Fly Fishing Reports
Tampa Bay Fly Fishing / Light Tackle Report – December
The winter we have been experiencing has been rather mild and as a result, we still have a lot of white bait still in the bay. Snook can still be found on the flats with the warmer temperatures but a large portion of them have transitioned to where they know warmer...
Tampa Bay Fly Fishing / Light Tackle Report – October
The annual fall blitz has been in swing for the past few weeks with everything feeding on the small bait that is present everywhere. Using small weighted or unweighted fly patterns has been the ticket when targeting snook, redfish, trout, bonita and tripletail. Snook...
Tampa Bay Fly Fishing / Light Tackle Report – August
With the extreme heat through the next few months, night fishing is a great time to get out and also avoid the crowd. Between rain storms, fly fishing for tarpon, snook, redfish and trout has been incredible. The New Moon phase has proven to be the best time to get...
April & May Fly Fishing Report
Water temperatures in Tampa Bay are exceeding 80 degrees. When the water gets that hot, we begin to experience an algae bloom that diminishes the water clarity, making it difficult to sight fish during the day. On the other hand, night fishing for snook, redfish and...
March Tampa Bay Fly Fishing Report
Spring is here and so is the bait! Everything including tarpon, snook, redfish, seatrout, mackerel, and ladyfish will be focusing on the whitebait in the area. With the water temperatures in the mid to high 70’s, we can finally expect to see things...
February Tampa Bay Fly Fishing Report
This month has been consistent with cold fronts averaging 3-5 days apart. On the warming trend between fronts,fly fishing for redfish has been extremely productive around the new and full moon phases. You can expect redfish to be schooled up on the big negative low...
ABC Action News Interview
Recently came across a fish kill that I believe was caused by a sewage leak. 500,000 Gallons of raw sewage was dumped into the Cross Bayou and countless snook are dead. Actions are now being taken to help clean and test the water. Recently came across a fish...
Hatch Mag: Night on the Bay
Night on the Bay by S. Chris Hunt on Fri, 07/25/2014 – 10:24 Ethan Kiburz has the tiger by the tail, and he knows it. As he piloted two visiting trout bums across Tampa Bay on a recent sultry night, the young man — just 23 years old — explained that...