Fishipedia Report: My First Permit
Thomas McGuane once wrote that “the definitive permit is a fish from the Keys”. Given that a) he’s about the best fishing writer there is, and b) I’ve never caught one from anywhere else, I’d be inclined to agree.
Thomas McGuane once wrote that “the definitive permit is a fish from the Keys”. Given that a) he’s about the best fishing writer there is, and b) I’ve never caught one from anywhere else, I’d be inclined to agree.
Happiness is catching your first tarpon before breakfast – bending over the side of the boat, seeing those huge scales flicker in the sun’s first light before a final push sends her serenely back beneath a glassy sea. It doesn’t get much better… Read more…
If you had one day left to fish and you could choose anywhere, where would you go? More often than not I think I’d choose a deserted bonefish flat. However, a day on an English chalkstream at the height of mayfly season would run it a pretty close second. Read more…