Angler’s Obsession in Florida
Go fly-fishing for bad-ass fish.
In April, Angler’s Obsession heads for world-class saltwater fisheries of the Florida Keys. Key Largo is where we base our operation, which gives us the ability to fish Islamorada, Biscayne Bay, and the Everglades. We’re obsessed with sight casting to the hard pulling gamefish of southern Florida. And what we do is simple—we take you fishing, and we catch fish:
- Gently lay your fly ahead of the string of tarpon rolling down the edge of the flat straight at the boat.
- Entice the bonefish pulling the shrimp fly over the shallow sand on the edge of the turtle grass.
- Searching for tails piercing the surface of the water, allowing a target for the next cast.
- Give a hard strip-set attempting to pull the hook into the hard boney mouth as the tarpon explodes into the air.
- Poling the mangrove shoreline, casting under the overhangs in search of a predator lying in wait.
The peak of the giant tarpon migration in the Florida Keys is between April and July. The main focus this time of year is sight-casting to 60-200lb tarpon, but there are also many other options. We are basing out of Key Largo, which will give us the flexibility to fish further down the keys, in the Everglades, or out of Biscayne Bay depending on conditions. We have options for ocean-side tarpon from Key Largo to Long Key and the backcountry tarpon fishing can be good between Islamorada and Flamingo. A lot of times we stalk bonefish around Key Largo and Biscayne Bay. We can also fish for Baby Tarpon, Snook, Redfish, Barracuda, Jacks, and Sharks (on fly and light tackle).
We look forward to sharing our saltwater obsession with you.
Fly Fishing Testimonials
Lisa and myself just wanted to take a quick minute to offer a “BIG” Thank You for such a wonderful day. We appreciate you rolling over our deposit from our blown out October Klickitat trip.
Ravae, we really appreciate all of your hard work and patience organizing the trip and preparing such a wonderful lunch, we realize that with Lisa’s food intolerances we are a little “high maintenance”. We would also like to thank you for the use of your waders and boots. In the past we never went often enough to warrant the purchase of these items. Well, we had such a great time that she wants to go more often now so we’ll start shopping for her own pair! Your communication throughout the process was always reassuring and we thank you for all the recommendations on lodging and food in the area. The Olympic Suites were great as well as BBG’s. Same with the Klickitat.
Aaron, needless to say you are the best fisherman I’ve ever had the pleasure of fishing with. Your ability to find fish, in most cases spotting the fish is amazing. Your knowledge of the many techniques of fly fishing and further more your ability to teach a couple of rookies is commendable. We appreciate you “making the call” to take us to a more secluded stretch of river realizing that for us the experience and scenic boat ride were just as important as hooking fish. Little did we know that you CAN “have your cake and eat it too”! The fishing was phenomenal. I’ve been on enough rivers and done enough reading to know that you took us down one of the most challenging stretches of river there is for fishermen. Your ability to navigate through the many “rock gardens”, down the many “chutes” (diversion dam included!) and around the many “sweepers” is very impressive. Never at any time did we think we were in danger and that is a testament to your skill level. Most of all we’d like to thank you for your patience in working with a couple of amateurs. I’ve been with guides before who get uptight and stressed when their clients are not spot on every time. Your patience and willingness to work with us was very much appreciated.
I also wanted to thank you for bringing your camera. Once again we were woefully unprepared. To tell you the truth, with the steelhead being the “fish of a thousand casts” I never in my wildest dreams expected to land one fish let alone two! We were simply hoping for acceptable weather and a beautiful float. A successful day was going to be seeing a fish, maybe hooking one if we were lucky.
The two of you in cooperation with Mother Nature and the Fish Gods made for a spectacular day. I was hoping that when you have time, only when you have time as I know you are extremely busy if you can send us some pictures. They would be very special as it was my first steelhead to hand.
Thanks again for everything and have a safe and fantastic rest of the season!
Best regards,
Blake & Lisa O.