Salt Water
Feels Like the First Time
- By: Fly Rod and Reel
Zane was a flats virgin when he won the Fly Rod & Reel 30th Anniversary Reader Sweepstakes drawing, securing three days of fishing at Pesca Maya. He’d never cast a fly to a bonefish, tarpon or permit. Duty-bound as an editor-at-large of FR&R, I went along as Zane’s, umm, escort, to make sure things went gently.
Permit Pursuits
- By: Chico Fernandez
It’s often said that the weather never gets too hot for permit on the flats. Even in the high heat of summer, when most bonefishing is done early and late in the day, permit are seen tailing during the middle of the day, in weather that is too hot for many fly fishers—particularly if you come from up north and are not used to 90-plus temperatures and high humidity.
Mack Attacks
- By: Chico Fernandez
"I cast again, saw the fly plop on the surface and a fish break to take it right away. I set the hook and the line flew through my fingers at lighting speed. I knew I had a nice-size mackerel, for sure."
Blitz Season at The End
- By: Paul G. Quinnett
- and Pat Ford
- Photography by: Pat Ford
Montauk, the terminus of land off Long Island, New York, is known as “The End.” During autumn anglers consider it one of the country’s best fly-fishing locations for striped bass, bluefish and false albacore.
Double-Figure Bones
- By: Chico Fernandez
"There are more large bonefish in the shallow waters of the Florida Keys and Biscayne Bay in Miami than any other place I know."
Angler's Journal
- By: Greg Thomas
Returning home to catch sea-run cutthroat trout in Puget Sound...
Coho Exploration
- By: Rob Lyon
In search of wild coho salmon and coastal thrills off the remote shores of Vancouver Island.
Yucatan Babies
- By: Chico Fernandez
