Get some of this

[Carl Blackledge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeTt5a8_K60

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Thanks Carl

These two guys are as good as it gets.

They are like professional athletes, at the top of the game.

Like I said, you have to go for a week in May and hook just one of these amazing fish.


Carl used to go to the Keys for 2 to 3 weeks, for decades.

[Carl Blackledge]

Bill,

I did go to the Key's for 15-20 years and I also did Mexico at the same time, However after a while I just forgot about Tarpon and all the drama that's involved with that fishery and the primidone guides, Mexico was just flat a lot of fun and cheap as hell. The trophies aren't that bad either. Carl

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Well said Carl.

It might be $1,000 a day for a good Florida Keys guide in May, and then there is lodging, etc, on top of that.

Baja is still the best deal going for offshore saltwater fly fishing.

[Carl Blackledge]

Bill,

When Tarpon fishing, I think you told me some of the best advise I ever received from anybody and that was about trying to cast an old wore out fly line, even if it was a newer one, but after being stretched 20 times to the max as in pulling on Tarpon they all turn into a dish rag, I also find that true in Mexico actually even more true cause we catch so much more bad ass big fish.....

Carl Blackledge

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I am glad Carl and other senior fly fishers are still traveling, but at 80, I never leave Florida.


I was lucky because before a week-long trip, I was given new fly lines from the Reps.

I had a cardboard box full of fly lines I used for one week of fishing.

Many serious trout fishermen buy a new floating line every year.



In Florida, I have 9' #6 to 9' #9 outfits with only weight-forward float lines.

[Carl Blackledge]

Bill, I take several new fly lines to Mexico each year, mostly 12 wts, at least 1 in 9 wt.

Carl

[Woodman]

Well said Carl.

It might be $1,000 a day for a good Florida Keys guide in May, and then there is lodging, etc, on top of that.

Good news, I think many of the Keys guides who also abuse you when you're paying $1000 are gone.