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This 8lb sheepshead took my crab fly and somehow, some way, didn't break me off in the oyster-encrusted pilings. What a ...
08/20/2025

This 8lb sheepshead took my crab fly and somehow, some way, didn't break me off in the oyster-encrusted pilings. What a thrill!

Here's a common carp (cyprinus carpio) I caught on a black leech pattern. What a fantastic species! Tough to catch and g...
05/25/2025

Here's a common carp (cyprinus carpio) I caught on a black leech pattern. What a fantastic species! Tough to catch and great fighters.

My first shark on the fly! This is a small blacktop that chased and ate my crab pattern in shallow water.
04/22/2025

My first shark on the fly! This is a small blacktop that chased and ate my crab pattern in shallow water.

Here's a floral wrasse (Cheilinus chlorourus) I caught on a crab fly in the South Pacific.
04/15/2025

Here's a floral wrasse (Cheilinus chlorourus) I caught on a crab fly in the South Pacific.

Caught this One-spot snapper (Lutjanus monostigma) in the South Pacific a few weeks ago. A new species for me! This fish...
04/08/2025

Caught this One-spot snapper (Lutjanus monostigma) in the South Pacific a few weeks ago. A new species for me! This fish took a green Alphlexo crab pattern.

Caught a new species in the South pacific a few weeks ago. This little bu**er is, I believe, the Scribbled rabbitfish (S...
04/08/2025

Caught a new species in the South pacific a few weeks ago. This little bu**er is, I believe, the Scribbled rabbitfish (Siganus spinus).

Here's a black caiman that attacked and ate an egret while I watched from my doorway. This was in Brazil on a fly fishin...
01/16/2025

Here's a black caiman that attacked and ate an egret while I watched from my doorway. This was in Brazil on a fly fishing trip.

Here's a fascinating arapaima gigas skull on display at the fishing lodge I stayed at in Brazil.
12/30/2024

Here's a fascinating arapaima gigas skull on display at the fishing lodge I stayed at in Brazil.

Great day on the water.
12/22/2024

Great day on the water.

Sight-fishing to big carp is one of my favorite activities. This fish was cruising the bottom, but hit the brakes to inh...
12/14/2024

Sight-fishing to big carp is one of my favorite activities. This fish was cruising the bottom, but hit the brakes to inhale my size 10 black leech pattern. Exhilarating!

My first arapaima on the fly during a wonderful trip to Pirarucu lodge in Brazil. This isn't a big arapaima, but it was ...
12/13/2024

My first arapaima on the fly during a wonderful trip to Pirarucu lodge in Brazil. This isn't a big arapaima, but it was an adrenaline rush nonetheless!

My first silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum). It took a clouser-type minnow near the shoreline. The acrobatics wer...
12/05/2024

My first silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum). It took a clouser-type minnow near the shoreline. The acrobatics were unreal--what a fun species!

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