A Trip On A Skiff

Had an invite yesterday from Steve Traves of AMI Outfitters on Pine Avenue to go and fish with him and Alistair from Scotland on his new boat so naturally I went. We first had a look up towards Bean Point but decided no to get in the way of the tarpon boats and headed out towards Passage Key were Steve had had some good fun on the fly with Hound fish the week before, we really wanted the sand bar to be shallow as this is where these fish seem to lie in wait. Tide was still a little bit high so we motored back down to Key Royale and fished a couple of drifts down there picked up some ladyfish, jacks, trout and greedy pin fish.

Time to head back up to the sandbar and fish the inside edge first some nice snook, barracudas and a few harks were cruising along, manage to get a few shots at the and had a few follows - more from the shark who only turned off from the fly at the last minute, that would have been fun. Hound fish were still not showing but suddenly in the shallows up popped about 4 schools of Tarpon so it was a quick change up to a 11# Sage Salt rod and we gave it a shot managed to get the fly in place a few times but these fish were running hard for deep water still it was great to see them close up in such clear water.

Then as the tide ran out even more we spotted the ones we were after a few quick casts and Alistairs reel was screaming off and the fish went airborne. A few more shots at them and it was then time to go, a great few hours on the water with great company, thanks again Steve.