. It was the Sunday before Christmas, and it had been snowing in Utah. Airports and airlines had been working through significant staffing issues related to the Omicron variant of Covid-19,
- [Uh Oh, No O’io! (Bonefish Hawaii)](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bonefish-hawaii/) - A Story by Tail Fly Fishing Subscriber, Denis Rouse Photos by Jeremy Inman at Oahu Fly Fishing Honolulu--Hawaiian bonefish, called O’io here, have shoulders. They’re bigger, beefier and warier than their Caribe cousins. Not to worry If one of these silver wraiths of the coral flats breaks your line and your heart, there are other
- [Saltwater Fly Fishing - Issue 60 July/Aug 2022 Preview](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/saltwater-fly-fishing-issue-60-july-aug-2022-preview/) - Check out a preview of the July/August 2022 issue of Tail Fly Fishing Magazine, the voice of saltwater fly fishing and the only fly fishing magazine dedicated to fly fishing in salt water. Available for purchase at select fly shops, Barnes & Noble stores, Bass Pro and other fine retailers.
- [59th Annual Gold Cup Invitational Fly Fishing Tarpon Tournament](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/2022-2/) - 59th Annual Gold Cup Invitational Fly Fishing Tarpon Tournament June 20-24, 2022 Islamorada, Florida Keys The 59th Annual Gold Cup Invitational Tarpon Fly Fishing Tournament, one of the most revered fly fishing tournaments in the world, is known wherever anglers pursue the Silver King with a fly. It has been referred to as the "World Series"
- [Martin Arostegui: Doctor of Record](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/martin-arostegui-doctor-of-record/) - Martin Arostegui: Doctor of Record by Steve Kantner January / February 2022 Issue 57 Dr. Martin Arostegui stands alone in the pantheon of angling world-record holders. “Marty’s accomplishments are nothing short of amazing,” said Mike Leech, former International Game Fish Association president and ambassador-at-large. “Not only has he set far more IGFA world records than
- [Deep Dive on the Clouser Deep Minnow](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/deep-dive-on-the-clouser-deep-minnow/) - Deep Dive on the Clouser Deep Minnow by Pete Barrett May / June 2022 Issue 59 I recently asked my friend Captain Robby Barradale of the Bayshore Saltwater Flyrodders what he thought about the Clouser Deep Minnow. His short reply speaks volumes: “It’s a must-have fly because it catches fish so well.” Originally designed to
- [La Vida Seis](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/la-vida-seis/) - La Vida Seis by Chico Fernandez May / June 2022 Issue 59 When I came to Miami in 1959, bonefishing in Biscayne Bay was a dream. Big bonefish, many over 10 pounds, were plentiful and relatively easy to approach, and a good cast usually got you a hookup. Few anglers were fishing the flats with
- [Life, Loss, and Skinny Texas Reds](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/life-loss-skinny-texas-reds/) - Life, Loss, and Skinny Texas Reds By Jess Males Aaron Thomas Gates is a fourth-generation donut master who runs Gates Donut Shop in Corpus Christi, Texas. Aaron is like a brother to me. We met in 2017, when I invited some people from my Backwater Fly Fishing Instagram page to join me on an eight-day
- [Steel Mining in the Mist](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/steel-mining-mist/) - Steel Mining in the Mist Steelhead Fly Fishing at it’s Best by John G. Sherman My windshield wipers were chugging along at full speed and still not keeping up. As I pulled off of the highway onto the gravel bar, an inch of water was vibrating on Highway 199 with each raindrop. My two buddies
- [Fly Rods Down Under](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-rods-down-under/) - Fly Rods Down Under Australian Fly Fishing Adventure, Follow the yellow brick road to the Land of Oz by E. Donnall Thomas Jr. As we cut power and drifted downwind through the pelting rain, the water ahead could have been the setting for one of those vintage Japanese black and white monster classics. If Godzilla’s
- [Fly Fishing Magazine Preview - Tail Fly Fishing Magazine Issue 59](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-magazine-preview-tail-fly-fishing-magazine-issue-59/)
- [Dangermuffin Crab](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/dangermuffin-crab/) - Tying a Dangermuffin Crab by Doug McKnight The permit curse had haunted me for more than a decade, and all I had to show for it was a pile of shots and memories of a mid 30-pounder that I lost after a 40-minute battle. This all changed in 2009 on a DIY trip to
- [The Everglades Seven](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-everglades-seven/) - Tying and Fishing The Everglades Seven Go-to patterns for the Glades by Chico Fernandez I’ve fly fished in many places around the world, from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska, and I love it all. But when it comes to my favorite place to fly fish, it would be, hands down, the Everglades. It’s not
- [Topwater Permit](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/topwater-permit/) - Topwater Permit Fly Fishing by Bob Haines Perhaps my first inclination that I'd been doing it wrong was the day after I finally caught my first permit. While sitting over a Belikin and a hot dog at Jets in the outbound terminal of the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport in Belize City, two likely
- [The Family Trevally](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-family-trevally/) - The Family Trevally Terrors of the Pacific, Whatever Their Size by E. Donnall Thomas Jr. I was living in Alaska when Christmas Island—once known, if at all, as nothing but a remote speck of land in the mid-Pacific—began to emerge as a saltwater fly rod destination. One of the first lessons one learns upon
- [Boogie Crab Number 9](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/boogie-crab-number-9/) - Tie a Boogie Crab Number 9 Catch More Redfish by John E. Wood Slowly and silently drifting across the surface of the Texas marsh in a borrowed kayak, my “bug guy” mentality was showing. Nick Haxhijaj (hi-gee-eye) had just called for the second time in ten minutes, “Where are you? Get out here; there are
- [Fleeting Attraction](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fleeting-attraction/) - Fleeting Attraction Fly Anglers Can’t Ignore, Northeast Cinder Worm Spawn by Alan Caolo In contrast to most perennial opportunities that saltwater anglers anticipate each season, cinder worm events remain somewhat cloaked in mystery. But I believe the unpredictability of the worm event is the magnet that fuels its annual cult-like pursuit—sort of like a
- [Hot Smoked Salmon](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/hot-smoked-salmon/) - On The Plate is Hot Smoked Salmon Text and recipe by Jennifer Matsu Photos by Rob Schumske I’m a native Houstonian, but I grew up fishing summers in the Okanagan and Quadra Island of British Columbia. I’d spend days in a jon boat on Okanagan Lake, targeting rainbow trout and landlocked kokanee salmon. I’d
- [The Evolution Shrimp Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-evolution-shrimp/) - The Evolution Shrimp Fly for Bonefish & Permit by Joseph Ballarini It was perhaps legendary Keys guide Harry Spear who originated the very effective style of fly that sports a flat body, allowing for linear movement without spinning. Spear used his Tasty Toad to target the large, spooky bonefish off Islamorada. The Toad landed
- [How to Catch Big Fish by Andy Mill](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/how-to-catch-big-fish-by-andy-mill/) - We’ve all been there before, hooked into a leviathan for more than an hour. Your arms are smoked out, your clothes are drenched, and you’re hoping it breaks off sooner than later—and yet you don’t want to lose it. Your guide is encouraging, “Come on. You’ve got this. Pull harder now.” No, you don’t have
- [Gear Reviews: Fly Rod Review](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/thomas-and-thomas-rod-review/) - Gear Review: Thomas & Thomas Sextant Fly Rod Designing a fly rod that’s better than its predecessor is always difficult. What makes one rod “better” than another is often subjective, but there are aspects of rod design that can change the debate from Pepsi-versus-Coke and result in tangible attributes that make one rod superior to
- [Saltwater Fly Fishing Gear Guide](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/saltwater-fly-fishing-gear-guide-2/) - Cobra MR HH600 Floating Marine Radio This handheld radio isn’t just for people with boats. The HH600 is the upgraded version of the HH350 and includes GPS to pinpoint your location, built in Bluetooth®, and an LED flashlight and strobe. This is a great safety tool to take with you whenever and wherever you travel.
- [That Albacore Season - T. Edward Nickens](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/albacore-season-t-edward-nickens/) - Running out of the inlet, he said, “I feel good about where I am, Dad. I feel good about what I’m about to do.” We were headed towards Cape Lookout and I knew he was talking about fishing and I know he was talking about things other than fishing, and he worked the boat through
- [GT Behavior & Hangouts](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/gt-behavior-and-hangouts/) - So where do we find GTs? These predators are one of the most opportunistic feeders swimming in the ocean. To catch GTs on a fly you are first going to have to enter their environment and then hunt them in it. There is nothing random about how GTs move. Their movements are dictated by their unique understanding of their environment......
- [3 Exercises To Improve Casting](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/3-exercises-to-improve-casting/) - Practice These 3 Exercises To Improve Casting We often talk about practicing your cast in the driveway on the blog. And while there is nothing as valuable as time practicing on the water, many of us are not fortunate enough to be able to spend every day casting to fish, so the only way we
- [California Corbina: Sight Fishing the Surf](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/california-corbina-sight-fishing-the-surf/) - by Paul Cronin Photos by Al Quattrocchi Inshore Surf Sight Fishing for Corbina I’m wandering the beaches again on an early April morning, looking for California corbina. I walk three beaches for about 7 miles, looking at structure and looking for fish. The third beach doesn’t show much promise until I’m about to leave. I
- [Stripers in the Suds - John G. Sherman](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/stripers-in-the-suds-john-g-sherman/) - Inshore Fishing, Stripers in the Suds I open heavy eyes to the persistent sound of my iPhone alarm. The phone reads 2:30 a.m. What the hell am I doing? After all, I have stripers in my backyard on the California Delta; why am I driving two hours to go chase them? But as I
- [September - George V. Roberts Jr](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/september-george-v-roberts-jr/) - A beach in Plymouth, Massachusetts, had been fishing exceptionally well in the fall for the past few years. The previous season, Bill Hassan figured that we’d fished there 28 days between September and October, landing dozens of striped bass, some of which measured nearly 40 inches on my rod. We had become regulars at Riptides
- [Remembering Josie Sands](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/remembering-josie-sands/) - From Tail Fly Fishing Magazine January 2021 On Monday, October 5th, 2020, South Andros lost a beloved member of its tight-knit community, Captain Joseph “Josie” Sands. I had the honor of catching my first big bonefish while being guided by Captain Josie during my first visit to Andros. Over the years, Josie put many fly
- [Why fish get on skinny flats](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fish-get-skinny-flats/) - Just like the angler, predatory species have greater visibility on the flats. There is more light than in the deeper channels, and it is easier to spot motion. The predator can detect a fleeing prey species far easier in shallow water than it can in the deeper water, especially over a grassy bottom.
- [Instructional Video for Casting Shooting Heads in the Salt](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/casting-shooting-heads-three-great-tips/) - Casting Shooting Heads in the Salt Shooting heads, both two-piece systems as well as integrated units, are seeing a large resurgence in popularity in both fresh and salt water. Watch TFFM‘s Managing Editor, George Roberts, who’s spent 25 years teaching fly casting around the country to fly anglers of all levels, as he takes you through
- [Historical Figures in Saltwater Fly Fishing - Homer Rhode Jr.](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/historical-figures-in-saltwater-fly-fishing-homer-rhode-jr/) - One of the most intriguing figures in the early days of saltwater fly fishing was a 6-foot-5-inch giant who wandered the wilds of the Everglades—often at night and usually alone. Introverted by nature, he lived a life deeply immersed in the natural world. He loved the creatures of the Glades and knew where they lived, how they conducted their lives and even knew their Latin names. He could catch the fattest snook with a fly rod or the biggest rattlesnake with his hands. The backcountry was his home.
- [Cape Cod's first fatal shark attack in 82 years](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/cape-cods-first-fatal-shark-attack-82-years/) - On Saturday, September 15th, 2018, Arthur Medici, a 26-year-old engineering student living in Revere, Massachusetts, was boogie-boarding off Cape Cod’s Newcomb Hollow beach in Wellfleet when he was fatally attacked by a great white shark.
- [North Andros - From Top to Bottom: PART 2](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/part-2-of-2-north-andros-from-top-to-bottom/) - North Andros - From Top to Bottom: Part 2 of 2 by Glen Zinkus originally published in Tail #22 - March 2016 The next day was calmer and we motored out of Cargill Creek with Ricardo. Ricardo was one of our first guides on Andros. He always had this habit of breaking away from the
- [Fly Lines - A Fly Line Primer part 2](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-lines-a-fly-line-primer-part-2/) - In general, fly lines suited to warm climates are made with stiffer cores and harder coatings. Such specialty lines nearly always identify themselves by name--Tropic Plus, Bermuda Triangle, Flats Taper, to name only a few. These lines don't really come into their own until you turn up the heat and they limber up a bit. I've yet to fish a tropical line that performs well in the colder waters of the Northeast—even in the dead of summer.
- [Orvis Gale Force Sling Pack -Review](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/orvis-gale-force-sling-pack-review/) - Recently, Orvis sent us the NEW GALE FORCE SLING PACK WATERPROOF BAG to test out. We took it to Puerto Rico, Key Biscayne, Charlotte Harbor and even kayak fishing in the Everglades. It definitely did better than expected. Unlike most waterproof bags we have used in the past, we have mostly good things to say about
- [Peacock Bass in Brazil](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/peacock-bass-brazil/) - Peacock Bass in Brazil Getting to Brazil’s Agua Boa Amazon Lodge is a bit of a haul, but trust me: if you want a great peacock bass experience, it’s worth the effort. The lodge is located 200 miles northwest of Manaus on the Agua Boa River, a practically uninhabited tributary of the Rio Branco.
- [Homosassa:  A Reminiscence of The Greatest Tarpon Fishery](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/homosassa-a-reminiscence-of-the-greatest-tarpon-fishery/) - by Mark B. Hatter Captain Earl Waters stripped off 60 feet of line from the reel and handed me the thick, one-piece composite rod. “Here,” he said curtly. “Cast.” I unfurled the length of the line after a couple of back casts, shooting the fly straight to nowhere in particular. “Hand the rod to your
- [Striper Redux - Jack Gagnon](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/striper-redux-jack-gagnon/) - In 1993, when Massachusetts artist Alan J. Robinson released his limited-edition book Trout and Bass, it included 18 flies tied by the renowned Jack Gartside, who was recognized by his peers as one of the most innovative fly tiers of the modern era. Part of Gartside’s genius was developing deadly yet easy-to-tie flies. His Gurgler
- [Fly Fishing FAQs by Nathaniel Linville](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-faqs-by-nathaniel-linville/) - I get asked a lot of questions. Perhaps it’s because of the amount of fishing I do, perhaps it’s because I own a fly shop. Folks want to know what the difference is between this rod and that, which sunglasses they should buy, and what kind of leader material they should use. Questions about fishing
- [The Aquarium: Tarpon Fishing in Puerto Rico](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/aquarium-tarpon-fishing-puerto-rico/) - It was a typical day in the small fishing village of Boquerón, Puerto Rico. Captain Francisco Rosario, affectionately known as “Pochy,” was our host, and this was my fourth visit to fish with the unassuming guide. I traveled there with one of my closest friends, who had landed his first tarpon the previous day. After
- [Suncoast Fly Fishers and An Evening with Andy Mill](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/suncoast-fly-fishers-and-an-evening-with-andy-mill/) - Spend an evening with Andy Mill as the November 2020 guest speaker for the Suncoast Fly Fishers meeting. One of the foremost authorities on fly fishing for tarpon shares his stories, knowledge and fly box. SUNCOAST FLY FISHERS MILL HOUSE PODCAST Subscribe to Tail Fly Fishing Magazine Gary Merriman’s Tarpon Toad – “Toad Rules”
- [Tarpon training: offseason work with retrievers](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tarpon-training-offseason-work-with-retrievers/) - In the March issue of Tail Fly Fishing Magazine is a feature called the Tarpon Tree by Brent Hannafan in which he reveals his offseason training program for his annual tarpon trip. Below is an except from the magazine and a video compliment. I fall asleep the night before my trip with visions of tarpon
- [Saltwater Fly Tying - The Salty Stripper](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/saltwater-fly-tying-salty-stripper/) - Tying The Salty Stripper My good friend E. J. Sigety is a very skilled fly angler, creative fly tier, and a wealth of fly fishing knowledge. One of his favorite smallmouth bass patterns is the Lazy Stripper SBS. In this feature we’re going to put a salty twist on the pattern. We’ve dubbed this fly
- [Redfish Road Trip: Saltwater fly fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/redfish-road-trip-saltwater-fly-fishing/) - South Carolina’s Lowcountry is a world-class fly fishing destination right here in the United States, just a short road trip away from many of the country’s bustling metropolises. The beauty of the Lowcountry marshes is reason enough to make the trek, of course--but its redfish nudge South Carolina into the must-do column. In fact, Lowcountry
- [Bison Of The Flats: The Bumphead Parrotfish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bison-flats-bumphead-parrotfish/) - Of all the species that fly anglers target on the flats, the bumphead parrotfish might just be weirdest-looking. These bluey-green monsters roam in herds on a number of atolls in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, and I liken them to the “bison of the flats.” Growing to well over 100 pounds, these gentle monsters
- [Schooling Jacks and Clarity in Self-Perception](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/schooling-jacks-clarity-self-perception/) - The intense July sun was just starting to peer over the waters of the Gulf of Mexico to our east when we spotted a flock of seagulls perhaps a mile away, diving and hovering above some chaos thrashing on the surface, marking an area perhaps 60 feet in diameter with slashing fish. It was exactly
- [Saltwater Fly Fishing Gear Guide](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/saltwater-fly-fishing-gear-guide/) - Seventy2 Pro Survival System After the year we just experienced, there’s never been a better time to invest in security. The Seventy2 Pro Survival System by Uncharted Supply Company is a survival kit that contains food and water plus everything else two adults would need to endure harsh conditions for 72 hours. Given that things
- [Sea Trout in Northern Europe](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/sea-trout-northern-europe/) - To most fly anglers, Norway is synonymous with big, powerful rivers and equally big salmon. However, few visitors realize that we also have a wealth of sea trout fishing. These are brown trout with the lifestyle and habits of the salmon—our two most celebrated gamefish rolled into one—combining the best of both species, and all
- [Los Cabos - Saltwater Fly Fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/los-cabos-saltwater-fly-fishing/) - The streets of Cabo San Lucas are closed every October 18th for a parade to honor the city’s patron saint, Saint Joseph. I sometimes talk about Saint Joseph’s feast day parade as the reason I started visiting Los Cabos, since we share the name, but those who know me best know full well it was
- [A Fish My Age - Henry Hughes](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fish-age-henry-hughes/) - I listened to my younger friends as we drove through Oregon’s coastal range toward the ocean. Nate and Jarod are biologists for the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Peter is a professor at a state university. Strong wind predictions and the younger men’s concerns—federal and state budget cuts, hectic work schedules, kids home sick, and
- [Chrome from the Sea](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/chrome-from-the-sea/) - Whoever named the Pacific Ocean must have been engaged in magical thinking. Piloting a small craft off the coast of Alaska through irregular seas created by conflicting winds and tidal currents has made me wish for dry land beneath my feet as much as I’ve ever wished for it in my life. At times like
- [Saltwater Fly Fishing Gear: June 2021](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/saltwater-fly-fishing-gear-june-2021/) - Some gear that might improve your fly fishing adventures this summer.... Sea Run Fly Fishing Travel Cases Adventurous anglers soon will be taking advantage of relaxed travel restrictions, and if you're one of them, you’ll appreciate the Sea Run Fly Fishing Travel Case. Made in Italy by Negrini, a company with a 40-year history of manufacturing
- [Saltwater Popper](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/db-popper/) - Tying a popper is easy but needs to be done correctly. Saltwater fly fishing with poppers requires that the fly behaves exactly the way the angler wants it to. The double barrell popper is a great saltwater fly that sits on the water right and doesn't spin when stripped.
- [Stripers In Our Hands](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/stripers-in-our-hands/) - From our friends at Keep Fish Wet... One of the redeemable qualities about striped bass is that, when they are plentiful, these fish are incredibly accessible. We fish for them on foot in downtown Boston, from quiet beaches in Rhode Island, in the brackish water of the Chesapeake Bay, and by boat all the way
- [Saltwater Fly Fishing for GTs](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/saltwater-fly-fishing-gts/) - Our January 2021 issue features TFFM’s Travel Editor, Peter McLeod, writing about one of his longtime passions in “For the Love of GTs.” In this companion video, Peter offers a crash course on where you can find GTs, what tackle you need, favorite fly patterns, where to target them on the flats, how to strip
- [The Leaky Palapa | Xcalak, Mexico | Trey Reid](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-leaky-palapa-xcalak-mexico-trey-reid/) - The Leaky Palapa Restaurant (leakypalaparestaurant.com) dishes up gourmet cuisine that would earn acclaim anywhere. But when you consider that the restaurant is located in the Caribbean fishing village of Xcalak—population 400, paved roads, zero—the plates coming out of the Leaky Palapa’s kitchen border on miraculous. Chef Marla Stiles and her wife Linda Loo have been
- [Ted Williams Is On Assignment at the Eastern Funnel](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/ted-williams-assignment-eastern-funnel/) - Ted Williams writes about fish and wildlife issues for national publications. While he detests baseball, he’s even more obsessed with fishing than was the “real Ted Williams,” as he does not like to hear the ballplayer called. Photos by David Blinken The Scene The greatest migrations on Earth do not occur on African savannas,
- [Saltwater Fly Fishing Gear: November 2020](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/saltwater-fly-fishing-gear-november-2020/) - Saltwater Fly Fishing Gift Ideas for Christmas from Tail Fly Fishing Magazine Korkers Darkhorse Wading Boot A good pair of wading boots are essential for the coastal fly angler who plays the game on foot. You’ll find no better wading boots than the Korkers Darkhorse. These remastered classics offer superlative fit and function, internal drainage
- [Saltwater Fly Fishing: Saltwater flies - Hammerhead Crab](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/saltwater-fly-fishing-saltwater-flies-hammerhead-crab/) - Saltwater Flies: The Hammerhead Crab When tying crab flies, we tend to pay a lot of attention to detail to make the crab look perfect, and then we attach an unsightly hunk of lead to get the fly to sink. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about ways to conceal those ugly lead eyes
- [Lefty Kreh - Well Done](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/lefty-kreh-well-done/) - My Dinner with Lefty In 1991 I was invited to dinner by one of my longtime clients, Mitch Howell. Mitch was by far one of the best bonefish anglers I had ever fished with. This was confirmed by his multiple tournament victories in the 1980s and ‘90s. He was the only client who told me
- [Fly Fishing: Handicapping Ourselves](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-handicapping/) - What is fly fishing if not a concerted effort to hamper ourselves at every turn? I work in a fly shop. I hear and see every opinionated cliché that our beloved little niche sport conjures up. Often it comes from my customers, sometimes from my peers. “Always fish IGFA tippet.” “That fly with a spinner
- [Worm Swarming—At Long Last](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/worm-swarming-long-last/) - Several years ago I finally got the chance to fish a worm swarming on Cape Cod. This is a phenomenon I wrote about nearly 30 years ago in my book A Fly-Fisher’s Guide to Saltwater Naturals and Their Imitation (long out of print, but you can find used copies on Amazon and eBay.) In a
- [WINTER COCKTAILS](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/winter-cocktails/) - As you may know we frequently share recipes for drinks that are innovative or uniquely tasty within the pages of our saltwater fly fishing magazine. During the holiday months we offered a few classics that we enjoy. Some recipes include with our own modifications. Since most of the country is still buried under snow, we
- [Fly Fishing Film Tour 2021 - Dropped in the Pacific](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-film-tour-2021-dropped-pacific/) - Jessica Haydahl Richardson is a photographer, angler and one of the latest talents in fly fishing to join the growing list of contributors for Tail Fly Fishing Magazine. Jessica led a team of women to Kiribati and documented every part of the event. She’s shares the behind the scenes story and the priceless photo memories
- [Atlantic Striped Bass: Pisces in Peril | Mark White](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/stripers-in-peril-mark-white/) - The Atlantic striped bass, beloved by recreational anglers and valuable to commercial fishermen, patrols the East Coast from the St. Lawrence River in Canada to the St. Johns River in Florida. Increased fishing pressure and degradation and loss of habitat in the 1970s resulted in a collapse of striped bass stock in the 1980s, but
- [Journey to Xcalak | Saltwater Fly Fishing | Trey Reid](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/journey-to-xcalak-saltwater-fly-fishing-trey-reid/) - “We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.” —Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan On numerous fly fishing trips to Mexico over the past 13 years, I’ve brought home all sorts of souvenirs. But until a trip in March, I had never brought back
- [Fly fishing the gulf states - Broke and Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-gulf-states-broke-fly/) - Broke and Fly - Gulf adventure Fly Fishing From Texas to Florida and everywhere in between Jesse and Peter are currently traveling through the southern United States hugging the gulf coast filming their newest project. An upcoming feature in Tail will detail their kick ass voyage through the gulf states and the many people, flies
- [Flat-Wing Sand Eel | Barry Ord Clarke](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/flat-wing-sand-eel-barry-ord-clarke/) - The late Bill Peabody credited Rhode Island fly anger Ken Abrames with developing the tying style whose variations are known collectively as Flat-Wings. However, Bill probably did as much as anyone to popularize the style. Also, Bill’s signature rendition, the Rhody Flat-Wing, is distinct in that it uses only a single saddle hackle for the
- [Guadeloupe by Broke and Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/broke-and-fly-guadeloupe/) - We started off the planning process with the usual bonefish locations in mind, but then decided to pick a place not too many people think of as a fly fishing destination, the French island of Guadeloupe.
- [bonefish sliders from a wookie?](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bonefish-sliders-wookie/) - Most recently, someone blurted out “I need a wookie, do you know how many Borski bonefish sliders I could make from Chewbacca.” Being a very methodical & analytical bunch, we have been figuring it it out. It’s all based on surface area. If we apply basic formulas of geometry to a few assumptions based on standardized data we can probably get really close.
- [Striped Bass on the Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/striped-bass-fly/) - STRIPED BASS ON THE FLY (from the Flyfishbonehead species pages) The Striped Bass, or “striper,” are one of the most avidly pursued of all coastal sport fish. They are highly prized for their size, battle on the line and culinary merit. Stripers are native to the Atlantic coastline of North America from the St. Lawrence
- [Tarpon - A Big Pine Key Experience](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tarpon-big-pine-key-experience/) - I’d been on a bad run for at least six months, or probably more like a year. A fish-drought. I couldn’t catch a fish if my rent depended on it. At best an occasional bluegill or little stocked rainbow trout. As for the saltwater, whenever I could get there, mostly what I found was little
- [The Vision Thing  -  James R. Babb](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-vision-thing-by-james-r-babb/) - Whether sparked by yellow chalk scratching through first-grade fog or the Clark Kent spectacles that transformed that fog into a chalkboard with instructive writing or the parental insistence that my amblyopia would correct itself if only I would make my lazy eye sit up straight and look where it’s going and wear its embarrassing eye
- [Miracles of the Fall - Striped Bass, False Albacore & Bonita](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/miracles-fall-striped-bass-false-albacore-bonita/) - The Miracles of Fall By Bob Rifchin After nights on the beach visiting with nocturnal striped bass, it’s time to take advantage of the first late season opportunities in August with the arrival of “Funny Fish”-- - bonito and false albacore. My kayak has spent the darkest hours perched on the back of my truck
- [Northeast Worm Spawn](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/northeast-worm-spawn/) - Most anglers think this worm activity is only a spring phenomenon and for some species of worms that is true. However, there are other worms in the marine environment active at other times. I’ve encountered some in very early spring before the stripers arrived to eat them....
- [The Magical White Clouser](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-magical-white-clouser/) - I continue to fish. All of a sudden on a strip, my lines comes tight. The Clouser has done it again! As I fight the fish, I’m trying to guess what it is: horse eye jack, pompano, blue runner? Who knows what I will find on the end of my line. Attached to this worn out old Clouser comes a yellow fin jack, a small one no doubt but my best fight of the day. My fly is spent.
- [Boat Bag Essentials](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/boat_bag_essentials/) - Boat Bag Essentials You can take it with you. When you’re out on a skiff your boat bag is your magicians’ kit, your source of angling sustenance, your lifeline when things go awry on deck. For a while you can get by with all kinds of stuff hanging from a lanyard around your neck, pockets
- [Chasing Albies Down the Coast](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/chasing-albies-down-the-coast/) - Several years ago, someone suggested I try crease flies on albies, and it turned out to be a game changer for me. It is like a new sport and provides pure entertainment to see greenbacks slashing in at 30+ mph and inhaling a surface offering. The past two years, I have also had success with smaller crease flies, about half the size of a normal crease fly, which are great for smaller and picky albies.
- [Snuff the Rooster](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/snuff-the-rooster/) - By Arthur J. Lux, Contributing Editor Photos by Kyle Banashek (@kylebanashek) Angler: Patrick Timmins (@patricktimmins_) (Originally appeared in Tail 39, January/February 2019) For very good reasons, the roosterfish is quickly becoming a popular target among saltwater fly fishing enthusiasts. Roosters are hunted on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama in the winter and
- [Bucket List Bonefish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bucket-list-bones/) - by Robert Coram After I saw the splendid and funny movie The Bucket List, I made my own list. It contained none of the unexpected yet beautiful things such as “Laugh until I cry” or “Witness something majestic” or “Climb a pyramid” that you saw in the movie. No, I am not that complex. In
- [Fiberglass Rods for Saltwater Fly Fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fiberglass-rods-saltwater-fly-fishing/) - Ten years ago I began an annual tradition to fly fish with an old friend each October to catch schoolie striped bass. My friend enjoys a slower pace of life, has an easygoing personality, and fishing with him is a welcome change from the fast-paced world of modern fly fishing. We enjoy ourselves casting in
- [Remembering Victor Castro](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/remembering-victor-castro/) - Victor Castro (1962 - 2020) Victor Manuel Castro Gutierres was my fishing guide when we met in 2007. Over the next 13 years he became much more than that. He was a mentor, sharing his knowledge of saltwater fly fishing and the coastal ecosystem of Mexico’s southern Yucatan Peninsula, as well as a dear friend.
- [Covid -19 Travel updates](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/covid-19-travel-updates/) - updated October 20, 2020 BELIZE The Philip Goldson International airport (BZE) is now open as of October 1st, 2020. Land borders will remain closed. Limited flights to Belize will be available from United Airlines, American Airlines, and Delta. BAHAMAS The Bahamian government has confirmed multiple cases of COVID-19 in The Bahamas. Due to the global COVID-19
- [Chico Fernandez joins Tail Fly Fishing Magazine](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/chico-fernandez-joins-tail-fly-fishing-magazine/) - Tail Fly Fishing Magazine is proud to welcome an innovator, a legend, a gentleman, and IGFA Hall of Fame Member, Chico Fernandez to the editorial team. If you don’t know who Chico is, then you probably just starting fly fishing about an hour ago, because it doesn’t take more than that to discover him and
- [Andy Mill & Nicky Mill Join Editorial Team of Tail Fly Fishing Magazine](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/andy-mill-nicky-mill-join-editorial-team-tail-fly-fishing-magazine/) - Tail Fly Fishing Magazine is pleased to announce the addition of Andy Mill and Nicky Mill to the editorial team of Tail Fly Fishing Magazine. Andy Mill is an former Olympian and an athlete in every sense of the word. He is a broadcaster, award winning author of A Passion for Tarpon, and proven champion
- [Articulate Fly Podcast with TFFM Contributor Al Quattrocchi](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/articulate-fly-podcast-tffm-contributor-al-quattrocchi/) - Al Quattrocchi (Qman) originally from Brooklyn where he developed his love for saltwater fishing early in his childhood while living in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Sheepshead Bay once hosted the largest commercial sport fishing fleet operating on the eastern coast of the U.S. As a teen, Al spent his formative saltwater fishing years on party boats,
- [Bass on Top](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bass-top/) - In general, you’ll catch most of your striped bass throughout the year—and most of your larger fish—using streamers fished subsurface. However, taking bass on topwater flies is arguably the most exciting way to catch them. Nothing compares to the explosion of water that accompanies a surface strike. It’s the saltwater equivalent of dry-fly fishing—but with
- [American Saltwater Guides Association: Supporting the Recreational Fishing Community through COVID-19](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/supporting-recreational-fishing-community-covid-19/) - Tony Friedrich and Willy Goldsmith, American Saltwater Guides Association As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the economy and public health services, and as citizens hunker down, the recreational fishing industry has largely hit the pause button. Guides, bait shops, and lure manufacturers have suddenly lost their source of income and are scrambling to make
- [Fly Fishing the Lowcountry - Part Three: Migratory Species of the Lowcountry](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-the-lowcountry-part-three-migratory-species-of-the-lowcountry/) - The Lowcountry means something different to everyone. Whether it’s live oaks draped in Spanish moss, big sandy beaches, winding salt marsh mazes, or fine art—everyone from the southeastern United States knows something about the Lowcountry. To us, it’s a place to throw flies to five-star gamefish 12 months a year. In the springtime, when we’ve
- [The Westside of Andros](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-westside-of-andros/) - Bahamas..west side connection. The Bahamas is somewhere I never thought I would get to visit until later in life. Family, work, bills, yard work. . . the list goes on and on. I would feverishly scroll though images of Bahamian bonefish dreaming of when I would get a chance to have my time on the
- [Ashton Howard](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/ashton-howard/) - Our 2015 Interview with Artist Ashton Howard five years later. The last question asks where he sees himself in 5 years and based on his Park West Galley exhibit in 2019 and next wave of work, seems like he is right where he wants to be. From Tail Fly Fishing Magazine - January/February 2016 -
- [Next Generation Fly Fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/next-generation-fly-fishing/) - I recently embarked on a fly fishing adventure—and not quite the usual adventure I have on fly fishing trips. This adventure posed a whole new set of challenges, many of which I had never before encountered. No, it wasn’t getting to some far-flung area of the globe, or having to perform some technique I was
- [The Lowcountry: Part Two - Species, Seasons, Selections](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/lowcountry-part-two-species-seasons-selections/) - The Lowcountry offers numerous fly fishing opportunities for a variety of species throughout the year. As you may know, redfish are the major draw, followed by cobia, tripletail, jack crevalle, and even some spotted trout and a few tarpon. I’ve been guiding here in Hilton Head for well over 25 years and am very
- [No Romance - Bonefish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/no-romance-bonefish/) - Ah, bonefishing—fly fishing’s puppy love with the salt! Bonefishing’s romantic vision is often daydreamed in the minds of anglers. Beautiful, endless, crystal-clear flats. Cloudless skies revealing huge schools of happy, eager fish. We wade into this dreamland and imagine throwing precise, perfectly timed casts to intercept cruising bones. Or we gently present to a tailing
- [Jungle Tarpon Mayhem](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/jungle-tarpon-mayhem/) - TFFM contributor, Jesse Males and Backwater Fly Fishing find some prime tarpon waters in the jungles of Costa Rica. Check out the video on YouTube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACj0hXym3fY&feature=youtu.be
- [Gary Merriman's Tarpon Toad - "Toad Rules"](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-tarpon-toad/) - Jin Chan is translated literally from Chinese as the Golden Toad. It is commonly translated as the Money Toad because it represents a popular Feng Shui charm used to encourage prosperity in many Chinese homes and businesses. This mythical creature is said to appear during the full moon, near houses (or businesses) that will soon receive good
- [First Tarpon on the Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/first-tarpon-on-fly/) - A.W. Dimock’s The Book of the Tarpon is a seminal work in the literature of saltwater fly fishing. Published in 1911, it details Dimock’s daring hunt for tarpon along Florida’s southwest coast. In places such as Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island, Boca Grande, and Captiva Pass, Dimock pursued the silver king with fly rod, handline, and
- [Fly Fishing Blogs](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-blogs/) - While most of us spend our free time outdoors, we all need to recharge once in a while. The Internet has a site for just about every interest under the sun—and that includes multiple sites for the modern fly angler. Below are a few of the best in no particular order. So grab your smartphone,
- [Fly Fishing the Lowcountry - Part One](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-the-lowcountry-part-one/) - Tourism is not new to the Hilton Head area. Visitors have been flocking to our beaches, restaurants, and golf courses for decades. However, one can’t help but notice how hip and trendy our corner of the Lowcountry has become lately. Hell, Justin Beiber got married in Bluffton a few months ago, so you know “we
- [Fly Fishing For Permit & Bonefish in Tulum, Mexico](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-permit-bonefish-tulum-mexico/) - FLY FISHING FOR BONEFISH (AND PERMIT) IN THE YUCATAN While traveling, few things inspire more panic than sitting at the luggage carousel watching bags pass, none of them yours. The feeling is much worse when said bag contains every rod and reel needed for a week-long fishing trip abroad. Jealousy and rage set in as
- [Fly Fishing for Payara and Peacock Bass](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-payara-peacock-bass/) - Places with spectacular fishing usually exist for one of two reasons; either they’re shielded by sheer remoteness (think Alaska or Mongolia) or they’re made inaccessible by civil unrest and political instability (e.g., Kamchatka and Cuba). Colombia, with its long history of violence and vast, impenetrable jungles, is both. Paradise Rediscovered: Fly Fishing for Payara and
- [(My) Old Man & the Sea](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/old-man-sea/) - Fishing was a common language in my family and connected us like nothing else did. My brother is a maniac about the sport—his wife, Maria, too—and, it is telling that on the day he was born my father went fishing and caught a bonefish. It’s part of family lore that when I was three
- [Fanning Island Bonefish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fanning-island-bonefish/) - It took three days heading west and crossing the Pacific to get here, but after a week we had settled into our routine. We were the only four anglers visiting Fanning Atoll or, as the locals call it, Tabuaeran. With no electrical grid, no cell phones or internet, it was easy to fall into the
- [Salt Marsh Secrets](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/salt-marsh-secrets/) - I have found the magic number to be 64 degrees. The fishing has broken wide open when the water temperature hits that number, according to my logs.....
- [Soft Chew Wiggler 2.0](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/soft-chew-wiggler-2-0/) - If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me, “What sort of wizardry is this?” I’d be a rich man. Although the Soft Chew Wiggler story is a relatively short one, it’s evolved over six years and has gone through many revisions: from a solid full body, to a segmented flexible body, to
- [Characteristics of a Great Bonefish Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/characteristics-great-bonefish-fly/) - Many will argue that it doesn’t matter what you throw at a bonefish in the Bahamas, they’ll usually eat. The study and creation of an effective bonefish fly is not aimed at schoolies in the Bahamas but more the large, selective fish that novice anglers eventually seek. In locations like Turks & Caicos, Hawaii, Southeastern
- [FISH FOR EACH OTHER INITIATIVE CREATED TO SUPPORT FISHING INDUSTRY](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fish-initiative-created-support-fishing-industry/) - Website and social campaign to focus on helping businesses and individuals in the fishing community impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic Delafield, Wis. – April 6, 2020 – Fish For Each Other, a website and subsequent social media campaign (#fishforeachother) aimed to support the fishing industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, launched today. Fishforeachother.com serves as a
- [BONEFISH PREY](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bonefish-prey/) - It is not a big secret that bonefish and permit sustain themselves by feeding on crustaceans on the flats. With over 8.5 million known species that inhabit the earth, it’s a dizzying task to even try to understand what species thrive where and why. Finding a fly that will entice what every fly fisherman seeks—“the
- [Plan B](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/plan-b/) - This week I am supposed to head down to Marco Island for four days of tarpon fishing with local guide, Andy Lee. My wife goes on tis trip and stays busy sunning herself on the last spit of sand this side of Miami Beach. She’ll even jump in the boat one day given the right
- [Presenting on the Backcast](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/presenting-on-the-backcast/) - by Mark Sedotti Got to make a quick presentation behind you? Wind blowing the line into you? Have an obstacle, rock, boat engine, or part of that boat impeding your forward cast? If so, perhaps the easiest thing to do is to present on the backcast. Sometimes all you have to do is turn
- [Gear Guide - Fly Tying](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/gear-guide-fly-tying/) - Fly Tying Tools and Accessories Loon Outdoors UV Infiniti Light This UV light is powerful enough to cure fly after fly in seconds, and when it runs out of power there’s no need to fumble around looking for batteries because you can recharge it using any standard USB cable. Before long tying sessions you can
- [Disconnect](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/disconnect/) - Why do we fly fish? Is it for the “grip and grin” to show our friends, the “likes,” the witty one-liners we caption our posts with, or is it to disconnect from the hustle and bustle of our modern day society and reconnect with the natural world? Today I found myself daydreaming about what the
- [Candy Corn Crawler](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/candy-corn-crawler/) - Fly Tying Instructional I developed the Candy Corn Crawler primarily as a redfish pattern for Florida’s central coasts. Obviously its application doesn’t stop there. If tied smaller it can certainly entice some bonefish and even permit. Mixing up the colors on this fly can produce some very effective variants as well. I often tie it
- [Vaporized](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/vaporized/) - After the 30-minute air boat ride and paying the two bucks to climb the 75 ft tall Ernest Hamilton Observation Tower, there is not much left to do in Everglades City. Author Charles Gaines writes of Everglades City 20 or so years ago – “it is old Florida, perhaps too old”. Not much has changed
- [Acquiescence](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/acquiescence/) - by Alan Caolo Anyone who’s pursued bonefish in the Florida Keys long enough has great stories to tell of these extraordinary fish, famous for their size and for the extreme challenge they present. All of these anecdotes are amazing, and as exaggerated as some may seem--I was skeptical when I first heard them, anyway--after nearly
- [Devotion](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/devotion/) - by George Roberts We at the magazine expect all of our contributors, when they get an assignment, to devote themselves to the project. When I assigned Mark White the task of writing a feature article on gyotaku artist Dwight Hwang (Issue #41), I knew he’d devote himself to it. I’d known Mark for a couple
- [Pulling The Trigger](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/pulling-the-trigger/) - by Peter McLeod Tail Travel Editor I first came into contact with triggerfish in the Seychelles in the early 2000s. At that time, most saltwater operations concentrated on bonefish, but a number of enterprising guides were beginning to target triggers on the fly, and they realized the value that triggers represented as a gamefish. Having
- [The Ghost - A Striped Bass Story](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-ghost-a-striped-bass-story/) - There was a local guy who would seemingly appear at various places right next to where we were fishing. He was grizzled and definitely a fishy guy. He reminded us of Quint except he was fair haired and a bit overweight. Later we discovered his name was Donald but we still called him “Ghost” because it didn’t matter what time of day or day of the week, he was always there.
- [Standing on the Shoulders of Giants](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/standing-shoulders-giants/) - An Angler Opines: Right Place, Wrong Time (originally published in Tail #39 - January 2019) Joseph Ballarini Editor-in-Chief, Tail Fly Fishing Magzine I recently received an email from someone who, I assume, is a young man in his late teens or early 20s, because it came from a .edu address from a university. The subject
- [3 Tips for Making Your First Shot](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/3-tips-for-making-your-first-shot/) - It might also be a good idea to hold your fly with your index finger and thumb by the hook ("Keys style") so your line can yank it out of your hand and minimize noise and potential for tangle.
- [Flying High (For A Tarpon)](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/flying-high-tarpon/) - I held my fly box open for inspection, displaying the pride of the new Houston Orvis. Prominent was a lineup of proven Cockroach patterns. From Key West to Islamorada to Homosassa, tarpon specialists would nod approval.
- [Eating the Lowcountry](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/eating-the-lowcountry/) - If the food coma doesn’t get you, you can fish around the tide cycle in the Lowcountry—never is there a dull moment in the marsh.
- [A NEW NORM FOR MONTAUK’S LEGENDARY RUN](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/new-norm-montauks-legendary-run/) - When the 2013 fall season in Montauk ended for me with barely a striped bass blitz to be had, I merely wrote it off as nature doing its thing. When it again happened in 2014, I thought this might just be an anomaly. Let’s wait until next season before I start to worry. Well, its
- [Amazing Autumn Fly Fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/amazing-autumn-fly-fishing/) - Autumn is a short step away from summer and one step closer to winter; a brief but unique time of the year that holds special promise, excitement, challenge, and some astonishing fishing opportunities for salty fly-rodders. The autumn window opens around Labor Day, highlighted by a welcome drop in humidity and a perceptible cooling of
- [Mike Emerson's Fish Print Shop](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/mike-emersons-fish-print-shop/) - Until recently, I dreamed of mounting replicas of the largest fish I’ve caught and scattering them around my house as reminders of past trips and good memories—a northern pike in the living room, a golden trout in my office, a chinook salmon in the kitchen, perhaps a bonefish in the bathroom. Then I discovered Mike
- [Stripers: Past & Present](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/stripers-past-present/) - As I walked onto the beach at this time last year, the feeling of potential seemed oddly liberating, as if the previous months’ incarceration by snow had been some weird exercise in solitary confinement. In the darkness, I edged toward the end of the jetty as the current pushed against my legs. The tide was
- [Marsh Gold - Louisiana Redfish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/marsh-gold-louisiana-redfish/) - By Connor Tapscott Originally published in Tail #39 - January 2019 Stepping off the plane, we didn’t know what to expect from our first trip to New Orleans. The trout rods my buddy Parker Thompson and I were used to in western Virginia were only recently replaced by rods with full Wells grips and stiffer
- [Getting Pushed Around - How to Pole a Skiff](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/getting-pushed-around-pole-skiff/) - Getting Pushed Around: How to Pole a Skiff Originally published in Tail #39 - March 2019 Viewing from the perspective of the cooler seat, one cannot fully appreciate the interplay of physics and finesse required to gracefully move a 500-pound boat though 8 inches of water. Poling a boat is an acquired skill that is
- [Who Caught the First Bonefish on a Fly?](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/caught-first-bonefish-fly/) - Days later the photo appeared in a Miami newspaper, and this fish became acknowledged as the first bonefish specifically caught on a fly—not by accident, but by casting directly to the fish.
- [Celebrating Fifty Years of Thomas & Thomas Fly Rods](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/celebrating-fifty-years-tt/) - Fly Rod Manufacturer Thomas & Thomas is turning 50 Here's an article from our visit to the Thomas & Thomas factory in Massachusetts (followed by the T&T press release) Originally appeared in Tail #36 - July/August 2018 If you don’t know what you’re looking for, you might not notice the Thomas & Thomas factory. Set
- [Fly Lines - A Fly Line Primer part 3](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-lines-a-fly-line-primer-part-3/) - Many fly anglers talk about the "sweet spot" in their fly line--that perfect amount of carry with which they can make a long and flawless delivery. Some talk about this as if it's a mystical thing that happens only occasionally when the moon and stars align.However, now that you know how a long cast works you automatically know where the sweet spot is.
- [Fly Lines - A Fly Line Primer part 1](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-lines-a-fly-line-primer-part-1/) - Arguably the most important piece of equipment in your fly angling arsenal is your fly line. This is the piece of your outfit primarily responsible for delivering your fly to the fish. While I’m not overly particular about the rods I fish with—they all work the same way, and the vast majority cast reasonably well—I’m very particular about my lines.
- [Two Hands Are Better Than One](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/two-hands-are-better-than-one/) - Surf Fishing with Two Hand Rods Surf fishing is nothing new. As long as there have been fish in the sea, people have been trying to catch them. Many species can be effectively targeted from shore without need for a boat. Stripers, bluefish, corbina, roosters, snook, and even salmon come to find. Regardless of what
- [The Fall](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-fall/) - By Drew Ross (originally published in Tail #28 - March/April 2017) Standing tall, my eyes are focused, my mind empty. I’m fixated on locating the distinct sounds of feeding redfish. Poling and moving along as silently as possible, the kayak glides effortlessly, masking my presence in the marsh. If I’m successful, I’ll spot a redfish
- [Anatomy of a Hook](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/anatomy-of-a-hook/) - By The Flyboss (originally published in Tail #26 – November/December 2016) All hooks have an eye, shank, gap, point, and (usually) a barb. Each component of a hook plays an important role in catching a fish but not all hooks are the same. With so many hook styles available, it can be a difficult task
- [Tag, You're It!](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag-youre-it/) - By Jonathan 'Redbeard' Jones // Alex Waller (originally published in Tail #30 – July/August 2017) Chasing yellowtail kingfish is as challenging as it gets. They are apex predators, and at a special time of year they roam the flats of New Zealand tearing ferociously through baitfish schools like nothing you’ve ever seen, offering ample
- [Heavyweights of Jamaica Bay](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/heavyweights-of-jamaica-bay/) - By Joe Dahut (originally published in Tail #36 – July/August 2018) I met Arthur in the gravel parking lot of the marina early in the morning when the sky still looked like a watercolor painting. I assembled my rod and pulled out my flies to ask his opinion, expecting him to pluck out a clouser
- [The Plastic Plague](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-plastic-plague/) - As fly anglers, we are some of the luckiest people on the planet. We have a great privilege that allows us to access the wildest and most untamed environments. We get a front row seat to the beauty of this delicate world.
- [Shoot the Moon: Shooting Heads in the Salt](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/shooting-heads-in-the-salt/) - Arguably the most confusing subject related to fly fishing gear is the topic of fly lines. Today we have a mind-boggling plethora of fly lines from which to choose. There are specialty lines for various fish species
- [Alive & Well in the Florida Keys](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/alive-well-in-the-florida-keys/) - As the sun gets higher, we can finally see a group of big laid up tarpon in a white hole. We talk through the best approach as they are scattered a bit haphazardly, heads facing in all different directions. My first cast lands a little short and Brandon tells me to pick up and throw again.The next cast lands where I want it, and we watch as one fish’s interest is piqued. I’m holding my breath, and Brandon murmurs as she turns towards the fly with a gentle kick of the tail, examines it, and surges forward, inhaling it and immediately jumping wildly as she feels the hook.
- [Joe Brooks - Fishing Legend, Athlete & Gentleman](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/joe-brooks-fishing-legend-athlete-gentleman/) - It’s interesting to think that Salt Water Fly Fishing, the first book dedicated entirely to the sport and still a go-to classic for anyone interested in chasing the mighty denizens found there, was written in 1950. With 27 years of trial and error under his belt, Joe Brooks was the authority on the subject at the time.
- [Clutch Fly Rod Review](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/clutch-fly-rod-review/) - This blog is several years old and only remains to avoid creating missing links and dead-end pages on our sites and serves only as a historical piece. Tail Fly Fishing Magazine has learned of alleged questionable business practices and our team no longer uses or recommends Clutch Fly Rods. All of the Clutch fly rods
- [Casting Clinic - Cape Cod Fly Rodders](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/casting-clinic-cape-cod-fly-rodders/) - “The average fly angler greatly underestimates the importance of the backcast to the entire casting sequence,” George says.
- [The Balance - Now or Neverglades](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-balance-now-or-neverglades/) - Please check out the trailer for a short film called The Balance. The Balance was made by a concerned group of industry professionals, conservationists and a group of concerned companies led by Orvis to bring much needed attention to the huge problem in the Everglades.
- [Black Fly - Vaughn Cochran](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/black-fly-vaughn-cochran/) - Shawn Abernathy (abernathy@tailflyfishing.com) originally published in Tail #38 - November 2018 Walking into Vaughn Cochran’s studio is like entering a living history of fly fishing. It is everything you want, from the slight smell of solvents to the endless amount of brushes and supplies purposefully littered on table tops. On the walls there is
- [Giant Bonefish of Biscayne Bay](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/giant-bonefish-biscayne-bay/) - The Giant Bonefish of Biscayne Bay Many anglers daydream about fishing the Seychelles, Abaco or Oahu for a chance at a giant bonefish. It’s a reasonable dream knowing that the all tackle record for bonefish was caught off the coast of Africa, four past world records on the fly were from Bimini and there have
- [Playing Proclivities](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/playing-proclivities/) - By Tyler Justice Allen (originally published in Tail #30 – July/August 2017) Humans, like fish, are fickle creatures. We have certain proclivities and idiosyncrasies, both defined and obtuse. There are some things we can take, and some things that we just can’t. I love to fish, but a banana in my boat will ruin the
- [Broke and Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/broke-and-fly/) - By Shawn Abernathy (originally published in Tail #34 – March/April 2018) If you are an angler on a budget and still trying to live the fly life, you are definitely not alone. Peter Husted and Jesse Males make up the film group Broke and Fly. Their message is simple and one that resonates with a
- [Skillet Paella and Four Other Easy-to-Make Meals](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/skillet-paella-four-easy-make-meals/) - By Kelli Prescott, Tail Fly Fishing Magazine Food Editor (originally published in Tail #34 – March/April 2018) I’ve been cooking these dishes for years and absolutely love them all. They are comforting crowd pleasers that you will come back to time and time again. Another awesome feature of these recipes is their destiny to
- [Fly Fishing the Southeast Coast](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-the-southeast-coast/) - An Excerpt for the Book, Fly Fishing the Southeast Coast words and pictures by Gordon Churchill (originally published in Tail #33) Feature image by Michael Roth Old-timers in North Carolina call them puppy drum or red drum. They’re spottail bass in South Carolina, a red bass in North Florida. Whatever you call them, when you
- [Montauk - Running the Coast](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/montauk-running-the-coast/) - The dawn sun was now warming the ocean spray on all of us. The surfers would soon paddle out from the point in the sparkling purple dawn to catch the bigger waves hitting an offshore breeze. It was perfect for now.
- [Giant Trevally on Kiritibati](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/giant-trevally-on-kiritibati/) - GT are what most people consider the bullies of the reef. They will eat anything they can fit into their mouths – which is a lot. They are a very aggressive fish but shots at GT most often occur when stalking the flats with bonefish gear. They move in fast but move on just as quickly, so usually making a cast with a 12-weight a one-shot deal.
- [GT's on Christmas Island](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/gt-on-fly-christmas-island/) - Don’t get me wrong, I love fishing for bonefish as much as the next fly fisher. I just feel a little bit like I have been there and done that. In other words, I’ve spoiled myself. So a while back I decided that my next trip would focus on big fat Giant Trevally (GT). For this
- [Changing Gears](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/changing-gears/) - Despite it being my true love in fly fishing, I try to venture back into fresh water as often as I can each year. It is a completely different game, and I appreciate it more now that I am away from it so often.
- [Grab It & Go](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/grab-it-go/) - We didn’t have a technical poling skiff, we didn’t have high-dollar fly rods or reels, we didn’t have any technical fishing clothing, we didn’t have cell phones to tell our parents we were ok. (and once my mom did call the Coast Guard and the Matagorda sheriff looking for us), but we did have a desire to go fishing, limitations be damned!
- [Sometimes you lose the big one.](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/sometimes-you-lose-the-big-one/) - It was one of those days that we probably shouldn't have gone out. The forecast looked grim, with thunderstorms on and off all day. But, it was calling for relatively low winds (8-10), and we still thought we could find some fish even if the light was tough. As we ran out, we quickly realized
- [Another summer, another water crisis in Florida. When will politicians prioritize human health and valuable fisheries over Big Sugar?](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/another-summer-another-water-crisis-in-florida-when-will-politicians-prioritize-human-health-and-valuable-fisheries-over-big-sugar/) - Another year of Lake Okeechobee toxic discharges to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie estuaries highlights an uncomfortable fact for Florida politicians...
- [Equilibrioception (aka Seasickness)](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/equilibrioception/) - Nearly all people experience motion sickness if given a strong enough motion stimuli. In typical conditions, such as on cruise ships, the prevalence ranges from 3-60%, depending on what you happen to be reading. It happens to many of us but here are a few things you can do to help prevent or minimize your symptoms.
- [Five Tips for Marlin on the Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/five-tips-for-marlin-on-the-fly/) - Sometimes despite how good the fly is, you might need two. If you are not using the Trey Combs double hook style fly, you might want to try the double fly. Tie a popper fly & baitfish fly together using a 4-6 inch piece of 100 lb mono....
- [Consider the Ostrich](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/consider-the-ostrich/) - The materials built into the fly had to move on their own; that was the key to effectiveness. Granted, these were tiny little panfish; what can they possibly teach us about fishing for big desirables? Plenty, as it turns out. I’ve become entirely convinced that, in most cases, a fly’s built-in motion is a major key to its effectiveness
- [Stripers Past and Present](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/stripers-past-and-present/) - Striper fishing, Frank Woolner has said, is a “strangely narcotic addiction” and nothing in my experience has worked to disprove him. Like a mental rolodex that continually flips through tides, wind directions, moon phases and bait movements, the striper angler’s mind is never at rest.
- [Who Doesn't love Roosters?](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/who-doesnt-love-roosters/) - Roosterfish, for very good reasons, are quickly becoming very a popular target among saltwater fly fishing enthusiasts. They have a very noticeable appearance, big profile body covered with silvery blue scales and distinctive black stripes. This shiny bag of Braun and speed is topped with a crown of seven long black dorsal spikes that can
- [I'm Not Hungry Today](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/im-not-hungry-today/) - So if everything else seems right but the fish are showing no interest in your offerings, do what good captains do: assume that the fly is fouled and check it. It’s a super-fast and easy fix, and it will work wonders. Note that certain flies, especially bunny flies used for tarpon and the like, are the worst offenders
- [Costa Rica on the fly - From Marlin to Machaca](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/costa-rica-on-the-fly-from-marlin-to-machaca/) - “They won’t eat those”. “You know what they eat... they eat these!” as he holds a brown and black wooly bugger under my nose. “Wooly buggers...Get out!” “ The one and only” he replied. “You’ll see” he says as he walks down to the river gesturing with his hand for us to follow.
- [Master Fly Tyer Bob Veverka](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/master-fly-tyer-bob-veverka/) - (Originally published in Tail #6 - July 2013) I have fished my whole life, and have tried all types of fishing. Fly fishing from the beach is my favorite. I grew up on Long Island, N. Y. where I first started fishing in the saltwater. I like fishing the Northeast Coast for Striped Bass, Bluefish
- [Species Spotlight: Barracuda](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/species-spotlight-barracuda/) - Barracuda can jump far into the air, run so fast they will burn holes in your skin and pull just as hard as any other fish their size. They hit the fly as hard as a giant trevally (GT), but many do not consider them a gamefish. These fish can be found just about anywhere
- [Beached: Fly Fishing Without a Boat](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/beached-fly-fishing-without-a-boat/) - The beach provides for stability and room for backcasting so don’t be afraid to throw some line. If you know where fish will be hanging out a ladder can be an option.
- [5 Things To Consider For Your First Tarpon Trip](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/5-things-to-consider-for-your-first-tarpon-trip/) - Often times tarpon are often caught oceanside patrolling channels and oceanside flats in deeper, rougher water. These conditions make hard to land a tarpon let alone get it to pose for a picture.
- [Triggerhappy: Fly fishing for triggerfish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/triggerfish-on-the-fly/) - Triggerfish can be surprisingly selective but if it does eat your fly, sticking it can come down to luck. Their small, boney, toothy mouths have very little space for a hook.
- [The Fly You Are Confident In](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-fly-you-are-confident-in/) - I put all of my faith into these orange flies because it was all I had to go off of at times. My boat partner made fun of this decision making. I told him I like to put on the fly I am the most confident with because I will cast and retrieve it with confidence.
- [Turneffe Atoll, Belize](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/turneffe-atoll-belize/) - Despite the lack of modern conveniences on the majority of the Atoll, development pressures are increasing. Irresponsible and destructive projects like mangrove deforestation and dredging is threatening the health of the Atoll. Mangroves, seagrass and back-reef flats are interdependent and particularly sensitive habitats which act as fish breeding grounds.....
- [Ten Flies You Should Never Be Without](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/ten-flies-you-should-never-be-without/) - By Rock Dawson As I was sitting in front of the fireplace this February (don’t laugh, we’ve had WAY too many nights in the 30’s here in South Texas this winter) preparing my fly box for an upcoming trip to the Bahamas I started pondering a question that was posed to me by my good
- [Lefty Kreh: Legend](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/lefty-kreh-legend/) - Lefty Kreh Passes If you fly fish you know the name Lefty Kreh. The name is synonymous with fly fishing. Lefty dedicated the last five decades to teaching all aspects of our sport—through newspaper columns, magazine articles, books, videos, and personal appearances. In addition to being a gifted teacher, Lefty was a consummate showman and
- [Tail & Keepemwet Fishing Spring Photo Contest 2018](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tail-keepemwet-fishing-spring-photo-contest-2018/) - Tail & Keepemwet Fishing Spring Photo Contest 2018 Tail Fly Fishing Magazine and Keepemwet Fishing are pleased to announce the #Keepemwet photo contest, in partnership with Nautilus Reels and Costa Sunglasses. The contest seeks to promote good fish handling practices for catch and release fishing while celebrating your awesome saltwater catches. The contest will run
- [Fly fishing South Florida: there's no place like home](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-south-florida-theres-no-place-like-home/) - In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, I watched as news stations cycled and recycled footage of the devastation in South Florida. Yes, certain areas got hit hard, and people lost homes and businesses and some people tragically lost their lives and yes, the area is still recovering from the hurricane. But people in the Keys
- [Fly Tying Instructional - Craft Store Crab](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly_tying_craft_store_crab_for_bonefish/) - This pattern imitates a range of crab species, and the mind-blowingly simple foundation of the pattern is intentional, making it easy for any angler to match their local crab hatch depending on the fishery they are exploring.
- [Books by Tail Contributors](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/books-by-tail-contributors/) - The subscribers of Tail Fly Fishing Magazine are aware of the quality of our contributors and the magnitude of their presence in the fly fishing industry. Just in case you didn't know how talented they are, we thought we would share this blog with a few great books recently released by past and current Tail contributors.
- [THE DECLINE OF THE STRIPED BASS](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/decline-striped-bass/) - By Capt. John McMurray Was the reduction managers finally implemented too little too late? Are you a striper nut? Do you love to throw flies at cruising fish on crystal clear flats or at big stripers busting baitfish on the surface? Yeah, man… me too. But if you’ve spent more than a few days on
- [Into the Blues - Fly Fishing for Blue Shark](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-blue-shark/) - Blue Shark on the Fly - Into the Blues Captain Zac Grossman I actually waited for many years until the right customers were aboard my charter boat to target the sharks we saw every day off Montauk with a fly rod. I didn’t want to just hand a fly rod to someone who wouldn’t appreciate
- [Is lab-grown Bluefin tuna going to help stop overfishing?](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/lab-grown-bluefin-tuna-going-help-stop-overfishing/) - Bluefin tuna are on the verge of extinction, and high consumer demand continues to drive threatened stocks down. Just yesterday, a restaurant in Japan paid $323,195 for a single fish. The Japanese government recently decided to start cracking down on fishermen going over their allotted limits on the fish (previously it was "self-policed" with no
- [When What The Doctor Orders Is A Magazine](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/when-what-the-doctor-orders-is-a-magazine/) - A Mr. Magazine™ Launch Story… FROM THE MR MAGAZINE BLOG Tail Flyfishing Magazine: When What The Doctor Orders Is A Magazine, Sometimes The Proverb “Physician Heal Thyself” Hits Very Close To Home – The Mr. Magazine Interview With Dr. Joseph Ballarini, Founder, Tail Fly Fishing Magazine… August 3, 2017 “The digital publication grew; we were in
- [Running the Coast for striped bass](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/striped-bass-film/) - A FILM ABOUT STRIPED BASS FEATURED IN TAIL FLY FISHING MAGAZINE "Salty Breakfast" is a feature article in the November issue from Jamie Howard (Howard Films) who just released the three part film series "Running the Coast. 1,000 miles from Chesapeake to Maine with the Striped Bass." Read it in the November issue of Tail AND
- [Hosted trip to Cuba with Tom Rosenbauer of Orvis](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/orvis-hosted-trip-cuba/) - Orvis is hosting a trip to Cuba and we thought you might be interested. Tom Rosenbauer is your host and there are still spots available The information below is from the main Orvis website and contains links to take you there. Hope this is helpful. This is a rare opportunity to spend some time traveling
- [Kayak Fly Fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/kayak-fly-fishing/) - Does an amazing day of fishing in calm waters while viewing pristine, undisturbed wildlife appeal to you? Then kayak fishing might be for you. Not only are there places that have been developed specifically as kayaking destinations, but there are also many professional groups that offer training to the kayak fishing. Before learning about the
- [Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Symposium 2017](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bonefish-tarpon-trust-symposium-2017/) - BONEFISH AND TARPON TRUST SYMPOSIUM 2017 The 6th annual Bonefish and Tarpon Trust Symposium took place a few days ago in Weston Florida. The symposium is a gathering of people who like to fish and an opportunity for the BTT to explain their research and current projects, while inviting the industry to do the same.
- [They Blinded Me With Science - Orvis Helios 3 Review](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/blinded-science-orvis-helios-3-review/) - The Orvis Helios 3 They Blinded Me With Science Orvis has advertised their new Helios 3 rod as “the most accurate rod on the planet.” This is a very, very bold statement. The entire planet, but we don’t even know what China or the Japanese might have. Can they actually say that? They could if it
- [Palolo Worm Hatch](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/palolo-worm-hatch/) - The Palolo Worm hatches from coral rock & sponges that cover the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean side of the Florida Keys. These little worms look like a red and white earth worm. As they hatch, they race for the surface of the water and move in unison. Their travel is very predictable and every
- [Creating a Fly Angler from the Water Up](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/creating-fly-angler-water/) - “Don’t Get Paint on the Ceiling" Creating a Fly Angler from the Water Up From Tail Fly Fishing Magazine #20 November 2015 By Joshua Wrigley Photos: Doug Baz When trying to describe the execution of a fly cast, I am frequently tempted to use the terms, grace, power and timing. Of course, these words are
- [New Product - Monic Activator Pad](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/new-product-monic-activator-pad/) - Monic has a new product on the market that you might find interesting, the activator pad....huh? Sounds like something either from a Thor movie or a female hygiene spot but it's just another unfortunate name for a really cool product. The activator pad is a clip on accessory with a small foam pad for holding
- [Last Frontiers: Exploring Scorpion Atoll, Mexico for bonefish and permit](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/last-frontiers-scorpion-atoll-mexico/) - Legend has it that Scorpion Atoll (Arrecife Alacranes) got its name from a group of 16th century Spanish shipwreck survivors. They described it as a place that killed their comrades slowly and painfully, like a scorpion sting. The notoriously treacherous reef is 70 miles north of Progreso, Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico. It has
- [Hunting Giant Trevally (GT) on the Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/hunting-giant-trevally-gt-fly/) - Hunt Giant Trevally (GT) on the Fly What's the next fish species you're hunting? If you're up for a challenge, we highly recommend the Giant Trevally. This fish has become a premier target for fly fishing fanatics everywhere to pursue. Here's what an angler should know before embarking on a trip to land a GT...
- [How To Catch A Bonefish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/how-to-catch-a-bonefish/) - There are many tips and techniques that will help any angler increase their chances of catching a bone. Here are 3 very important steps we suggest you take when planning your outing. These are written for the novice but even if you are a veteran fly rodder, it's a nice refresher and reminder Step 1:
- [Blackfin tuna on the fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/blackfin-tuna-fly/) - SOUTH FLORIDA TUNAS ON THE FLY: CHUM THEM UP Zac Grossman There are three very easily accessible species of tuna in south Florida and the Keys that just love flies. They are the black fin tuna, the skipjack tuna, and the bonito. The bonito (as they are called in Florida) are known by other names elsewhere.
- [Fly Fishing the Low Country](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-the-low-country/) - The Meaning of Low Tide in South Carolina A great video by Ryan Rodgers of what Low tide is to us, the fly fishermen who seek these fish out. The hours of searching endless creeks to find the 10ft stretch of bank that can hold an endless amount of schooled up fish. This video shows
- [Pop,Pop… Bonefish?!?](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bonefishing-top-water/) - Pop, Pop… Bonefish?!? by Peter Schwartz originally published in Tail Fly FIshing Magazine #21 Gotcha. Crazy Charlie. Bobble Head. Bitter. Merkin. All the traditional flies you would load into your fly box if you were about to hop on a boat to stalk bonefish, especially if you’re in the Bahamas. These are all proven
- [Tag You're It - Yellowtail kingfish in New Zealand](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag-youre-it-yellowtail-kingfish-in-new-zealand/) - TAG YOU'RE IT This video was made by Jonathan Jones AKA Redbeard, a New Zealand based fly fishing guide and videographer that in addition to trout fishing has a unique saltwater fishery. Seasonally, yellowtail kingfish come in to feed on the flats and can be sight fished for with a fly. A tagging initiative is
- [Tail Fly Fishing Magazine - Issue 24](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tail-fly-fishing-magazine-issue-24/) - Tail Fly Fishing Magazine Issue 24 www.tailflyfishing.com These are just a few of the awesome features that await you. We are also pleased to announce that Tail will be available in print starting September 1, 2016. Subscribe today so you don't miss the inaugural issue. http://www.tailflyfishing.com/subscription/
- [Fly Fishing for Yellow Fin Tuna](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-yellow-fin-tuna/) - Fly fishing for Yellow fin Tuna I never imagined my first saltwater fish on a fly would be a yellowfin tuna. Never would I have thought of myself hooking up with a fish that has been genetically blessed to the point that, pound for pound, it has more power than possibly any other species in the
- [Jamaica Bay Stripers](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/jamaica-bay-stripers/) - Jamaica Bay is like no other fishery in the US. It is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, and by New York City on the other sides. It may not have the beauty of the Marquesas or the crystal-clear water of the Keys, but I believe that it is perhaps the most
- [NOW OR NEVERGLADES - SIGN THE PETITION](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/noworneverglades/) - NOW OR NEVERGLADES "I support the 200-plus Everglades scientists who believe that increased storage, treatment and conveyance of water south of Lake Okeechobee is essential to stop the damaging discharges to the coastal estuaries; to restore the flow of clean, fresh water to Everglades National Park, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys; to improve the
- [SALTWATER ON A BUDGET (8WT)](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/saltwater-on-a-budget-8wt/) - 8WT OUTFIT ON BUDGET OUTFIT The 8wt is the most versatile rod to have for salt. Bonefish, redfish, jacks, sea trout, small tarpon, stripers, blues, albies, seabass, spanish macks, small cuda, . . . the list goes on. With so many rods, reels and lines out there it’s tough to get it right, espcially
- [Gear Guide](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-gear-guide/) - GEAR GUIDE STRIP AND FEED RESEARCH BASKET When stripping for big tarpon, stripers or any salt species from a boat it is crucial to have proper line managment. This basket is super stable and the dip in the front allows for easy access when doing ye ol’ two handed stripah strip. Plus the tarpon scale
- [Choosing a Fly Tying  Vise](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-tying-vise/) - A good fly tying vise is the core of any fly tier’s tool kit. Sure, the late lee Wulff tied tiny dry flies without any vise at all, but unless you want to handicap yourself in your tying, a quality vise is crucial. You can spend pretty much anything you want to on a
- [Tips for those long days on a flats skiff](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/flats-fishing/) - Us poor anglers. we’ve got cramped backs, sore legs, tight necks, and achy feet after just a few hours of chasing fish from a skiff. sometimes you feel like you don’t even want to take the bow for your next shot. is there no mercy in this world? As it turns out, there is mercy,
- [Untangling the Fly Line Matrix](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-line/) - Untangling the Fly Line Matrix So you’ve just decided on your new rig or maybe it’s time to change out the line on your trusty go-to set-up and you go to your local or favorite on-line fly shop (Flyfishbonehead of course). As you begin to look at the selection of fly lines your palms
- [PHOTO CONTEST!](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/photo-contest/) - Is your photo cover worthy? Enter the Tail Fly Fishing Magazine Photo Contest for a chance to win a swag pack that includes our giant yellow boat box, our oil cloth cap, a tech shirt and 12 perfectionist leaders and grab boosting rights for having your photo on the cover of an upcoming Tail Fly
- [Tying The Clouser Minnow](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/clouser-minnow/) - This is a variation of the Clouser minnow for redfish , Sea Trout and Snook. I’m not sure who was the first to chose this color combination, but even more brave was the one who first fished it. https://vimeo.com/60973953 RECIPE Hook: Any saltwater hook sizes 4 – 2/0 Thread: Pink Flymaster plus (210 denier)
- [Simple Redfish Fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/simple-redfish-fly/) - SIMPLE REDFISH FLY This is a very simple fly used for Redfish from the Gulf of Mexico to the Carolinas. It is essentially Aaron Adams’ Big ugly fly with sili-legs but without wing. It works for bonefish, sea trout as well but it’s mainly a redfish fly. https://vimeo.com/61269585 RECIPE Hook: Saltwater hooks sizes #4, 2,
- [Fly fishing for striped bass](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-striped-bass/) - As I walked onto the beach at this time last year, the feeling of potential seemed oddly liberating, as if the previous months’ incarceration by snow had been some weird exercise in solitary confinement. In the darkness, I edged toward the end of the jetty as the current pushed against my legs. The tide was
- [BOX IT UP!](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-storage-tips/) - Fly selection can be a big-dollar event. You can easily spend hundreds of dollars on flies when you’re prepping for an exotic trip. Example: if you’re gearing up for billfish in Latin America, you can expect to spend between 10 and 30 USD per fly. And your not going to bring just 3 or 4.
- [Teuthis - Fish Art](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/teuthis-fish-art/) - Teuthis by Shawn Abernathy One of the greatest misconceptions of art is where it belongs. Millions travel to France to pay homage to the masters. Some things you don't expect to see when you travel to France are stunningly abstract, yet anatomically correct ocean-going species in back alleys, abandoned storefronts and street corners. Teuthis is
- [Bonefish on the fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bonefish-on-the-fly/) - BONEFISH ON THE FLY (Albula vulpes) From Flyfishbonehead: Albula vulpes is one of about 15 different species of bonefish found in the world, but is the most prolific in the Caribbean and surrounding Atlantic. The information here can be applied to nearly every species. The members of the Albulidae family of fishes, or Bonefish, as
- [DIY Bonefish On Mangrove Cay](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/diy-bonefish-on-mangrove-cay/) - DIY On Mangrove Cay Preparation Immersed in the British Columbia trout season, somehow it didn’t seem right to be tying bonefish flies in May. Yet there I was putting the finishing touches on some Veverka’s Mantis shrimps in preparation for my June 1 departure to Andros Island’s Mangrove Cay. It was a
- [The Politics of Bonefish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-politics-of-bonefish/) - The Politics of Bonefish in Abco Most of us don’t think about the intersection between bone fishing and politics until we have to. June 17, 2015, has become a day of infamy in flats fishing. it’s the day when the bahamas Department of Marine resources (dMr) rolled out draft legislation that caused panic and uproar
- [239 FLIES](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/239-flies/) - Lots of fly fishermen tie flies. what separates the best tiers from everyone else is that the experts make their flies look like pieces of art. Nick Davis is the expert’s expert. he runs a business called 239 flies. you can easily tell his flies from those of other tiers. Nick’s flies are colorful, smart,
- [FLY FISHING FOR JUVENILE TARPON](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-juvenile-tarpon/) - Where do Babies Come From? FLY FISHING FOR JUVENILE TARPON It’s the time of year that flats anglers of South Florida woefully watch the steady stream of migrating tarpon become a mere trickle as the weather turns unbearably hot and sticky, and we are forced to turn our focus to other fish. Summers in Florida
- [Tarpon Town](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tarpon-town/) - WE TOLD CHARLES HE WAS DERANGED WHEN HE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO RETIRE AND RELOCATE TO CAMPECHE, MEXICO, TO LEARN SPANISH AND FISH FOR TARPON Granted, he is an enigmatic bon-vivant type who spent much of his life bouncing from place to place before settling into a successful career and life in Atlanta. He continued to
- [TARPON!](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tarpon/) - A Refresher On Tarpon Tail Fly Fishing Magazine Tarpon photos by Brian O'Keefe Fly photos by Flyboss The strike and ensuing battle with a tarpon is a difficult moment to capture in words. They are aggressive, explosive and acrobatic. Because of the challenge of catching them and their strength, stamina, and fighting ability, tarpon are
- [Winning the Battle With Wind](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/battling-wind-fly-casting/) - Battling the Wind When I first started saltwater fly fishing, I dreaded wind and the mayhem it would cause. My line got blown off the deck, it got caught on my reel or my arm, and when I attempted to shoot it I was lucky if the fish was downwind so I could reach it. wind
- [North Andros - From Top to Bottom: PART 1](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/north-andros-from-top-to-bottom-part-1/) - North Andros – From Top to Bottom: PART 1 of 2 By Glenn Zinkus originally published in Tail #22 - March 2016 I always say it, I always think it. I will come back. I need to fish this place again. I must repeat this experience. Rarely does it happen. The exploration bug bit
- [Worst trip ever - An Angler Opines](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/worst-trip-ever-an-angler-opines/) - An Angler Opines by Rock Dawson (originally published in the July 2017 issue of Tail Fly FIshing Magazine) Why do we fly fish? I’m often asked about my most memorable fishing trip and although I don’t often site it, one pops into my mind every single time and not because of the fish caught (truth
- [Fishing For The Future Part 3: Playing Proclivities](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fishing-for-the-future-part-3-playing-proclivities/) - Playing Proclivities by Tyler Justice Allen (originally published in Tail #30) Humans, like fish, are fickle creatures. We have certain proclivities and idiosyncrasies, both defined and obtuse. There are some things we can take, and some things that we just can’t. I love to fish, but a banana in my boat will ruin the day
- [Fly tying step by step - Foxxy Baitfish (White Baitfish Fly)](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-tying-step-by-step-foxxy-baitfish-white-baitfish-fly/) - Foxxy Baitfish SBS By Johnny Walshe Each issue of Tail Fly Fishing Magazine features one or more fly tying step by step tutorial from some of the very best artisans in the world. See more from Drew Chicone, Ruben Martin, Dron Lee, Rick Worman, Johnny Walshe and many others. Start your thread at about the 50% point
- [Wading The Flats for Permit](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/wading-the-flats-for-permit/) - There are many different scenarios on the flats where wading becomes the best option for stalking permit. The most obvious wading situation occurs when permit are consistently tailing while feeding on shallow flats. Stalking the wily permit on foot can be an absolute joy and represents the quietest technique to approach them. Go for it.
- [After the Eat (Sticking Fish and Clearing Line)](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/after-the-eat-sticking-fish-and-clearing-line/) - AFTER THE EAT (Sticking Fish & Clearing Line) There are so many things that need to go right in order for fly fishing to be successful. It starts with spotting the fish and making the cast but there are many little details that have to go right in order to hook and land that fish.
- [Test Driving A New Fly Rod](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/test-driving-a-new-fly-rod/) - There are many fly rod manufacturers out there both in the USA and abroad. During our last assessment there are at least 15 fly rod manufacturers with a main office in the USA. The members of our team at Tail Fly Fishing Magazine all use different brands and site different reasons for why they prefer
- [Target Species: Jack Crevalle](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/target-species-jack-crevalle/) - Fly Fishing For Jacks “Jacks are a trash fish that steal flies from tarpon.” We roll our eyes every time we hear this. Obviously, this person has never caught a jack. Jacks are a species of hard fighting fish that aggressively take flies, in fact, they aren't even picky about the fly. Jacks are related
- [Fly Fishing In Saltwater: South Padre Island, Texas](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-fishing-in-saltwater-south-padre-island-texas/) - It was the perfect storm of bad luck: anglers used to trout streams instead of flats; cloudy weather; murky water with low visibility; and strange tides. Furthermore, although the red tide hadn't made its way into the lagoon, its signs were everywhere.
- [Master The Cast - A Fly Line Primer](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/master-the-cast-a-fly-line-primer/) - A post by George Roberts of Master The Cast MASTERTHE CAST.COM I’m honored to contribute to Tail Fly Fishing Magazine’s fifth year anniversary issue. You can purchase a hard copy at your local fly shop, at Barnes and Noble, Books-Million, Bass Pro Shops as well as Field & Stream stores. You may also subscribe to it by clicking the link
- [Chasing yellowtail kingfish on the flats](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/chasing-yellowtail-kingfish-on-the-flats/) - By Redbeard Photos by Alex Waller (Originally published in Tail Fly Fishing Magazine #30 - July 2017) TAG YOU'RE IT Fishing for these brutes is as challenging as it gets. They are apex predators, and at a special time of year, they roam the flats of New Zealand tearing ferociously through baitfish schools like nothing
- [Inside the pack: Cole's GT bag](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/inside-the-pack-coles-gt-bag/) - One of our favorite parts of the magazine is the Inside the Box segment. It gives anglers a look inside someone else's fly box for a specific destination. So for this blog, and potentially more in the future, we are doing something similar, an inside the bag. For this blog we are looking at our
- [Fly Tying - take a look "Inside The Box"](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fly-tying-take-a-look-inside-the-box/) - INSIDE THE BOX Inside the Box is a feature in Tail Fly Fishing Magazine that gives the reader a glimpse inside some of our best fly boxes for an up close and personal look at what top tyers and anglers they bring to fish with. Some of them are beautifully ties flies and very neatly
- [Cosmoledo – The GT Capital of the World](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/cosmoledo-the-gt-capital-of-the-world/) - The tally for the week across all eight anglers was a respectable 98 GTs, two milkfish, 10 triggers, a large dogtooth tuna, many bluefins and bonefish plus numerous other species like jobfish, groupers, and snappers..........
- [Mullet in the Ring of Kerry: Fly fishing for Mullet](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/mullet-in-the-ring-of-kerry/) - Text and pictures by Rudy van Duijnhoven (Originally published in Tail 30 - July 2017) Though mullet are present in large numbers along the coastline of the British Isles and the mainland of Europe, they are not often caught on fly. Mullet can reach weights of well over ten pounds, and the largest of the
- [Using Nets for Saltwater Species](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/using-nets-for-saltwater-species/) - Why don’t we use nets for smaller fish like bonefish, permit and smaller redfish? The answer is often “I don’t need one.” or “well that’s the way it’s always been done.” But there is a real argument to using a landing net for saltwater species. It can redeuce stressfor both the fish and the angler.
- [Want to take better fish photos?](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/want-to-take-better-fish-photos/) - If you truly want to commit to capturing great moments, put down the rod and focus on the camera. Even if you are fishing, make sure it is easy to grab your camera. Photography is often capturing a specific and candid moment, don’t let it pass by.
- [Species spotlight: Roosterfish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/species-spotlight-roosterfish/) - These large predatory fish are often seen blowing up baitfish in shallow water and near rocky outcrops. Because of this, they are not as picky about the fly as other species...
- [Five tips for fly fishing travelers](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/five-tips-for-fly-fishing-travelers/) - Looking like an idiot for a few hours is worth not taking a risk on not having your wading boots and can reduce your carry on weight significantly. If you want something to get to its destination, don't give the TSA a chance to lose it.
- [IFTD review - New Products for 2018](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/iftd-review/) - The who's who of the fly fishing industry met up in Orlando for the world's largest fishing expo, ICAST. Companies unveiled their new products for anglers to unleash on the casting ponds near by.
- [3 Quick Tips : How To Grip A Fly Rod](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/3-quick-tips-how-to-grip-a-fly-rod/) - Ask ten accomplished anglers how to cast. Odds are you are going to get ten different answers. And if you are learning how to cast, this can be a confusing and frustrating proposition. Figuring out which way is right and which way is wrong is a difficult task. There are so many minute things that
- [Fishing For The Future Part II : Facts and Feelings](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fishing-for-the-future-part-ii-facts-and-feelings/) - Water temperatures significantly above the local average for a given time period can further compound the risk posed by air exposure; warm water contains less dissolved oxygen than cool water relatively...
- [Fishing for the Future: Ecology, Economics, and the Conversation We Can’t Avoid ](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/fishing-for-the-future-ecology-economics-and-the-conversation-we-cant-avoid/) - The hard-to-swallow truth is this: the survival of our sport depends, to a large degree, on the practices of individual anglers. What you do on the water matters to each person that wets a line in that fishery, both now and in the future.
- [Travel to Cuba Halted ....sort of](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/free-travel-to-cuba-halted-sort-of/) - Media coverage has made it somewhat difficult to truly grasp the new travel policies, typically more concerned with the politics rather than the policy.
- [5 tips for teaching your friends how to fish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/5-tips-for-teaching-your-friends-how-to-fish/) - Fly fishing is ripe with unwritten rules. From fishing handling to how to behave on a boat, there are many things that you can only learn from a friend.
- [GEAR UP: Kiritimati (Christmas Island)](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/gear-up-kiritimati-christmas-island/) - Triggerfish, milkfish, GT and bonefish can all blow up a reel. Kiritimati is in the middle of nowhere, If your reel breaks, you need an extra one if you want to fish. The fish that is most likely to break equipment is a GT, so an extra fly line is a must.
- [PHOTO CONTEST RESULTS](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/photo-contest-results/) - Three winners emerged but there are so many quality photos and such a small margin of victory for all three winners. We included two honorable mentions as well, frankly, they deserve a shout out for almost placing.
- [The Return of F3T](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-return-of-f3t/) - After only seeing this series of films once or not at all, here are a few reasons why you should go back and watch the tenth edition of the F3T.
- [Where Did All The Fish Go?](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/where-did-all-the-fish-go/) - If we all just pay more attention to what we’re doing and how it impacts the environment, it will make a difference and maybe we won’t have to try and explain to future generations where all the fish went.
- [The Gordy & Sons Grand Opening - May 13, 2017](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-gordy-sons-grand-opening-may-13-2017/) - Gordy & Sons, Outfitters will quickly become a new favorite destination for avid hunters and anglers looking for the best in bespoke and fine guns, fly-fishing equipment and everything else needed for adventuring anywhere in the world, or, in the comfort of your ranch or favorite fishing spot.
- [Bonefish Flies - Who Uses Gotchas?](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/bonefish-flies-who-uses-gotchas/) - The CI Bonefish Special is usually tied in Orange but can also be tied in pinks, yellows, gold and silvers. It is bright and flashy and definitely gets noticed in crystal clear waters.
- [Yellowtail Kingfish: The Gold That Keeps Giving](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-gold-that-keeps-on-giving/) - It is no secret that as a fly fishing destination New Zealand offers some of the best sight fishing on the planet. Top that off with the diversity of the natural settings and proximity to other outdoor activities in the small towns and cities and you can see why it is up there with Patagonia, Argentina or Alaska on a touring fly flingers "to do" list.
- [Winner takes all!](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/winner-takes-all/) - If a photo is worth a thousand words, our photographers are the most verbose people on the planet. At Tail we value the artists that magically transport us to and from the flats and blue water. Each issue contains a photo essay prominently featured in the opening of the magazine with amazing shots from both amateurs & professionals.
- [Stories Through a Saltwater Lens](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/stories-through-a-saltwater-lens/) - Mark Hatter has been shooting images and writing for fly fishing publications for more than two decades. He says, “Before the advent of digital cameras, nailing action shots like jumping tarpon or billfish on film made my work....
- [Design Makes a Better Rod - Diamondback Fly Rods](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/design-makes-a-better-rod-diamondback-fly-rods/) - We visited with Nate Dablock, Owner and Operator of Diamondback Rods. Nate is an angler, artist and all around interesting guy whom we met last year. He is a bit of a character with an interesting story.
- [The Best of Bimini](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/the-best-of-bimini/) - I’ve seen some big permit in fishing Key West for 45 years, but what I saw that day was the biggest permit of my life. The fish was well over 40 pounds and was following a stingray along the edge of the flat. I had a small crab fly designed for bonefish on an eight weight rod, but made a cast anyway.
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- [fly fish journal](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-fish-journal/)
- [the mission](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/the-mission/)
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- [best fly fishing magazine](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/best-fly-fishing-magazine/)
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- [selecting a fly line](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/selecting-a-fly-line/)
- [best saltwater fly fishing magazine](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/best-saltwater-fly-fishing-magazine/)
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- [fly line matrix](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-line-matrix/)
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- [snook](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/snook/)
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- [bonefishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/bonefishing/)
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- [fly fishing magazines](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-fishing-magazines/)
- [false albacore](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/false-albacore/)
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- [scorpion atoll](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/scorpion-atoll/)
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- [best saltwater magazine](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/best-saltwater-magazine/)
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- [fly fishing magazine tail fly fishing magazine](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-fishing-magazine-tail-fly-fishing-magazine/)
- [flys for bonefish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/flys-for-bonefish/)
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- [blackfin tuna](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/blackfin-tuna/)
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- [blue shark on fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/blue-shark-on-fly/)
- [blue shark](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/blue-shark/)
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- [shark on fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/shark-on-fly/)
- [tuscan bunny](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/tuscan-bunny/)
- [permit flies](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/permit-flies/)
- [premit and bonefish flies](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/premit-and-bonefish-flies/)
- [peter mcleod](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/peter-mcleod/)
- [gordon churchill](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/gordon-churchill/)
- [crab fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/crab-fly/)
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- [photo contest](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/photo-contest/)
- [keepemwet](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/keepemwet/)
- [proper fish handling](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/proper-fish-handling/)
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- [lefty kreh](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/lefty-kreh/)
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- [veverka's mantis shrimp for bonefish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/veverkas-mantis-shrimp-for-bonefish/)
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- [machaca on fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/machaca-on-fly/)
- [costa rica](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/costa-rica/)
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- [roosterfish flies](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/roosterfish-flies/)
- [boat bag](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/boat-bag/)
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- [fly fishing tips](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-fishing-tips/)
- [striped bass on fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/striped-bass-on-fly/)
- [new jersey](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/new-jersey/)
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- [help with sea sickness](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/help-with-sea-sickness/)
- [how not to be seasick](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/how-not-to-be-seasick/)
- [how not to be sea sick](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/how-not-to-be-sea-sick/)
- [stripers on fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/stripers-on-fly/)
- [stripers online](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/stripers-online/)
- [saltwater fly fishing magazine](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/salt-water-fly-fishing-magazine/)
- [marlin](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/marlin/)
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- [sailfish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/sailfish/)
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- [fly tying magazine](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-tying-magazine/)
- [saltwater species](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/saltwater-species/)
- [SFWMD](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/sfwmd/)
- [florida fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/florida-fishing/)
- [lake okeechobee](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/lake-okeechobee/)
- [bullsugar](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/bullsugar/)
- [trout](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/trout/)
- [striper](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/striper/)
- [Jamie Howard](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/jamie-howard/)
- [Howard Films](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/howard-films/)
- [Running the Coast](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/running-the-coast/)
- [fly fishing in the southeast](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-fishing-in-the-southeast/)
- [tail magazine](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/tail-magazine/)
- [false albacore on the fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/false-albacore-on-the-fly/)
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- [two hand](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/two-hand/)
- [surf fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/surf-fishing/)
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- [corbina](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/corbina/)
- [halibut](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/halibut/)
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- [hooks](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/hooks/)
- [new zealand](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/new-zealand/)
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- [bass](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/bass/)
- [bass fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/bass-fishing/)
- [massachusetts](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/massachusetts/)
- [new york](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/new-york/)
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- [239 flies](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/239-flies/)
- [nick davis](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/nick-davis/)
- [bumphead parrotfish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/bumphead-parrotfish/)
- [parrotfish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/parrotfish/)
- [fly fishing for parrotfish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-fishing-for-parrotfish/)
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- [fly fishing for parrtofish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-fishing-for-parrtofish/)
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- [jack crevalle on fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/jack-crevalle-on-fly/)
- [saltwater gear](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/saltwater-gear/)
- [saltwater gear guide](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/saltwater-gear-guide/)
- [saltwater fly fishing gear guide](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/saltwater-fly-fishing-gear-guide/)
- [gear](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/gear/)
- [Andros Bonefish](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/andros-bonefish/)
- [South Andros](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/south-andros/)
- [Josie Sands](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/josie-sands/)
- [New Ocean View](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/new-ocean-view/)
- [Joseph Sands](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/joseph-sands/)
- [Bahamas Guide](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/bahamas-guide/)
- [Deneki Outdoors](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/deneki-outdoors/)
- [David Madison Photography](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/david-madison-photography/)
- [Northern Searun Trout](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/northern-searun-trout/)
- [northern sea trout](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/northern-sea-trout/)
- [fly fish norway](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-fish-norway/)
- [norway fly fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/norway-fly-fishing/)
- [fly fishing norway](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-fishing-norway/)
- [barry ord clark](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/barry-ord-clark/)
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- [tail fly fishing magazinee](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/tail-fly-fishing-magazinee/)
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- [rockfish on fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/rockfish-on-fly/)
- [Henry Hughes](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/henry-hughes/)
- [TFFM](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/tffm/)
- [Oregon fly fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/oregon-fly-fishing/)
- [los cabos](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/los-cabos/)
- [striped marlin](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/striped-marlin/)
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- [salmon on the fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/salmon-on-the-fly/)
- [saltwater salmon fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/saltwater-salmon-fishing/)
- [fly fishing for salmon in the salt](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/fly-fishing-for-salmon-in-the-salt/)
- [king slamon](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/king-slamon/)
- [alaska fly fishing](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/alaska-fly-fishing/)
- [stripers forever](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/stripers-forever/)
- [poppers](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/poppers/)
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- [striper on fly](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/striper-on-fly/)
- [homosasa](https://www.tailflyfishing.com/tag/homosasa/)
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