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CONTENT ISSUE 01 | August 2016
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EDITORIAL
Good news for sailfish
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TARPON IS HOT
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HAWAII
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NEW GEAR
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BELIZE
They're coming so get ready
Marlin hotspot
Latest stuff we've tested
The holy permit paradise
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EDITORIAL Where have all the snooks gone ?
Dylan Smith Editor in Chief
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CREDITS Editor in chief Joe Biden Content manager Dylan Smith Ads and subscriptions John Doe Contributors John Doe, Dylan Smith, Jeremy Wade, Louis Cahill, Scott Hughes, Wuttichai, Mario Lopes Photographers John Doe, Dylan Smith, Jeremy Wade, Louis Cahill, Scott Hughes, Wuttichai, Mario Lopes, Gilles Mermet, Thomas Bur, Barthélémy Zha Special thanks Tropic Star Lodge Panama, Holidays Inn Key West, Captain Diego, Olivier Charpentier, Henry Gilbey, Rapala France, Shimano, Tenryu Rods
Author Jack Bluebecker with a beautiful juvenile.
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Light colored lures that look like mullets will always get a tarpon's attention.
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A tarpon will always fight until the end, jump after jump, run after run.
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"We also discovered that snooks were hungry too, really hungry! We managed to catch 15 of them that afternoon. "
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Capt. Alex battling a nice 50 pounder out of Tampa bay.
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Always remove the claws and pinch the crab on the side.
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A 6 hours flight from California can get you to one of the best marlin fisheries on earth, and probably the best of the Pacific Ocean. After fishing, you can enjoy beautiful remote beaches all along the coastline.
Marlins of
Hawaii by Dylan Smith
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Lures like the Headbanger produce a lot of bites.
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The island of Oahu, Hawaii, is a great place to stay for the whole family. Along with fishing, you can snorkel, surf or go shopping in one of the numerous malls.
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An example of what can be on the other end of the line in Hawaii.
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"Hawaii is one of the best marlin destinations on earth, no doubt about it"
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A WEEK IN
BELIZE For many saltwater fly fishers, catching a permit on the fly rod is considered to be the "holy grail" of fly fishing. Turneffe Island in Belize is named the "permit capital of the world", with that it is clear that you do not need Indiana Jones types of actions to conquer this holy grail for yourself.
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Guides mostly rely on crab patterns to catch the holy grail of Belize, the permit.
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he school of permit is approaching at a fast rate, which becomes visible through the bow wave in the shallow water in front of us. I put down the crab imitation several meters in front of the first fish and allow it to sink. The first fish have passed the weighted pattern, when suddenly the line goes tight. A permit had grabbed the crab on it's escape route and I set the hook into a massive fish. The hooked permit keeps following the school and within a short period of time the fly line that was lying on the front deck disappears though the guides. The drag system of the fly reel was set rather tight before we made our first casts and it starts working immediately. The fish swims on, despite the considerable resistance of a deeply bend fly rod and the heavy drag setting and 50, 100, 150 meters of backing follow the hooked fish. The permit produces a big swirl on the surface for the first time and decides to move in another direction. I manage to
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bring some backing back on the reel, but these I loose just as quickly again when the fish jumps into a higher gear. We are three quarters of an hour into the fight before I am able to bring the fish within reach and Dion is able to grab and lift it into the boat. A magnificent permit, close to 25 pounds at least, I am over the moon with this catch. We quickly take some pictures and than the fish is returned to the water, her salty environment. Kate steps up to the front of the boat, the hunt is on for the next fish. The school of permit from which I to managed to land one, has moved to deeper water and is now out of sight.
Largest atoll Turneffe Islands is an atoll of fifteen by forty five kilometers (the largest in the Caribbean), situated in front of the coast of Belize in Central America. Most of the atolls on this world are formed by volcanic activity, but this is probably not the
While fishing, you can also encounter large schools of healthy bonefish.
case with Turneffe Island. In the 16th and 17th century it was a hiding place for pirates, from here they attacked Spanish ships that were loaded with gold and other expensive goods. Belize was called British Honduras in the past, it is the only country in Central America where English is the main language. The Turneffe Flats Lodge was build on the atoll in the first part of the eighties and it is well known for it's excellent fishing and service. Many of the guests return here every year because of this. Next to the fishing for bonefish, permit, tarpon, etc., one can also hold diving holidays here, join in eco tours, go snorkeling or just enjoy a relaxed stay. The lodge has nine flats boats available, so a maximum of eighteen fly fishers or spin fishers can try their luck here.
Pilgrimage Bonefish can be caught here all year long, tarpon mainly in the warmer period of the year. The main attraction of the atoll and the reason why many fly fishers make a pilgrimage to Turneffe Island is the permit. In the lagune in the center of the atoll as well as on the different flats we saw, in the period that we were there by the end of January, several schools of permit every day. And those schools of permit did not just consist of only a few fish, the schools could be as big as over a hundred fish. It is an impressive sight to see such
A beautiful 12 pounder caught 5 minutes after leaving the hotel marina.
a big school of permit, consisting of fish from ten up to maybe thirty or forty pounds, pass the area where you are in. The tools of the trade that are used for fly fishing for permit consist usually of a fast, nine foot saltwater fly rod build for a line class #10. The sturdy, reliable fly reel is filled with a floating WF10F tropical saltwater fly line and 200 to 300 meters of 30 lb backing. The leaders that are used have a length of nine to fifteen foot, depending on what you can handle. The breaking strain of the tippet is around sixteen to twenty pounds. The weight of the crab fly depends on the depth of the water where we find the permit. On water of around two feet deep chain eyes are all that is needed. When the water is five foot deep or more, we have to make use of tungsten or brass eyes. For fly fishing for bonefish on Turneffe Islands a fly rod for a line class #8 is heavy enough. There is
A legendary fly : the Gotcha.
"Nothing beats the feeling of finally landing one of these finicky permits"
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The country side is dense jungle that hide Mayan temples such as the Sun God Temple in Altun Ha.
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nearly always a wind blowing and there are enough bonefish with a weight of over five pounds to justify this line class. When these fish put on the turbo booster, it is not hard to imagine what happens. The fish is running at considerable speed already and goes into next gear...
Casting to schools When the permit are searching for fooditems, they will move rather slowly through the shallow water and the black back Our guide's selection of permit flies and tail fins are visible regularly. When a school is on the move, than you will see this in dive to the bottom in full sight of the form of a bow wave that is the fish and fish it than only very moving quite rapidly. Only eve- slowly back in your direction. ry now and than a swirl or a fin Follow the advice of the guide, becomes visible. On the flats first regarding the direction and the permit will follow in small distance that you have to cast groups consisting of only a few and than regarding fishing the fish the deeper channels in the fly. The guides of Turneffe Flats sandy or cohave, without exral bottom. ceptions, a lot of In all of these experience in fly "First I thought it cases it is best for permit; was a huge permit. fishing to place your make good use of Two seconds after crab imitation that knowledge. well ahead of The take of a perthat we figured it the fish. This mit surely does was a tarpon !" way you are not mean a landed less likely to fish in all cases. Of scare the fish the five permit I and you can imitate the way a managed to hook in a few days crab tries to escape. When dan- time, I managed to land only ger approaches a crab, they will one. The other fish threw the not start swimming but instead hook, took a shortcut through they will dive to the bottom, the mangroves or they managed hoping to find a hole in which to cut the tippet on a sharp piece they can hide. This behaviour we of coral. You therefore need to should try to imitate with our pack some luck as well on your patterns as well, so let the fly first or next permit trip
Information After an overnight stay in the USA, you will arrive at the airport of Belize City early in the afternoon. After taking care of the border formalities and collecting your suitcases, a representative of the Turneffe Flats Lodge will drop you of in the harbour after a twenty minute ride. The boat ride will take one hour and forty minutes and then you are greeted at the lodge with a nice welcome drink !
Author Rudy Van Duinhoven and guide Marcelo Gonzale
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Colofon tackle Fly tackle for lineclasses #8, 10 and 12 plus, if you want, a heavy spinning rod and poppers. Shirts with long sleeves, pairs of trousers from which the legs can be unzipped. Stripping gloves, a hat that will protect your neck against the sun as well, a 'buff ' to cover your face and waterproof sunscreen to protect you against the sun. First Aid kit plus Norit. Protection against insects in the tropics. Binoculars, cameras - with an underwater house if possible -, wide angle and telephoto lenses. Extra batteries and chargers for these. Snorkel mask. Extra leaders and tippet material. Extra dollars for tips, around 150 to 200 dollars per person per week.
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