Granny and I are spending our last two fishing days down here at Belize River Lodge with our friend Dirk Burgard. Dirk is Misha’s husband and he’s a longtime fishing guide on the famous South Fork of the Snake in Idaho. For years he has worked for South Fork Lodge. He still does a few … Read more
I’m here in Punta Allen, Quintana Roo Mexico at Grand Slam Lodge. I’m dual hosting this trip with friend Patrick Berry for Fly Fishers International. Pat is the president of FFI. Not only is the FFI one of the leading organizations on teaching the art of fly fishing, but also huge on conservation for all … Read more
I wasn’t expecting a good day based on the way it started at 4 AM. We were going for a very early departure to the flats if the weather was good. And it was. That part was glorious and because of it we went all the way to the reef to permit fish. But when … Read more
We woke up to a miracle today. I heard birds singing at 4:30 AM rather than pounding rain. I clicked the coffee pot and made lots of noise to wake up Tim Brune and Wil Flack. We needed to get on the permit flats early here at the Belize Permit Club. It was … Read more
Here we go again. We are having horrid weather here in Belize and it looks to be here for a couple more days. Despite a lot of bad weather luck in recent trips, I can’t complain too much about it this time. Belize is known to have unreliable weather for fishing December through February. My … Read more
Granny and I awoke to another gorgeous sunrise here at Turneffe Flats Lodge in Belize. At 5:30 AM we were sipping coffee on our deck overlooking the lodge flat. In my younger years I’d have been on the flat fishing but I’m more relaxed these days – saving energy to execute later in the day. … Read more
One of the most prized fly rod fish of the Indian Ocean is the Indo-Pacific permit, best known as the “yellow permit” or in Australia as snubnose dart. Being that Atlantic permit have been my nemesis fish species to catch I didn’t show much interest in Indo’s until 2014 when Granny and I targeted them … Read more
My return to Belize has been great. I enjoy spending time with friend Wil Flack and it’s been a pleasure meeting his friend Tayler Brothers. Wil’s new Belize Permit Club is fantastic. We’ve been eating well. Enjoying refreshments at night. The only downer is that the permit fishing has been arduous. Wil Flack and … Read more
Wil Flack, Tayler Brothers and I had high hopes heading for the permit flats of Southern Belize at twilight this morning. We hooked three yesterday in harsh conditions. Today conditions were excellent. This was our warmest morning, the clouds were gone, and the wind blew at a 10-15 mph – a mere breeze for … Read more
It was a sunny day on the flats of Belize yesterday but the wind was savage. The forecast for today was promising. More sun and finally a drop in the wind to a more workable 10 to 20 mph. But the prediction was wrong. We had cruel conditions of thick clouds, 55° temps, 25 mph … Read more
Todays blog starts with a travel tip. In the northern hemisphere, even in tropical destinations, December is December. Its winter and it can get far colder than you may expect. At midnight I turned the fan off over my bed here at the Belize Permit Club. At 2 AM I added a blanket. And at … Read more
I made it to Belize today by the skin of my teeth. I’m a Delta guy which means getting to Belize flies me through Atlanta. It was snowing! We were delayed more than an hour but that was because we needed to be deiced before takeoff and as you can imagine, that’s not normal for … Read more