Photos and reflections from a trip to the Lake District England, where I had a great two days with Mike Tinnion.
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Category Archives: Global Fishing
Video: Iceland Trout and Char
A few years ago, my good friend Jonas and I went to Iceland to chase Atlantic salmon. At the urging of our host, we added a day and a half onto the front end to fly fish for trout and char. I was skeptical at first, but what a great decision that was in the end.
Read More >>Fly Fishing for Tarpon in Boca Grande
We’re all familiar with the excuses that follow a good skunking. And so it was on the plane ride back from Boca Grande, Florida, where we had gone in search in tarpon.
Read More >>Postcard From India: Masheer on the Fly
For a trip that didn’t start as a fishing trip, and for the wrong time of year, it turned into a truly great week, with fish from 22 lbs and down. See the full article for lots of photos and the full story on fly fishing in India and Nepal for mahseer.
Read More >>Postcard from New Zealand
Lush green hills. Precipitously peaked mountains. Water an emerald blue. Unimaginably big trout. And only the happy angler in the frame, with no other people in sight. Such are the picture postcards from New Zealand that have been arriving in my inbox ever since my friend arrived for his year plus stay in this anglers paradise.
Read More >>A Look Back at New England Fly Fishing in 2013
In 2013 I was fortunate to have some great days on the water — including one of my best ever. But all of this was marred by persistent bad news about the continued decline of striped bass (more on that later). What follows is a short summary of some key trends, trips, and events from 2013.
Read More >>Margaree River: Salmon Fishing on Cape Breton
This is the Margaree: a beautiful river, with tremendous character. But unlike other salmon rivers, where the water is private and, as a consequence, often eye-wateringly expensive, the Margaree is accessible – at least in price. Getting there is another matter. Situated in a heart of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, trip is an epic one; 12 hours from Boston, according to Google maps. And that’s without pitstops.
Read More >>Bowing to the King: Tarpon Fishing in Boca Grande
We had been chasing tarpon — a giant fish constructed of silver dollar scales, dark eyes the size of plums, and a mouth that could swallow a basketball — in the warm, blue waters off Boca Grande. The pass at Boca is renowned tarpon water, and the coast nearly so: it’s here that Americans, who can’t be bothered (or afford) to fly south to South America or elsewhere, go to chase tarpon. All morning, we had been doing just that: driving with our guide up and down the coast in his 18′ center console boat, searching for schools of tarpon. We blazed past islands and boats and fishy looking sections, stopping here and there, with not a single fish in sight.
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