Fly fishing for Redfish and Permit

One of our regular clients has spent another fortnight away chasing redfish in Alabama and permit in Mexico and has sent through some pictures of some memorable fish. During his week in Alabama he landed a good number of redfish in the class of that shown below.

For his second weeks fishing Mike was joined by another regular permit hunter, Jonathan Hey. Between them both they managed 6 permit for the week with another couple of fish lost fishing the remote and unique location of Espiruto Santo Bay.

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Iceland sea trout fishing- Huseyjarkvisl River report

We have just had Tom Festing of SPORTFISH and writer Toby Coe in Iceland ly fishing the sea trout river Huseyjarkvisl located in Northern Iceland. The guys landed just over 60 sea trout along with a couple of salmon, brown trout and arctic char for their 3 days fishing. We will put up a longer report shortly but below are some images of the fish they landed.

The sea trout season is best early and late in the season. We have rods available in April 2012 and also again in September/October 2012 which are the two prime periods for ocean fresh sea-run brown trout. Biggest fish landed in 2011 was a 93cm monster pushing the 20 lb mark.

If you are interested in fishing in Iceland in 2011 or 2012 well have a comprehensive range of options for salmon, sea trout, brown trout and char to suit all budgets. For more information please email us or call on +44 (0)1621 743711.

Los Roques Bonefish

Regular client Mike Youkee spent a week at Posada Cigala on Los Roques, Venezuela and shares his thoughts.....

Los Roques Fly Fishing Report
I have to say that I was slightly fearful of flying into Caracas, the jumping off point for Los Roques. An article in the Economist in August depicted Caracas as the most dangerous city in the world. As it turned out, nothing could be further from the truth and nothing untoward, or even a hint of it, happened to me.

I flew in on an Air France flight which was scheduled to land at 1430. It landed slightly after this and I thought that as my domestic flight out to Los Roques was scheduled for 1530 there was not much chance of making it and I would have to overnight in dreaded Caracas. But I hadn't bargained with Chavez time! Venezuela operates 30 minutes behind the international time zoned for it -- even Air France belatedly announced that we had landed at just after 1400. I caught my local connection with no problem. All the fears raised by the FCO site (accosted by bogus policeman, express kidnapped etc) were unrealised -- all very civilised really.

The flight to Los Roques is about 45 minutes and La cigala is 100 metres from the airport. The posada is comfortable and the owners and manager were hospitable and helpful. Food was good, in particular the huge breakfasts before the fishing day started at seven o'clock. Fishing ended at two o'clock because it's simply too hot, even in a boat with an awning. The boats are quite big -- there is a boatman and a guide. Because of their size and draft they can't be poled, or taken into very shallow waters. Although we did manage to fish deep water from the boat, generally it was out of the boat wading on pancake flats or close to the mangroves. Unfortunately, on still days the mangrove fly life became very excited by the proximity of warm blooded humans. More than once we were driven back to the boat by the mosquitoes and other biting flies, which bit through buffs, shirts and even the top of fishing hats.

All conventional bonefish flies worked, despite the guides being down in the mouth at my not having any gummy minnows; this is obviously THE fly for Los Roques. I caught between 30 and 35 bonefish during the four days I was there and probably lost an equal number due to coral heads, poorly tied knots and playing the fish too hard. The biggest fish was around 6lbs but generally they were between 3-4lbs. Shots at tarpon in the lagoon did not yield any results as the fish there are fished over probably six or seven times a day by different boats. But they are a decent size running I would guess to 40-50lbs but they showed scant interest in flies cast over them. I did land a Bonito and hooked a horse eye Jack which eventually rejoined the school of 200 he was originally with, without paying a visit to the boat.

Overall, the fishing was very good but really limited to bonefish at this time of year (September). There was certainly a lot of fish about, with tarpon rolling close to where the boats were moored overnight and there were bonefish sucking up baitfish between the boats first thing in the morning. With the birds going nuts it was mayhem as we launched and I wished we had hung about to fish the home beach before speeding off.

It may be that other times of year there are other target species but if you like wading pancake flats for tailing bonefish then you will love it here.

For more information on our inexpensive trips to Los Roques please call on +44 (0) 1621743711 or email us.

Ascension Bay: The Host's trip Report

Over the past few weeks we have posted up some of the client reports from their trips to Mexico's Casa Veijo Chac with Paul Procter in November 2010. Paul has sent through a summary of the three weeks fishing while he was there.



Fly fishing Ascension Bay Report: Paul Procter's Report

With numerous Permit credited to our party last year, November 2009 was always going to be a hard act to follow. However, our annual pilgrimage to Ascension Bay in 2010 was to prove just as successful for many different reasons. Yes, Permit did feature from day one though for me it was the tailing Bonefish that captured my imagination, as nothing comes close to gently strolling through ankle deep water and scanning the flats for glistening tails of large feeding fish. When I say large, it’s pleasing to see the average size of bonefish has increase year on year in Ascension Bay as we regularly encountered fish in the 5-7lb bracket with the occasional 8 pounder showing up too. Believe me, using 7-8 weight outfits, such specimens take off at a fair lick when hooked, exhilarating stuff I can tell you. Enjoying several days of this, personally, it ranks as one of my most memorable fishing experiences to date.



Whilst low tides are not to everyone’s liking, it certainly presented us with plenty of opportunities to tangle with Snook. These secretive predators are often tucked up tight in mangroves roots, but low water pushed them out into more accessible areas. And whilst every member of our group managed to hook them, Mark Windsor certainly got more than he bargained for when he latched into a Snook of well over 20lb.




Barracuda are one species that are often neglected here. So this year, we all decided on a concerted effort to bag a decent sized fish. Using slender baitfish imitations dressed on TMC 600SP, I experienced a high hook-up rate and managed to land several cudas over 10lb. What’s niggling me now, is the number of these fish I’ve past up on previous trips. For my money they’re a great sporting fish that take off at speed before tailing walking. One of our group-Rob Evans almost exclusively targeted these menacing creatures for his entire trip. Others thought he’d lost his marbles, but I’m with Rob all the way on this one!



As for the elusive “P” fish, well our group had days when they cast at not just one, but several permit. In fact they were surprisingly prevalent during our stay and at least one Permit was reported being caught most days, a testament as to how extensive the Permit fishing is out in Ascension Bay.



Newcomer to saltwater fishing-Steve Grimes didn’t realise what all the fuss was about, as on his third day, he landed a monster Permit of 25lb….incredible. I too got amongst fish with hefty shoulders and managed one nudging 20lb. Perhaps more of an angling feat was Jonathan Tomlinson who connected with a substantial Permit when bonefishing. Naturally, his 8-weight outfit took a beating, equally, he was looking somewhat worse for wear after the battle. Congratulations must surely go to Steve Langan though, who finally joined the Permit Club after chasing them for a number of years now. Though, before that eventful day, Steve did say he’d decorate himself a tattoo to mark the occasion, we wait with bated breath!



Finally, let’s not forget the Casa Viejo Chac in Punta Allen which made this trip special. Run by Manuel Chac we had access to the best guides in Ascension Bay, including the services of Manuel himself. His kindness and generosity made everybody welcome when on most evenings he entertained us with fly tying demonstrations. Needless to say, we have made many friends out there and have already rebooked for 2011.

Paul Procter Dec 2010

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Greys Point Inn Bonefishing-Acklins Island

Paul loves his bonefishing and having travelled to Mexico and Christmas island in search on bones he decide to head to one of the homes of bonefishing-The Bahamas. We narrowed down his location for him to Greys Point Inn. Paul brought his brother Scott along on his first ever bonefishing trip and the results were impressive. Scott managed plenty of bones along with some big sharks on fly (pics to follow shortly).

In short was was overjoyed with his trip and has vowed to return again in 2011. Heres a few pictures of their journey.



Grey Point Inn in the background. Bonefish flats on your doorstep. You can fish even upon returning from your day on the water.



Solid bones with fish up to 8lb were landed.



Perfect conditions for bonefishing.



The quarry. A fine specimen of a bonefish.

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