Permit take cover, March Merkin is coming
The clock is ticking and the countdown is on for Key West’s annual permit fishing competition – March Merkin. This year the prestigious event will be held on March 14-17.
The clock is ticking and the countdown is on for Key West’s annual permit fishing competition – March Merkin. This year the prestigious event will be held on March 14-17.
Question: What’s better than spending a few days chasing monster bonefish on the flats around Abaco Lodge? Answer: doing it with fly-fishing legends Flip Pallot and Chico Fernandez.
Regular visitors to Fishipedia may remember the story we ran detailing proposals put forward by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to officially make bonefish a catch-and-release species in Florida.
The fishing season is in full swing down in Argentina, and premier lodge owners, Nervous Waters, have a limited number of spots available in their selection of standout properties for the rest of the season.
The Costa Fly Fishing Film Tour is approaching its halfway point, with just over 40 dates left in what looks like becoming the fishing entertainment event of the year.
Just yesterday we posted an entry heaping praise onto J.L. Powell’s exquisite bonefishing short, 23 Degrees South. Well, it seems they’re coming thick and fast right now – today we feel compelled to do the same thing all over again.
Bonefish could soon officially be a catch-and-release species in Florida, thanks to plans being put forward by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust’s February fundraising drive continues apace. Following Saturday’s annual fundraiser in Boca Grande, Florida, attention now turns to Naples where the second fundraiser will be held on the 19th.
One look at the range of fly rods at your local tackle store should tell you all you need to know. Sage, Loomis, Scott, Winston, Redington, Orvis… One word: competitive. Throw in a volatile economy and you’d have to be mad to think about a launching a new fly rod company now, right?
Get your best salsa boots on and have that cigar lighter at the ready – Cuban fishing specialists Avalon are offering a special deal for April this year, at their incredible Isle of Youth fishery.