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Albula vulpes – Bonefish by Eric Ersch & Pat Pendergast More fly fishers got their start in saltwater fly fishing pursuing bonefish than any other species. One of the nice things about bonefishing is that the proper equipment needed to catch them successfully often comes down to common fly rod weights and size — a (more…)

Belize is a small English-speaking country in Central America, bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the east, dense jungle and mountainous terrain to the west, and just over a two-hour flight from Houston or Miami. The coastline of this Caribbean nation stretches a total of 170 miles north to south, is home to the world’s (more…)

The Fly Shop® is Bullish on Tsimane’s Dorado Camps for 2021. We’re going long on the fabulous Bolivian dorado fishery – Tsimane in 2021! Tsimane blends, like no other destination on Earth, the best aspects of fly fishing: sight casting, freestone mountain rivers, wading, clear waters, floating lines, and four different exotic jungle species of (more…)

Steelhead Heaven – Sandy River Lodge, Aleutian Peninsula, Alaska Our good friend and seasoned International fly fishing traveler Tim Hagerty had an amazing steelhead trip on the Sandy River this fall. Check out Tim’s report below…it’s a good one! This is a report on a unique fly fishing adventure for the elusive and prized quarry, (more…)

2020 Alaska & Lava Creek Lodge End of Season Report There is always a bright side, no matter how dark things seem!  And that was certainly the case when it came to sportfishing in Alaska this summer.  With Covid numbers escalating in the US this past spring, and nearly all other countries in the world (more…)

Permit Pursuit by Pat Pendergast I have been told hundreds of times over the last twenty five years that I must be the luckiest guy in the world…that I have the best damn job a person could ever dream of. I used to brush this off, downplaying it with some mumbo jumbo about it being (more…)

“SOUTH” A bonefish story from Turks & Caicos – British West Indies By: Pat Pendergast The roar of the big block Chevy 454 was near deafening as Garner, a.k.a. “G”, throttled down the un‐baffled beast of a V‐8, sending the airboat skidding into white sugar sand covered by a skinny five inches of water. Hordes (more…)