“I recently had Rand Holstead down from Houston, Texas for a day of permit and bone fishing. The day started early with the forecast calling for light winds. We started at 6:00 am and after a 30 minute ride, we reached our first spot on the oceanside just as the sun was rising. The tide was at the very last part of the fall. We started to push onto the flat and off in the distance you could see the signs of tailing bonefish.
After about 5 shots, we hooked up to a nice fish racing out 100 yards or more. Rand led the fish into the net, we had a nice 8lb bonefish. With the tide now rising we needed to make a move, so we headed into the bay. We pushed onto a large hard bottom flat. We didn’t see much at first, but as the tide really got moving, bonefish started to make their way onto the flat in singles and pairs. After another half dozen shots later, we caught another fish though not as big, about 5lbs. With the tide high it was time to head back to the oceanside and look for permit. Permit love hard bottom flats with fast moving current and high tides. The sunlight was good when we poled onto the flat, which is a must for catching a permit on the fly. After a while of searching and no luck it was time to go, but when I got to the edge of the flat I could see a mud and out of it was the black tail of a permit. Rand made a great cast and started to pop the shrimp fly. The fish rose up off the bottom and sucked the fly in. We ended the day shortly after that, not a bad day fly fishing in the Florida Keys.”
Call Captain Brian at (305) 815-0617