May
25
Posted under
fly fishing media by Dave Teper
See It Here
A lot of people have been asking for a copy of our movie, but we are currently working out some music copyright issues, as well as polishing up a few edits. DVD release is set for late 2008 or early 2009, and we promise that it will be worth the wait. In the meantime, enjoy the trailer that we had on the Fly Fishing Film Tour this year.
May
23
Posted under
fly fishing news by Dave Teper
The 2008 Golden Fly Tarpon Tournament has been completed and the champions announced. Congrats go out to Capt. Scott Collins and angler David Dalu as they beat out a group of fine anglers. Included in the field were our friends, Capt. Mark Phillips fishing Doug Behrman, and Capt. George Wood fishing my friend Brian Bavosi. Although all of our friends hung fish, tough fishing prevented any sort of slaughter fest… even for Andy Mill.
Brian and I had been in the Bahamas and the Marquesas for a couple weeks prior to the tournament getting him accustomed to the weather and the fishing, as he has suffered through a long winter with almost 600 inches of snow in Steamboat Springs, CO. The fishing in Grand Bahama with Bernard Bevans was as it always is…awesome! Just when we thought the trip couldn’t get any better we got to Key West, and Will put us on more tarpon than we needed, although we couldn’t get enough.
After Key west, Brian and I headed up to Islamorada so he could fish his fancy little tarpon tournament, and so I could hopefully bum some bow time. The next 2 days I found myself on the front of Capt. Eric Lund’s boat, and scored big with him. An 80lb. tarpon, a 5lb. bonefish, and a 18lb. permit all fell victim to the bright blue boat. The next day I found myself on Jeremy Fisher’s boat, and when he asked what I would like to do, I replied “Dude, everyone is tarpon fishing, lets go stick a pig bonefish”. And we did.
May
02
Posted under
fly fishing news by Will Benson
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At the beginning of the week Ted Buchanan was a tarpon virgin. Having participated in the 2 previous annual tarpon tourneys put on by Steve and Tom Trippe, Ted still had yet to catch his first tarpon on fly. All that changed on the official pre-fishing day as Teddy stepped onto Capt. Mark Phillips boat just before sunrise. Mark was hopeful that the early start would yield the mother-load of feeding tarpon and Ted’s curse would easily be lifted. Not so. With a touch of north to the wind and changing pressure, the mother-load of happy feeding tarpon that Mark had located the day before were nowhere to be found. Mark quickly took matters into his own hands and blew off the majestic ideal of catching Ted a tarpon in a remote and serene backcountry location; the one that most anglers picture when the read about tarpon fishing in the keys. It was time to take Teddy to the tarpon brothel and lift the curse. And so it happened… in the canal that we all know because we’ve all been there. It’s not pretty but it had to be done! The curse was lifted by a 4# baby. Ted never though twice or even looked back for that matter. Having felt the silver king for the first time Ted went on to catch another big fish on the oceanside latter that day. Fishing with Mark on day 2 of the tourney, Teddy scored 2 nice fish to take the event and the coveted yellow jacket. Besting a field of 10 anglers, including 2 former keys guides, Ted is the 2008 TITS champion! Congrats to he and his Captain, Mark Phillips. Second and third place went to Tom Trippe and Richard Berlin respectively. Thanks to all the guides who participated in this awesome event. As we look towards next year and another shot at the yellow jacket, remember gentlemen…when your talking about TITS, SIZE MATTERS!