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FLORIDA KEYS TARPON FLIES - The Gurgler

THE GURGLER

Florida Keys Tarpon Flies - The Tarpon Toad
TYING THE GURGLER
The Gurgler is a foam topwater popper. Great fly for Baby Tarpon, Snook and just about any topwater feeder.
THE RECIPE
Tail: Polar Fibre
Body: Olive Estaz, palmered Hackle
Flash: Tan Krystal Flash
Thread: tan
Hook: Billy Pate
Hook Sizes: #2

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Florida Keys BonefishingFLORIDA KEYS BONEFISHING

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.
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Florida Keys Tarpon FishingFLORIDA KEYS
TARPON FISHING

Experience the incredible power and acrobatics of the silver king. Fish sizes range from 10 - 200 pounds!! Weak hearted need not apply.
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Florida Keys Permit FishingFLORIDA KEYS
PERMIT FISHING

Sight-cast big permit on the flats. Expect long battles and heart pounding action while these fish tail and root for their prey.
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Florida Keys Backcountry FishingFLORIDA KEYS BACKCOUNTRY

An adventure into the Everglades National Park for species like Tarpon, Redfish, Snook, Trout, Sharks and Jacks.
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Florida Keys Shark FishingFLORIDA KEYS
SHARK FISHING

Battle Hammerhead, Bull, Lemon & Black Tip Sharks in shallow water on light tackle or fly gear. Let stalk some!

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Florida Keys Fly PatternsFLORIDA KEYS
FLY PATTERNS

Check out some of the patterns I use to catch our great Florida keys species like bonefish, tarpon and permit.

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Thomas and Thomas Fly Rods

Fly Fishing Equipment used in the Backcountry

THOMAS AND THOMAS FLY RODS

Rods:

 Thomas and Thomas Horizon Series and TNT Series

Best Line Weights

 8,9 weight fly rods

Fly Line:

Wulff Triangular Taper Weight Foward Floating Line

Fly Hook Size:

 Gamakatsu #S L12

Leader Material:

 Seaguar Fluorocarbon Leader

 

Fishing Videos

Permit Fishing with Joe Leskoske

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

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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. Must watch video!

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Permit on Fly

Ray Hammond, A Vietnam and US Navy Vet with his first Permit on Fly! Congrats!

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Permit on Light Tackle

Dick Williams with his first Permit ever caught! Great Job!

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Big Poon on fly

Todd whooping some tarpon butt with the new Thomas & Thomas TNT 11!

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Permit on light tackle

Mike from the UK fighting a nice Permit that he yanked out of a big school.

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Fly Fishing for Tarpon

Big strings of Tarpon moving down the sand run. Doesn't get better than this!

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Frustrating School of Tarpon

Beanie makes cast after cast but to no avail. They want no part of us!

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Insane Permit Day

Master Permit angler, Bruce Garland showing how its done!

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Florida Keys Fishing Report

01/01/15 | Posted by: Captain Paul Fisicaro

Annette Baluch with a nice MArathon winter Redfish!Hey Guys, Happy New Year! WInter time has been great so far. Redfish are plentiful when its cold which is always a good thing. Annette (on left) with her first Redfish ever! And it was a nice one too! Mackerel and snapper bite has been awesome as well. Baby Tarpon are just starting to show back up with water temps hitting over 76 degrees. Early Spring time is near and my favorite time of year is coming, PERMIT FISHING! Cant wait for Feb and March!

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Florida Keys Fly Patterns

  • Bonefish FLIES
  • TARPON FLIES
  • PERMIT FLIES
  • SNOOK AND REFISH FLIES
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FLORIDA KEYS BONEFISH PATTERNS

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TASTY TOAD

FLATS SHRIMP

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FLORIDA KEYS TARPON PATTERNS

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THE GURGLER

BABY POON FLY
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FLORIDA KEYS PERMIT PATTERNS

THE MERKIN

THE T-PAK Crab

PAUL'S EP GHOST CRAB

Permit Clouser
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FLORIDA KEYS SNOOK AND REDFISH PATTERNS

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THE MAD PUMPKIN

The one and only shark fly I use. I also tie this fly in black and red.

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