Joomla! site syndication http://saltwaterflyfishing.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:28:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://saltwaterflyfishing.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://saltwaterflyfishing.com Joomla! site syndication http://saltwaterflyfishing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=191&Itemid=75 Don’t be too cautious when presenting a fly to permit. Hook ’em or spook ’em. By Chico FernandezThe light was perfect as I aimed my telephoto lens at a skiff working across the flats. The bow angler made some beautiful practice casts, and I was sure the photos were going to be nice.All of a sudden, the poler pointed to the right, and the angler started to cast again. But this time, there was no loop. His backcasts were hitting the water, and finally, his leader caught and wrapped around the rod, ending any possibility of a shot. Even at a distance, the angler looked four inches shorter in his humiliation.I turned around to my friend, who was smiling broadly. “A permit,” he said. “They saw a permit.” And sure enough, a few seconds later, the angler started to practice his cast, which was once again beautiful.A little late, but lovely. I cast my first fly to a permit in the mid-to late 50s, and today, with quite a few permit to my name, they still make me nervous when I am getting ready to cast. There is something about permit fishing that just makes an angler uneasy.Maybe it’s the fact that you could face a fish well over 40 pounds, and that same large fish can often be hard to see in the flats. Or perhaps it’s the fact that they can be incredibly spooky even on a windy day; forget a calm day. Even after a great presentation, they might come to the fly as it drops, carefully inspect your offering long after it has reached the bottom, and then reject it and go about their business of looking for real food. It can leave you with the shakes. FEATURES - Articles Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:44:14 +0100 http://saltwaterflyfishing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=111&Itemid=87 The tarpon fishery along southeastern Costa Rica is off the radar of most fly fishers. But adventurous anglers can still find big fish and steady action on the open seas just north of Panama COLUMNS - Expeditions Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:34:28 +0100 http://saltwaterflyfishing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=75 In the fall, it’s time to head inland toward the sprawling maze of islands, bays, and sloughs known by West Coast fly anglers simply as “the Delta.” by Kevin Sloan In the fall, it’s time to head inland toward the sprawling maze of islands, bays, and sloughs known by West Coast fly anglers simply as “the Delta.” FEATURES - Featured Articles Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:33:19 +0100 http://saltwaterflyfishing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=101&Itemid=75 North Carolina’s Cape Fear Coast offers a shallow-water wilderness tailor-made for chasing redfish on the fly. FEATURES - Featured Articles Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:47:18 +0100 http://saltwaterflyfishing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=75 Late-night angling around lighted structure may not always yield epiphany, but it can produce large numbers of stripers. FEATURES - Featured Articles Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:00:33 +0100