Islamorada, Florida Keys, United States
Tarpon Season 2018
Capt. Alex Zapata
April 23, 2018
Florida Keys - Fishing Report
Tarpon season is on! My favorite time of the year is here and with it, waves of anglers...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States âFishing consists of a series of misadventures interspersed by occasional moments of glory.â
â Howard Marshall
What constitutes a âmoment of gloryâ while angling...
RÃo Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina 172 fish were landed. 40 fish over 15 pounds, 7 of these were over 20 pounds. The average weight was 9 pounds.
FISH OF THE WEEK
Greg Dixon landed a 25.5 pounder female in He...
Seychelles Trip Hosted By Urban Angler an Outfitter and Agent based out of New York and Alexandria.
Our trip began in the main island of the Seychelles, Mahe. We arrived to find news of a storm system sitting off the ...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States ââ¦knowing a river intimately is a large part of the joy of fly
>fishing.â â Roderick Haig-Brown
To know a river intimately, one must experience it in all of its seaso...
Ketchum, Id, United States "It is the constant--or inconstant--change, the infinite variety in fly-fishing that binds us fast. It is impossible to grow weary of a sport that is never the same on any two days of the year....
Zelezniki, Gorenjska region, Slovenia Selška Sora, is a stretch of water exceptionally well inhabited by trout, predominantly brown trout and rainbow trout. In its upper reaches is more reminiscent of a mountain strea...
Vrhnika, Slovenia My boss contacted me a couple of days beforehand: "Mare, we got a guest that wants guiding for pike, you game?" Of course I am. Water conditions were ideal for flyfishing for pike. But then the weather ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States
The upper end of Sullivanâs Slough is aptly named the Shark Tank. From the road cutting across the sage covered hillside above the Slough, gawkers stop and admire the size and quan...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "The angling fever is a very real disease and can only be cured by the application of cold water and fresh untainted air."
â Theodore Gordon
For some, the concept of winter fly f...
New York, United States Brown trout are still fishing very, very well in the Lake Ontario tribs. Swinging streamers is the most exciting, and one of the most productive way to fish these fish, with baitfish and attractor...
Flamingo, Everglades National Park, Florida, United States
The fishing has been very good this past month. The snook have been everywhere from the flats to the far reaches of the backcountry. When the weather allow...
futrono, Provincia del Ranco, Chile Eng.
The Area of Ranco and Calcurrupe is one of the most famous fishing spots of Chile ,. with lots of tradition River Calcurrupe is a miracle of the nature, perfect river for dri...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States âNobody goes there anymore. Itâs too crowded.â
â Yogi Berra
As one of the few fishable rivers in the state of Idaho, the Creek certainly saw its share of anglers this...
Hernando Beach, Hernando County, United States Welcome to winter fishing in Florida. There are a lot of opportunities to catch fish here in Florida. Letâs start in Salt Water. The creeks and rivers are loaded with ...
Ohio, United States ANOTHER DAY OF DOUBLE DIGIT STEELHEAD IN THE NET! Great fishing continues. We're seeing good numbers of fish up to 10 pounds and an handful over that. Lost the biggest Ohio steelhead I've seen in year...
Kaunakakai, Molokai, United States Gusty wind and rain across the island with some areas experiencing heavy showers and runoff at times. The tides and moon phase line up really well right around the second or third week ...
Bristol Bay, Alaska, United States An overview of the guide season in Bristol Bay
I recently finished up my season in Alaska and wanted to reach out to everyone and give a report on my experiences guiding in Bristol B...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States The Big Wood Basin snow water equivalent is at 70% of normal as of March
16th. For those already looking ahead to summer, all signs are pointing
to an early and moderate run off and a g...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States BIG WOOD RIVER
In the winter, midges make up a majority of a trout's diet. One positive outcome of the recent influx of silt from the fires in 2013 is that it has provided excellent habitat...
Houffalize, Belgium Fly Fishing Belgium 6-2020.
Still going to Belgium after the period of Corona.
Stayd at a house in Jupille near by La Roche ardenne.
Nice weather a lot of sun 23 C, in the midweek a lot of rain onl...
RÃo Gallegos, The Route of the Spring Creeks, Argentina In the making of the Route of the Spring Creeks we started with this report of the first scouting and include also some data and pics from the whole season.
The...
Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States The first few weeks of the fishing season have been great, The Nushagak River saw a strong run of King Salmon during June and into July with some 95,000 fish returning as of th...
Chaiten, Región de los Lagos, Chile One of the best King Salmon Fishing is in Chilean Patagonia.
Kings here are real gigants , with an aberage of 35 and 40 pounds Yelcho River is one of the best destinations world wi...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States I had the privilege of guiding Rob Giannino from Fly Fishing Journeys and his son Tyler for Tylers first ever trip to Steelhead Alley. Tyler was relatively new to the sport of fly fishin...
Vail,Beaver Creek, Colorado, United States The Colorado River is a must for any angler wanting to experience a true western river. Home of the one of only 3 Salmon Fly hatches in Colorado! Flows are excellent and so is...
Miami, Florida, United States This month it has been all about the tarpon, both big and small. It has really been a great month for tarpon fishing. There has been a lot of baby tarpon around, which is typically for sum...
Miami, Florida, United States Next to our Spring season, this is by far the BEST time to fish in the Everglades. This is what I call our second Tarpon season. Nobody on the water, unlike the spring and there are lots o...
Te Anau, Southland, New Zealand Winter has been somewhat mild down here in the south of New Zealand, Southland Te Anau and the fly fishing has been great. With the majority of the river systems closed in the Fiordland re...
Miami, Florida, United States I only had a few hours to fish so I checked out some spots along the eastern edge of the Everglades(west of Miami, Fl).
I was mostly using a bright green deer hair diver fly also hooked a ...
Rockport, Texas, United States Welcome to 2019, and our first Rockport fly fishing report of the year. We are putting a wrap on the first full week of the year, which has been a pretty interesting one. But things are sti...
RÃo Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Week number 6 has come to an end, and as in the last few years, the group of David S. his daughter Karen R., Richard M., Chris B., Mike H., and John R. enjoyed the first week ...
Palm Beach, Southeast Florida, United States Three days on the Spinner Sharks and they put on quite a show. Ran out of shark flies completely Friday...sadly, overcast and rain squalls prevented any decent filming....8 to...
RÃo Gallegos, Santa Cruz , Argentina An Argentina lover and good spanish speaker, Mr. Lars Ivarsson was joining me and my family for the Route of the spring Creeks. Lars is one of the most relaxed fisherman I know, an...
Doncaster, Yorkshire, United Kingdom My Hunt For Coarse Fish On The Fly.
The day started the same as many of my fishing trips start, with a trip to the drive through coffee shop. With coffee in hand I headed off to a ...
Traful River Valley, Patagonia, Argentina This is a closeup pic of a landlocked Atlantic salmon caught by Kathy Beck on the Traful in March of 2010 at dusk.
RÃo Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina Season Report - The Route of the Spring Creeks
3rd Season went through and some new fishermen along with some regulars came to experience our route of authentic estancias of Pata...
Florida, United States It has been a great month of fishing in the Everglades. Plenty of bigger tarpon still hanging around with the warmer weather and loads of bait all over the Everglades. With our first cold front o...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States ââ¦the fisherman fishes. It is at once an act of humility and a small rebellion. And it is something more. To him, his fishing is an island of reality in a world of dream and shadow...
lower zambezi river, Zambia This August a group of friends traveled to the Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia. For many of them it was their first taste of Africa and for the rest of the group, seasoned travelers hopi...
Christchurch, North Canterbury, New Zealand Most of the time I tested the caddis on Canterbury Braided Rivers as many of these remain open for winter fishing and in particular the month of May offered some of the most st...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States The Land of Giants! Recap of the First 2 weeks of the 2021 Season Opener at ATA Lodge on the Alagnak Wild and Scenic River!
After a year of uncertainty due to Covid, we are sure glad...
Villa Mañihuales, Región de Aysen, Chile The current season has been a special one, full of surprises and new friends in the middle of a pandemic that seems to have got attached to us and does not want to leave us....
George River, Nunavik Que, Canada Weather conditions: Rain, average 8°C ;
Water Level: low water medium - high ;
Number of fishermen: 6 ;
Atlantic salmon landed & released: 21 ;
Atlantic salmon hooked & lost: 9...
Mozirje, Savinjska walley, Slovenia Length: 104.00 cm
District and family: The river Savinja ( from Grušovlje to Letuš) / Mozirje
Name of the fisherman: Aleksander Žižek
Fish taken: no
Fishing style: fly ...
Latium, South Tuscany, Central Italy,, Italy When youâre sweating under your shirt and imagining the pleasant breeze out thereâ¦
When youâre dreaming and thinking of the pleasant landscape of our rivers...
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada There's loads of Coho and Chum Salmon that are biting in the Squamish River right now!
This river will offer very good fly fishing for the month of November(outside of adverse weather ...
Bryson City, North Carolina, United States Good fishing right now for white bass and walleye at the mouth of the Tuckaseege River outside of Bryson City. A few lake run Steelhead are being caught. Steelhead should peak over the next two weeks.
Benton Crossing, California, United States Cutty Spawn was killer once again, attractor patterns, eggs, san juans and big streamers were able to pull them up into a net. there is a lot of pressure this time of year, so stealth approach is important.
Colorado, United States It's Caddis season on the Eagle, Colorado and Roaring Fork Rivers. Yellow Sally's and PMD's too. The rivers are dropping as run-off is ending. Conditions are excellent! This is some of the best dry fly fishing of the year.