Tag Archives: salt water fly fishing
Gary Merriman Ties The Tarpon Toad
I'VE KNOWN GARY MERRIMAN FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT HE WAS THE CREATOR OF THE TARPON TOAD. The Toad is a great pattern and almost anyone who has fished for tarpon has tied one on at some point....
Sunday Classic / Conch And Beer For Dinner Again?
By now I'm back from the Bahamas long enough to stop grumbling about the cold but not quite long enough for the line burns to have healed. I've done my best to rid the world of Conch and Kalik but if you can find any...
Early Season Tarpon Alert!
I THOUGHT I'D TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TEASE YOU WITH A QUICK TARPON PHOTO. I've been on, kind of a roll, about bonefish lately and with my third trip to the Bahamas in five months just around the corner, that's not going to change for a...
Sunday Classic / Strip Set, Dammit!
Quite likely the most frustrating thing for an angler who is new to salt water is the strip set. A dedicated freshwater angler will have thousands of hours of muscle memory to overcome. I did it myself time after time. I'd see a fish eat...
Saturday Shoutout / Dr King Goes Bonefishing
I'M SURE THAT WHEN THE FOLKS AT DENEKI OUTDOORS ASK FOR THEIR READERS BONEFISHING STORIES THEY NEVER EXPECTED THIS WONDERFUL RESPONSE. The author, identified as Brenda, tells a story so touching I choked up when I read it. No surprise, Dr King is a personal hero...