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Come and stalk the flats for the most sought after fish in the Florida keys. Spin or fly tackle, this type of fishing is a challenge to most.	Experience the incredible power and acrobatics of the silver king. Fish sizes range from 10 - 200 lbs!! Weak hearted need not apply.	Sight-cast big permit on the flats. Expect long battles and heart pounding action while these fish tail and root for their prey.	An adventure into the Everglades National Park for species like Redfish, Snook, Trout, Sharks and much much more.	Battle Hammerhead, Bull, Lemon and Black Tip Sharks in shallow water on light tackle or fly gear. Join me sight casting big sharks on the flats.	Check out some of the patterns I use to catch our great Florida keys species like bonefish, tarpon and permit. Go take a look right now!

Florida Keys Shark Fishing

Rob releasing a Black Nose Shark

Shark Fishing has become very popular in the past few years and to be honest it's one of my favorite things to do. Sight Casting big sharks in shallow water is an incredible thing to witness.

Big Hammerhead, Bull and Lemon sharks cruising down the chum slick searching for their next meal get rudely interrupted by sharp steel imbedded in their jaw. WIth reel screaming, away we go chasing the monster down until merely feet are between us and a massive creature. Using light tackle spinning rods, this challenge is not only fun but also a test to your endurance.

Prime Shark Fishing Time

Shark fishing is in the florida keys is way under-rated. This can be some of the best fishing you have ever done. catching large sharks up to 10 foot long on 20 lb spinning tackle is incredible. THe best part about this is that you actually cast to the sharks and watch them eat the bait! You can catch sharks all year long here in the Keys but winter months bring cold fronts that can send them off the flats.

Shark Photos

Fly Fishing for Shark

Lemon Shark on fly!

Flippin the Chicken

Fly Fishing for sharks?? Come again? I hear that all the time. Fly fishing for sharks takes patience and a little skill. I usually have more success fly fishing for sharks in "dirty water" or muddy water. There have been many days where multiple hook ups is the norm. Fighting these beasts on a fly rod also takes endurance. Just ask one of my client's Mark Phelps when he hooked into a Lemon shark that approximately weighed 250 lbs. plus. Broken rods, mayhem and a lot of laughter.. Come check it out! Click here for the fly tier's bench

Fly Equipment Used

Thomas and Thomas Horizon Series
9,10 weight fly rods

Scientific Anglers Mastery Series

Gamakatsu #SC-15

Seaguar Fluorocarbon Leader

Favorite Shark Flies

The Mad Pumpkin
Difficulty - 2 of 5
The one and only shark fly. This fly is deadly in all black.

Florida Keys Fishing Videos

Permit Fishing with Joe Leskoske
Joe caught 3 Permit in one day and we have it on film!

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Underwater Baby Tarpon
Mike Hill catches a baby tarpon on fly. We dunk the GoPro Camera to see what its like Underwater. No Sound.

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Black Tip Sharks on Fly
Warren Stern rips up on some Black Tip Sharks on fly for the first time.

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DOA LURES - CAL JERK BAIT
Something I put together for my favorite artificial bait.

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Tarpon on DOA CALs
The Deckers, father and son rip up on some medium sized tarpon on the DOA CAL Jerk bait. This video has some of the most amazing tarpon jumps.

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Tarpon on Fly
Rob hooked up with his first tarpon on fly

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Tarpon on Fly
Doug Nix with his first tarpon on fly. Doug was throwing a gurgler pattern.

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Bonefish on Fly
Todd Paikin with some insane bonefish footage, fighting a 10.5 lb Bonefish on fly and a 13 lb. Bonefish on light tackle. Choose below.

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Tarpon on Light Tackle
DOA strikes again! Justin hooking up with some a nice Tarpon on 10 lb gear. Awesome Tarpon jumps. Slow Motion Video

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Big Tarpon and Permit
Roger Moore from England, catching big Tarpon, Permit and casting to some Sharks on fly.

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Bonefish and Permit
Denis pursuing his Grand Slam. He scored with two big bonefish and a awesome Permit.

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Bonefish on Light tackle
Elizabeth with her first monster Bonefish ever and Tom caught himself a big Bonefish as well.

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Permit and Tarpon
Joe Leskoske pursuing another Grand Slam catching the holy grail, the Permit and some baby Tarpon

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Tarpon, Snook and Bonefish
What can you say about the DOA Lures! They are devastating. Tim and Val pursuing the incredible Super Grand Slam catching Snook, Tarpon and Bonefish.

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Fly Tier's Section - Fly Patterns, Tips and News

Florida Keys Fly Patterns

Florida Keys Bonefish Flies

The Gotcha
Difficulty - 2 of 5
One of the most popular bonefish flies around!

The Tasty Toad
Difficulty - 3 of 5
One of Captain Harry Spear's very popular bonefish flies.

Bonefish Slider
Difficulty - 2 of 5 Certainly one of my favorite bonefish flies.

Deer Head Shrimp Difficulty - 3 of 5
One of the sweetest looking shrimp flies around!

The Abomination
Difficulty - 2 of 5
Great fly for Bonefish, baby Tarpon and Redfish

Florida Keys Tarpon Flies

The Inhaler
Difficulty - 1 of 5
Definitely one of my go to baby tarpon flies.

The CD
Difficulty - 4 of 5
The best laid up Tarpon fly, hands down.

The Tarpon Toad
Difficulty - 2 of 5
You all know about the Tarpon Toad, this was the original.

The Mrs. Howell
Difficulty - 2 of 5
Great Tarpon fly for the Islamorada Backcountry.

Florida Keys Permit Flies

The Fuzzy Merkin
Difficulty - 4 of 5
An inverted Merkin Permit Fly.

The T-Pak Crab
Difficulty - 3 of 5
Great fly for BIG Bonefish and Permit

Florida Keys Redfish Flies

Florida Keys Snook Flies

Redfish Seaducer
Difficulty - 1 of 5
Talk about a fly that can catch some redfish!

The White Widow
Difficulty - 2 of 5
This is a great all around bait fish pattern fly.

Florida Keys Shark Flies

The Mad Pumpkin
Difficulty - 2 of 5
The one and only shark fly. This fly is deadly in all black.

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Fly Tying Resources

Dr. Slick Fly Tying Scissors

Wow. What can I say. I just received my Dr. Slick Razor Scissors about 5 days ago and I am super impressed. They are probably the sharpest scissors I’ve had to date. Razor Scissors are adjustable-tension scissors made of j2-surgical steel with a lifetime guarantee. How can you beat that? They are available in 2 sizes, a 4 inch and a 5 inch. Check out all of Dr. Slick products. They have a lot of fantastic high quality fly tying accessories. Visit the Dr. Slick website

Fly Fishing Message Board

If you are interested in chatting it up with some other fly anglers, go check out “Fly Honkey” Most of these guys are from Texas, so becareful. They always think their fish is bigger that yours. Go there now, you’ll find a lot of useful information there. I promise.